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This is your entry point to NRC-IRC's large collection of publications, papers and reports issued since our founding in 1947.
Many complete documents are available free on our Web site, including the practice publications listed below.

Codes and Guides
NRC-IRC is the home of the National Building Code, the National Fire Code and the National Plumbing Code, the models for virtually all building, fire and plumbing regulations in Canada. These codes and several other model codes, along with various companion guides, are all available from NRC-IRC and can be purchased online or through traditional means.
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Popular practice publications (free on the Web)

• Construction Innovation - This quarterly newsletter provides news of research projects, recent research results, product evaluations, code developments and conference highlights. Subscribe 
• Construction Technology Updates - These practical 4-6 page publications, part of a current series presenting applications of research results and reviews of building science issues, are intended for architects, engineers, specification writers, property managers, builders and building officials.
• Registry of Product Evaluations - The Registry contains all Evaluation Reports and Listings for products evaluated by NRC-IRC's Canadian Construction Materials Centre, providing users with easy access to technical and standards-related data on hundreds of evaluated materials, products and construction systems.
• Échos techniques - This two-page leaflet, containing short articles on building technology and related news from NRC-IRC, is published six times a year and distributed to Québec architects through a partnership with the Ordre des architectes du Québec.
• Seminar publications - This is a collection of publications and other documentation arising from building science and construction technology seminars presented by NRC-IRC since 1982.
• Canadian Building Digests - This is a discontinued but still valuable series of 250 4-page treatises containing scientific and technical principles, background information and practical guidelines on virtually every aspect of building design, materials and construction in Canada, published between 1960 and 1990.
• Building Practice Notes - This discontinued series of publications, issued between 1976 and 1986, presented observations, explanations and guidelines on a wide variety of everyday building issues and concerns. Much of the information remains relevant today and most of the titles are presented here in full.

Special reports, manuals and guides

• Guide for Sound Insulation in Wood Frame Construction
  
  (The following documents are available only in print form.)
• A Guide to the Wind Design of Mechanically Attached Flexible Membrane Roofs
• Air Barrier Systems for Walls of Low-rise Buildings: Performance and Assessment
• Protocols for Building Condition Assessment
• Building Science for a Cold Climate
• Productivity in Construction
• IBANA-Calc User's Manual
• Managing Indoor Air Quality: A Manual for Property Managers
• Controlling Indoor Air Quality: Ventilation Engineering Guide
• Maintaining Indoor Air Quality Through the Use of HVAC Systems
• Manual for Screening of Buildings for Seismic Investigation
• Guidelines for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Buildings
• Guideline for Seismic Upgrading of Building Structures
• Guidelines for Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Large Sewers
• Effective Sealing of Pavement Cracks in Cold Urban Conditions
• Durability and Performance of Gravity Pipes: A State-of-the-Art Literature Review
• Durability and Performance of Gravity Pipes: State of Current Practice
• Deterioration of Concrete: Symptoms, Causes and Investigation