/dcn/news/associations/2018/03/logging-international-log-builders-association Canada's construction news Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 /dcn/news/associations/2018/03/logging-international-log-builders-association#comment-610 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:59:33 +0000 /?p=147258#comment-610 Mr. Savignac is an excellent spokesperson for the log home industry. Along with the help of ILBA, the Log and Timber Homes Council was instrumental in getting the International Code Council (ICC) to formally recognize log construction standards. Called ICC400, is the only document regarding log structures that has been approved by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) as a consensus standard. This means that ICC400-2012 is applicable to all “types of construction whose primary structural elements are formed by a system of logs.” All proprietary methods and materials of construction must demonstrate compliance with sections of the standard as required by the jurisdiction having authority. One can read more about this construction standard here:

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