State and local jurisdictions may develop their own regulations or adopt building codes based on national model codes. State and local codes are typically based on national model codes published by the International Code Council (ICC) or the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

State and local jurisdictions typically reserve the right to amend the model codes to assure that the requirements for design and construction of buildings are appropriate for the climatic, geographical, geological, political, and economic conditions within their jurisdiction. PCA encourages legislation that enacts state-wide minimum codes based on national model building codes, allowing local jurisdictions to amend the technical requirements to make the code more stringent.

Please click on a state to view its state codes, PCA contacts, local contacts, code development entities and industry statistics. To provide updates and corrections to any of the information found on these pages, please contact Anna Trzeciak at atrzeciak@cement.org.