Building Codes Assistance Project

On September 22, 2008, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford accepted the report of his Climate, Energy and Commerce Advisory Committee (CECAC), a group tasked with reviewing possible climate change impacts in South Carolina and formulating strategies to address those changes going forward. Gov. Sanford formed the group in 2007 as a proactive step toward addressing climate and energy policy in South Carolina in hopes that the state could begin to act on those issues on its own ahead of potential federal mandates in the coming years.

Upload Date: 07/03/08

On November 28, 2007, in compliance with Section 6-9-50(A) of the South Carolina Code of Laws (1976 as amended), the South Carolina Building Codes Council (BCC) formally adopted all 2006 International Uniform Codes (including the 2006 IECC) for mandatory enforcement by all jurisdictions within the state, effective July 1, 2008.

On November 28, 2007, the building code council adopted the 2006 IECC. Due to the statuary process for code adoption, the 2006 IECC is scheduled to be implemented in South Carolina on July 1, 2008.