In December 2019, the Mississippi Building Code Council adopted the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and the 2018 International Residential Code (IRC). Mississippi jurisdictions must currently adopt either the 2012, 2015 or the 2018 IBC and IRC.
Building Code Compliance Software for Mississippi
Plan Analyst code compliance software programs make it easy for building officials, architects and other designers to quickly perform commercial and residential building code plan reviews / code studies. Plan Analyst for the 2018 IBC and Plan Analyst for the 2018 IRC simplifies the plan review / code study process enabling compliance to specific code years. This proven software allows modifications to accommodate local amendments, where applicable. Users have the ability to add code requirements and to add to the checklist. Changes can be made permanent by changing the data file using the setup section of Plan Analyst, or specific reports can be edited for special conditions.
Plan Analyst Calculators: Deck – Sign – Beam & Column
Plan Analyst Deck, Sign and Beam & Column Calculators are additional simple and effective design and code review software tools that will quickly become your go-to resources when working on associated tasks.
Users of Plan Analyst in Mississippi have included:
| City of Biloxi |
| City of Brandon |
| City of Cleveland |
| City of Grenada |
| City of Vicksburg |
| Rankin County |
| Tunica County Planning Commission |
Building and Residential Code Resources in Mississippi
- Building Officials Association of Mississippi
- View the 2018 International Building Code free online via ICC
- View the 2018 International Residential Code free online via ICC
- Buy the Mississippi I-Codes from ICC
- Purchase Plan Analyst for the IBC and or IRC to automate and simplify your plan reviews / code studies plananalyst.com.
Energy Code Compliance Software for Mississippi
Visit the U.S. Department of Energy website to see the latest on energy code adoption in Mississippi, including the use of COMcheck Energy Code compliance software. COMcheck enables architects, builders, designers, and contractors to determine whether new commercial or high-rise residential buildings, additions, and alterations meet the requirements of the IECC and ASHRAE Standard 90.1.
DOE’s EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation (BEM) program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption (for heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and plug and process loads) and water use in buildings. It supports a number of public and private-sector tools and services including EP3. EP3 is a user interface for EnergyPlus™ designed to streamline workflows for building energy modelers. EP3 is well-suited for tasks like modeling ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G baselines and evaluating energy efficiency measures in new and existing buildings.
The “Building Codes Assistance Project” also provides information on Mississippi’s building energy codes.
FEMA Building Code Adoption Tracking
The FEMA Building Code Adoption Tracking program reports on the status of hazard-resistant building code adoption in each state. Mississippi is in FEMA Region 4. Read the 2024 Region 4 fact sheet showing the annual metric of the percent of communities adopting hazard-resistant building codes in Mississippi.
AIA and ICC
American Institute of Architects – AIA Mississippi represents architects in the state. There are nearly 2,000 registered and reciprocal architects in Mississippi.
Mississippi has several ICC Chapters.
Mississippi code adoption status on the ICC website