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May 19, 2010
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| Volume 7, Issue 8 | May 19, 2010 |
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Virginia Code Officials, Home Builders Association Earn ICC Raising the Profile Award A public campaign highlighting the importance of building codes and building safety is the 2010 recipient of the Code Council’s Raising the Profile Award, which recognizes contributions that raise public awareness of accomplishments of code enforcement officials that improve public safety. The Virginia Building and Code Officials Association (VBCOA) and New River Valley Home Builders Association were honored for their collaboration on the “Better Building. Safer Homes.” campaign. Accepting this year's award from Code Council Board President Ron Lynn (center) during the Building Safety Month rooftop reception at ICC Headquarters in Washington, D.C., are VBCOA Region II Chair Cathy Cook (left) and New River Valley HBA President Chris Pfohl. Click to continue |
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Nation's First Mandatory Green Building Code Displayed | |
| Continuing California's efforts to fight climate change and protect the environment, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and California Building Standards Commission Executive Director Dave Walls discuss the new California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) during the 4th Annual Green Summit in Sacramento. The new CALGreen code—published by the Code Council—will go into effect January 1, 2011. click to continue | ||
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PMG Staff Begins Training for New Adoptee Puerto Rico | |
| Following the signing of an MOU with Puerto Rico to develop a complete set of I-Codes, on behalf of ICC Global Services and ICC Training and Education, Code Council PMG Executive Director Jay Peters gave a presentation to 300 architects, engineers and public officials in San Juan. The presentations, “Code Development, Scopes and Highlights” and “Principle Changes, 2009 IPC and IMC,” were so well received, ICC was asked to return to conduct additional training. Click to continue | ||
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ICC-ES, NCSEA Agreement Marks a New Milestone for Building Safety | |
| ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. (ICC-ES) and the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) have signed an agreement to provide active NCSEA participation and support for the ICC-ES Evaluation Program. Both parties recognized the benefits the collaboration provides to manufacturers, code officials and the design community. NCSEA President William Bast (left) and ICC-ES President Mark Johnson sign milestone agreement. Click to continue | ||
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IAS Laboratory Accreditation Continues to Expand | |
| The economic recession continues to have a global impact on virtually every industry, including governmental bodies. Despite the effects of the recession within the U.S. and in many other parts of the globe, the International Accreditation Service (IAS) has been able to steadily increase its business in most of the accreditation programs we offer. Read the latest issue of APLAC News Notes, published by IAS, to learn more. | ||
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Support Building Safety Month | |
| After three decades of success, the Code Council and ICC Foundation (ICCF) expanded Building Safety Week into a month-long campaign in May to increase awareness of the critical importance of building and designing safe, sustainable and green structures in the U.S. and around the world. BASF—The Chemical Company is the millennium sponsor of Building Safety Month 2010 that includes the weekly themes of energy and green building, disaster safety and mitigation, fire safety and awareness, and backyard safety. | ||
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