The IRCC was established to promote effective international collaboration concerning performance-based building regulatory systems. The IRCC has specific goals, which include:

• Providing a forum for promoting a common understanding of, and a framework for, performance-based building regulatory system development;
• Fostering the exchange of ideas and the development of “Best Current Practice” documents and approaches;
• Providing guidance and support for members who develop, implement, and support performance-based building regulatory systems;
• Promoting the pooling of resources, on an international scale, to aid research and development of commonly-needed components of a performance-based building regulatory system;
• Providing benefit to countries embarking on performance-based building regulation development, by providing guidance and support materials, thus minimizing potential duplication; and,
• Encouraging investment in construction-related technology and innovation.[1]

The IRCC Committee is a collaborative of countries engaged in discussions, work and exchange on building regulatory policy issues with focus on the use of the performance concept.[2]

Since the Guidelines for the Introduction of Performance-Based Building Regulations were released the Committee has grown to consist of 14 countries:

• Australia
• Austria
• Canada
• China
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Scotland
• Singapore
• Spain
• Sweden
• United States of America
• England
• Netherlands[3]

[1] Inter-jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Committee, http://www.ircc.info/, viewed 28 September 2015

[2] Bergeron, D 2008, Codes for Existing Buildings: Different Approaches for Different Countries, National Research Council Canada, p. 1

[3] Inter-jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Committee, About Us, http://www.ircc.info/AboutUs2.html, viewed 28 September 2015