I work with the I-Codes and code officials every day. Code officials could make your life hell with their interpretations long before the adoption of the International codes. Nothing has really changed that. The I-Codes simply replaced regional codes and for someone trying to design buildings in different areas of the country it was a pain. Is the issue that it is called “International” codes? That was likely done for capitalist reasons - so other countries would adopt it and they could sell more code books.
“I work with the I-Codes and code officials every day. Code officials could make your life hell with their interpretations long before the adoption of the International codes. “
I’m with you. I think the term “International” was used long before Agenda 21 came into being (whatever the heck that is).
The codes exist for a number of reasons, but one of the primary reasons is so cheapskate contractors and builders don’t handover dangerous, or simply crappy, homes to people, or at least to try to minimize it. One can likely get away, for example, with pouring a 2” concrete foundation with minimal steel, and it would hold up for a few years, before crumbling. That’s long enough to build and sell a lot of houses to people that don’t know the difference, or never get a chance to see it before it’s poured. The contractor, of course, can head back to Mexico long before anyone can catch him.
So maybe there are some part of Agenda 21 (whatever the heck that is) at work, but there’s also a lot of good that comes from holding these people accountable.