The Uniform Building Code, the most widely used building code in the country, can now be found online, thanks to Santa Monica, Calif.-based B-Code.
The software allows users to input information about a building and review it for code compliance, said Joel McLafferty, B-Code's CEO. Test projects show that B-Code takes architects about 30% less time to conduct a code-compliance analysis on a building compared with conventional methods, and reduces costs by about 20%.