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Building Codes In Balance

Publication Date: 27-SEP-04
Author: Richard Korman
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In Alabama and Louisiana, the International Building Code is used as a statewide code. It is also tougher than its predecessor in that it contains higher wind-speed design levels for hurricane prone coastal zones, says Larry Franks, senior staff engineer for codes and standards development in the Birmingham office of the International Code Council.

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