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View information about the 2020 Minnesota State Building Codes.
Categories: State building code, residential code, fire code, mechanical code, electrical code, codes, Minnesota building code, state code, code, plumbing code
Accessibility Code, Minnesota Rule 1341
Accessibility handouts
Administrative Provisions for Accessibility Specialists, Minnesota Rule 1300
What are public buildings?
A public building is a:
school district building project or charter school building project where the cost of the project is $100,000 or more; and a
building and its grounds where the cost is paid by the state or a state agency regardless of its cost.
School district or charter school building projects considered state building projects include:
educational buildings
administration buildings
bus garages
stadiums
Categories: public building, state licensed facilities, municipal agreements, educational buildings, hospitals, nursing homes, correctional facilities.
One-year Building Official Training Municipal Grants are again being offered for the 2027 grant cycle.
Purpose
The Building Official Training (BOT) Municipal Grant program from the Construction Codes and Licensing Division (CCLD) of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) was created to offer competitive grants to qualified municipalities that want to establish a training program in their municipality’s building code department to train an individual toward becoming a Minnesota-certified building official.
Plan Review Policy (PR-#) – General Use
Prescriptive Alternative Design (PAD-#) – General Use
PR-01 – Smoke Resistant Construction
PR-02 – Downgrading Existing Buildings
Categories: Building plan review, opinions, staff interpretations, interpration, policies
Meetings are 9 a.m. to noon at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, 443 Lafayette Road North, St. Paul, MN 55155, and virtually via Webex. Meeting dates and times are determined by the TAG leader.
Dec. 13, 2024, 9 a.m., meeting information. In-person (Washington Room) and Webex option.
Register to participate by computer or Webex app.
Categories: Existing Building Code Technical Advisoroy Group, agenda, minutes, DLI.
Every six years, our agency adopts new building codes designed to promote cost-effective ways of ensuring building safety and efficiency. The agency adopts new energy codes every three years in accordance with statutory requirements to ensure the energy efficiency of new construction.
Categories: Minnesota State Building Code, building safety, building efficiency, building plan reviews.
The Minnesota State Building Code (MSBC) consists of many Minnesota rule chapters. Some of them adopt by reference amended model codes or standards that were developed by a code-making organization. The remaining chapters contain provisions written specifically for Minnesota. All of the following Minnesota rule chapters must be enforced.