Proposed Changes by Subject—National Building Code 2025

Div.B 3.2.4.19. Visible Signals

• 1778 - Replace the Term "Hearing Impairment" with "People with Low or No Hearing"

Div.B 3.3.1.8. Headroom and Protruding Objects

• 1644 - Replace the Term "Visually Impaired Persons" with "People with Low or No Vision"

Div.B 3.8. Accessibility

• 1644 - Replace the Term "Visually Impaired Persons" with "People with Low or No Vision"
• 1778 - Replace the Term "Hearing Impairment" with "People with Low or No Hearing"

Div.B 3.8.3.8. Controls

• 2054 - Clarification of Installation Location for Accessible Controls

Div.B 9.8.7.3. Termination of Handrails

• 1644 - Replace the Term "Visually Impaired Persons" with "People with Low or No Vision"

Div.B 9.9.5.3. Obstructions in Public Corridors

• 1644 - Replace the Term "Visually Impaired Persons" with "People with Low or No Vision"

Div.B 3.2.5.12. Automatic Sprinkler Systems

• 2038 - Application of Automatic Sprinkler Systems and NFPA 13R

Div.B 9.36.11.

• 2043 - Tiered Energy Compliance: Tier 2 Prescriptive Path ^{Footnote 1}

Div.B 3.1.8.3. Continuity of Fire Separations

• 1781 - Fire Test Method for Firestops at Perimeter Joints

Div.B 9.10.9.2. Continuous Barrier

• 1781 - Fire Test Method for Firestops at Perimeter Joints

Div.B 3.7.2.3. Lavatories

• 2007 - Lavatory Supply Fittings in Public Washrooms

Div.A 1.1.1.1. Application of this Code

• 2157 - Moving the Reference to CSA A277, "Procedure for certification of prefabricated buildings, modules, and panels," from a Division A Note to a Division C Provision

Div.B 3.2.3.7. Construction of Exposing Building Face

• 1684 - Revision of Intent Statements and Attributions for NBC Sentences 3.2.3.7.(3) and (4)

Div.B 3.8.3.16. Lavatories and Mirrors

• 2029 - Accessible Menstrual Product Dispensers: Control Design

Div.C 2.2.7.5. Off-Site Review

• 2157 - Moving the Reference to CSA A277, "Procedure for certification of prefabricated buildings, modules, and panels," from a Division A Note to a Division C Provision