Alabama · STD.8
Storm Shelter Standard for New K-12 Schools
Code-Incorporated
Conditional
Active
New Alabama K-12 school projects must comply with the 2020 ICC/NSSA-500 Standard for Storm Shelters when required by project scope, hazard classification, or funding source.
- State
- Alabama
- Applies to
- Applies to new K-12 school projects when storm-shelter requirements are triggered.
- Trigger
- Project circumstances trigger the applicable storm-shelter requirement.
- Conditions
- Compliance is required when triggered by project scope, hazard classification, or funding source.
- Responsible actors
- Alabama Division of Construction Management
Evidence & sources
- NCSI profile
- Alabama State Profile (2025), printed p. 33
- Legal sources
- DCM Manual of Procedures, ch. 10, § 10-1 — DCM Manual of Procedures — Chapter 10, Section 10-1 (Agency Standard, primary)
- 2020 ICC/NSSA-500 — 2020 ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters (Incorporated External Standard)
- Verification
- Profile Only
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