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2024 IBC code changes affect temporary structures
March 1st, 2024
Changes to the International Building Code® text for the 2024 edition involve temporary structures, many of which needed to be set up for more than the codes' previous maximum of 180 days during the pandemic. The limit for a temporary structure in the U.S. is now up to a year. Pictured: An inflatable COVID-19 testing […]
Enhancing the “legitimacy” of portable structures
September 16th, 2016
The concept of a portable structure seems contrary to normal expectations. A building, after all, should be grounded with a solid footing and not move! Nevertheless, Aaron Betsky, architecture critic, curator and the dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Scottsdale, Ariz., argued in a recent online opinion piece that temporary structures should […]