06/12/2026
BILD Alberta formally wrote to the Government of Alberta to pause adoption of the 2025 National Building Code (NBC).
Here's our concern: the 2025 NBC has drifted well beyond its core purpose of health and safety, adding between $17,000 and $39,000 in new costs to a typical single-family home. If Alberta were to progress to the highest energy tier (Tier 5), that figure climbs past $128,000.
These changes bring real complexity, constructability challenges, and interpretive uncertainty — without clear, commensurate benefit. Many aren't driven by consumer demand, and the analysis meant to justify them is often absent or incomplete.
The responsible path is to pause: give industry, government, and building officials the time to properly review, test, and evaluate these proposals against the benefit they actually deliver to Albertans.
BILD Alberta strongly supports a harmonized national building code. That's exactly why we're raising the alarm. We're also calling on the federal government to reform the priorities and processes behind our national code system.
Read our full submission here:https://bildalberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-NBC-BILD-Alberta-Analysis-and-Recommendations-6-11-26-1.pdf
