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He wants the National Building Code on his phone
He has no problem with paying for the National Building Code, but he wants to read it easily on his phone.
Someone is going to post a comment that “of course the National Building Code is available on your phone”… but we are not aware of a phone-specific version, just the web version.
Here is a comment from a young man, Luke, who has a dream…
“I am an apprentice going through training right now and I was required to purchase the National Building Code (NBC). That part I do not have a problem with. As a carpenter, it is our job to know the code. We purchase tools all the time to make sure the job is done correctly and efficiently. The NBC is just that, a tool. It gives us the information we need to do the job correctly the first time. So buying another tool is just part of the job for me. One thing I would like to have is an app on my phone that has the entirety of the NBC so I can easily access the information I need on the job without having to lug a giant book everywhere I go. I’m sure a programmer could accomplish that in his sleep. Then make it free to access with the number given with your already purchased codebook.”
Luke
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I would pay to have it more accessible too! (especially the most up-to-date version of the Ontario Building Code)… we would love to use it …. if we could 🙁
Ya but I still need a lawyer to understand the darn thing. And an index that uses common building terms
The building code should be available every ware the sale building and hausematerials . must be the law of the province and country.
And should simplified , for the people to understand.
I don’t know about the NBC but I bought the pdf version of the OBC and have it loaded into Adobe Acrobat Reader on my cell & iPad. It’s not ideal and I agree with you that they should be selling the codes as stand alone apps with linked pictures, diagrams, better indexes, etc. but this works for me for now. More than a few times I have had to use it on site and it was nice to have it on hand. I don’t even buy the hardcopies anymore. The pdf is available on all my devices.