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2013 GROUP B COMMITTEE ACTION HEARINGS
Registration Remains Open for Dallas Hearings
As a building safety professional, this is your opportunity to have a voice in ICC's code development process. Your participation in the hearings will help lead to safer construction, saved lives, and reduced property losses. Click here to register today.
2013 GROUP B COMMITTEE ACTION HEARINGS
Monograph Contains Several New Features; Download the Hearings Schedule
The monograph for proposed changes to the Group B codes is available on the Code Council website. The on-line version of the monograph and the CDs are PDF files that contain new features for highlighting and commenting using Adobe Reader, Adobe search, and bookmarking.
The schedule for the Dallas Committee Action Hearings can be accessed by clicking here.
2013 GROUP B COMMITTEE ACTION HEARINGS
Follow the Results Online in Real Time
Can't attend the Group B Committee Action Hearings in Dallas? The hearings will be webcast live on the ICC website. You can view the hearings on your desktop computer or your Blackberry, iPhone, iPad or Android pad. Click here for dates, times and instructions.
CODE DEVELOPMENT NEWS
What They're Saying About cdpACCESS
cdpACCESS, an online initiative aimed at increasing participation in ICC's code development process, is being prepared for testing of a handful of proposed code changes during October's Group B Public Comment Hearings in Atlantic City. Following are excerpts from what ICC Members are saying about the new initiative.
Steve Shapiro | Hampton, Virginia
"I'm excited for us to start working on it in Atlantic City. I think the online collaboration tool aspect of it is going to be great where people, before they even get to the mike at the first hearing, will be able to collaborate with others and find out what the pitfalls might be of their change so that they can hopefully get that ironed out before they're standing at a mike with 50 people on the other side of the aisle in opposition." View more.
Lorraine Ross | Intech Consulting
"Among my industry colleagues we are looking very closely at how the process will be managed. We are very concerned that there will not be the kind of discussion and give-and-take in the remote setting that you would have at a hearing itself, so I think the jury is out. We would like to see remote voting happen; we would like to see expanded participation happen; but I think this upcoming (testing) will tell us a lot of information about that." View more.
Barry Gupton | North Carolina Department of Insurance
"I like the idea of more people being involved from their office and not having to travel, because most people can't travel to these hearings. I absolutely think the more people that can be involved in the process, the better the process will be." View more.
STANDARDS UPDATE
Rainwater Collection System Design and Installation Draft Available for Information and Review
The Rainwater Collection System Design and Installation Draft is available for information and review. Once the draft is finalized, the committee will begin its standard development process. Once the committee achieves consensus on the draft it will be posted with ANSI for public comment. The committee is not soliciting comments on the draft at this time.
April 21-30, 2013
Dallas, Texas
October 2-10, 2013
Atlantic City, New Jersey
April 27-May 4, 2014
Memphis, Tennessee
Hearings
October 1-7, 2014
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Paarlberg serving as technical expert for upcoming ADA events. ICC Senior Staff Architect Kim Paarlberg (pictured) will be among the presenters for the Emergency Management and Preparedness Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities Webinar Series and the National ADA Symposium 2013. ICC codes and standards, including ICC/ANSI A117.1 Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, are referenced in federal accessibility regulations. Paarlberg is the code development secretary for the International Building Code Means of Egress/Accessibility and ICC Administration committees, and serves as ICC's representative for A117.1.Second meeting scheduled for ICC (ASC) A117.1 Consensus Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. The A117.1 committee will meet July 15-19 at the U.S. Access Board office in Washington, D.C. The purpose of this meeting is for the committee to consider proponents and committee ballot comments on the committee's actions taken on public and committee proposals submitted to the 2009 edition of ICC A117.1. Click here to read the meeting notice.
ICC Member input requested for SPC 90.4P. The SPC 90.4P, the Energy Standard for Data Centers and Telecommunications Buildings, seeks representation from ICC to provide insights and assistance in the formulation of the standard. Members interested in being nominated should email ICC CEO Dominic Sims.
ICC issues call for participants on three Codes and Standards Committees. Applications are being accepted for membership on the I-Codes Referenced Standard Committee, Solar Thermal Standard Consensus Committee and Commissioning Standard Consensus Committee. May 17 is the deadline to apply.
New director of ICC PMG activities has experience in codes and standards development, engineering and building products. The Code Council announced that Shawn Martin (pictured) has been named Director of PMG Activities for ICC's Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas program. The PMG team led the development of the new International Swimming Pool and Spa Code and is active in standards development. Martin has served as ICC's PMG Director of Industry Relations for nearly four years. Read more.
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