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PMG Signs MOU with National Board of Boiler Pressure Vessel Inspectors

The Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Group (PMG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Board of Boiler Pressure Vessel Inspectors that outlines objectives to advance the boiler and pressure vessel industry overall, as well as those mutually beneficial to the organizations' respective members. The MOU also will work towards achieving a single plumbing code for use throughout the U.S.

Collaboration on 2012 Pool and Spa Code Is Confirmed

After months of discussions with representatives of the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals (APSP), Code Council Chief Operating Officer Dominic Sims and APSP CEO William Weber signed the agreement that will encompass all aspects of pool and spa design and safety.

Utah Uniform Building Code Commission Votes to Maintain IPC As State Plumbing Code

The Utah Uniform Building Code Commission voted to maintain the International Plumbing Code (IPC) as the State Plumbing Code The vote was unanimous with several public comments in support of the IPC. The commission will hold a public hearing September 8 and then present its report and recommendation to the Utah Senate Interim Business and Labor Committee on September 15.

Many Global Health Speakers at First U.S. World Toilet Summit

Plans are well underway for the first ever U.S. ICC World Toilet Summit hosted during the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Convention to be held October 30 through November 3 in Philadelphia. Many noted speakers for world-renowned and respected global sanitation, water and health organizations will present both during education sessions and the International Breakfast on Monday, November 1.

The "2.6 Billion Sanitation Business Opportunities" theme of the 2010 ICC WTS is already attracting many business people interested in learning how they can capture a share of this huge market while helping to solve the global sanitation crisis at the same time.

World Toilet Summit tracks are Innovations in Global Toilet Design, Bottom of the Pyramid Market (1.8 billion of the 2.6 billion people without proper sanitation who have purchasing power) and Micro Financing, Advocacy and Potty Parity, and the Cleaning and Personal Care Market. This conference will reveal how to capitalize on these huge markets while helping to solve the sanitation crisis at the same time. The ICC-focused tracks are Green and Codes & Standards, which both round out the WTS's sanitation topics and complement ASPE's tracks perfectly.

For more information about the ICC World Toilet Summit 2010 at the ASPE Convention, visit www.iccsafe.org/iccwts.