Big changes are coming to adhered masonry veneer codes with the 2022 updates to TMS 402 and 602, soon to be adopted in the 2024 building codes. The revisions introduce two design approaches — prescriptive and engineered — giving more flexibility to architects and engineers.

There is a lot of confusion in the field over area-separation firewalls and utility placement. I know that the GA has a position statement that clarifies criteria for the placement of utilities in the flanking walls on either side of a two-hour, steel H-stud, gypsum shaftliner panel area-separation wall.

The industry and our customers regularly submit questions to the company. In order to address these inquiries, Simon Baker, president of Huntsman Building Solutions, wanted to answer as many of these most common questions.

The Department of Energy announced that 19 state and local governments will receive over $240 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to adopt and implement the latest energy-efficient or innovative building codes.