New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 5 - CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 14.5.1.11 - TRADE BUREAU CHIEFS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Powers and duties: Each trade bureau chief is the ultimate authority and is authorized to render interpretations of the trade bureau's adopted New Mexico codes and standards and to establish procedures for the interpretation and application of those codes.
B. Alternative materials and methods of construction: The trade bureau chief is authorized to permit a variance or approve an alternative material or method of construction as provided in this section.
C. Variances. If the circumstances of a particular construction project make strict compliance with state adopted code(s) and standards technically infeasible or impracticable, the trade bureau chief responsible for enforcing that code has the authority to approve a variance. No variance shall be valid or have force or effect unless issued in writing and signed by the trade bureau chief.
D. Alternatives. The trade bureau chief is responsible, for approving materials, designs and methods of construction that are not expressly specified in that particular code.
E. Supporting data. The trade bureau chief may require supporting data be supplied by the requestor.
