ICC-ES reports
What our two ICC-ES reports mean for your permit
Fornidos holds two reports from the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), the independent group that evaluates building products and systems against the International Codes. Here is what each one covers, in plain terms.
ESR-5284 · Evaluation Report
The panels: the building blocks.
ESR-5284 evaluates the Fornidos wall, floor and roof panels themselves. It shows compliance with the 2024, 2021 and 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC), and it publishes what each panel can carry.
What it means for you
- Builders and owners: you're building with panels the code official can look up, not asking for a one-off review of a new product.
- Building officials: the report is public and searchable, so plan review can point to its published values instead of re-checking each panel.
- Lenders and appraisers: the house is permitted and inspected like any other new home.
EER-5284 · Equivalency Evaluation Report
The house: the system as a whole.
EER-5284 is an equivalency evaluation under the IRC for one- and two-story houses built from those panels. It recognizes houses that fit inside its engineered envelopes, with a published limit on how large the openings on each wall line can be.
What it means for you
- Pick a plan, not a science project: every Fornidos plan set names the envelope it was checked against and shows the wall-line check.
- Faster plan review: the building department reviews a known, evaluated system instead of a new design from scratch.
- Room to customize: changes that keep the house inside its envelope stay covered. Changes outside it get engineered.
At the permit counter
- Choose your planPick a Fornidos plan for your lot. Your address sets the wind and seismic design loads.
- Submit with the reportsInclude the Fornidos plan set with ESR-5284 and EER-5284 referenced.
- Local design and reviewA local engineer designs the foundation for your soil. Mechanical, electrical, plumbing and the energy code for your climate zone are permitted locally, along with setbacks and local amendments. Whether plans need an engineer's stamp follows your state's law.
- Build and inspectInspections follow the same process as any other new home.
ICC-ES reports are evaluations a building official may rely on. They are not a permit: the local building official issues the permit and has final approval.