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Meet the Candidates for the
ICC Board of Directors

Get to know the Code Council Board of Directors candidates by viewing their resumes, letters of intent and other information. A "Candidates Forum" will held be during the Opening Session of the 2012 Annual Conference in Portland. The Board elections will be held October 23 during the 2012 Annual Business Meeting.

It's Not Too Late to
Join Us in Portland

Registration remains open for the Code Council's 2012 Annual Conference and Group A Final Action Hearings in Portland. This year's event offers opportunities to participate in the development of the Group A 2015 International Codes, attend training sessions, get involved in Membership Councils' meetings and network with peers. Governmental Voting Representatives also will elect members of the 2012-13 ICC Board of Directors. Register today!

Fowler Motorcycle Ride Rumbling
420 Miles in the Scenic Northwest

The 9th Annual Bob Fowler Motorcycle Ride, which benefits the ICC Foundation Code of Honor Scholarship Program, will be held October 20-21 in Portland. Saturday participants will ride 220 miles into western Washington along the Columbia Gorge with views of Mount St. Helens, across the "Bridge of the Gods" and over Mount Hood back into Oregon. Sunday participants will ride 200 miles west to the Pacific Ocean, having lunch in historic Astoria, Oregon.

Membership Councils Invited to Add Input to cdp ACCESS Initiative

The cdp ACCESS Steering Committee met in Dallas to work on its proposal for the next phase of this effort to expand participation in the code development process. The committee also met with the ICC Fire Service Membership Council and invited the other ICC Membership Councils to add their views to the initiative. Pictured at the meeting are (from left) ICC Board President Bill Dupler, Committee Chair Wally Bailey and ICC Acting CEO Dominic Sims.

Your Chance to Examine Code Technology, Issues and Concepts

The Code Council is accepting applications for the ICC Code Technology Committee (CTC). This committee considers pressing issues of new technology and other contemporary issues and concepts surrounding the current code provisions. The CTC typically holds two-to-four meetings per year. The application deadline is October 19. Click here for an application.

Committees to Review Group A Results, Develop Group B Proposals

The ICC Building, Fire and Sustainability, Energy & High Performance Building Code Action Committees, the Ad Hoc Committee on Healthcare, and the Code Technology Committee have scheduled meetings in November to review results of the Group A Final Action Hearings in Portland and to develop proposed changes to the Group B codes that are due January 3, 2013. Click on the links for the meeting notices.

Earn CEUs While Attending the Codes Summit at Greenbuild 2012

In California, the paths to green building and sustainability continue their robust advance. 2012 brought the introduction of the International Green Construction Code, and updates to the California Energy Code and CALGreen are underway to support the continued green growth in the state. Don't miss this opportunity to learn the latest about building green at the CODES SUMMIT and share your code knowledge with the green community. This one-day summit that will dive deep into green building codes and best practices, and will familiarize a diverse community of building professionals with the emerging regulations. Earn CEUs — click here to see the education sessions at the Codes Summit.

Missing "One of the Good Guys"

If you were to assemble an ideal boss, you would want one who knew his job, let you do yours by making sure you had everything you needed to succeed, was kind to co-workers and patient and fair with customers. Put all this together, and you would end up with someone like Edgar E. "Bud" Howell. Howell, 86, retired Building Official in Haines City, Florida, passed away in March, leaving a legacy of consensus-building, solid code skills and many friends and peers who learned from him how to be good public servants—and good people.

Other ICC Member News:
View the 2012 Annual Conference Schedule

Code Update: Significant Code Changes to the 2012 IPC

Identification requirements for plumbing products have been clarified. Furthermore, all plumbing products must be listed by a third-party certification agency. Click to continue reading more on this update to the 2012 International Plumbing Code (IPC).

Code Basics: Fire, Based on the 2009 International Fire Code
Code Q & A: 2009 International Residential Code—Building and Energy Provisions



		Download the 2012 Final Action Agenda
		cdp ACCESS Reports and Updates
		ICC Board Approves New Group C Code Development







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		Construction Project Manager \| Lakeland, Florida
		Building Inspector \| Chicago, Illinois
		Plans Review Supervisor \| Denver, Colorado
		Plan Review Engineer \| San Francisco, California



		Addressing Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Buildings
		Redesigned DOE EERE Website Highlights IgCC
		New Federal Residential Buildings Must Achieve 2009 IECC Efficiency Level





		September 2012 Annual National Campus Fire Safety Month
		FEMA: Prepare Now and Join the National Preparedness Coalition
		NASFM Amends Smoke Alarm Guidance to Recommend 10-Year Battery
		Symposium Focuses on Environments for Persons with Low Vision
		Learn about Fire Escape Plans



		Insured Hurricane Isaac Losses Posted at $2 Billion
		U.S. Hiring for Overseas New Construction/Renovation Projects
		Dalmatian Rescued Millsboro Man from WTC Wreckage
		Seattle's Backyard Cottages Make a Dent in Housing Need
		Double the Fund: UNDP Ready To Bank on Disaster Resilience

Code Council App Provides Critical Means of Egress Details

The most relevant, practical and valuable safety information related to means of egress is now available as an iPad/iPhone app. The International Code Council's new iPad/iPhone app provides egress-focused text, figures and tables from several ICC publications including the widely adopted 2009 International Building Code (IBC). The easy-to-use Means of Egress App: 2009 IBC assists with the design, application and compliance of egress requirements by compiling related information from multiple resources into a single digital tool. Egress-related provisions from many helpful references such as the IBC Commentary, IBC Code Opinions Q&A, IBC Study Companion and Significant Changes to the IBC are included to allow users to access egress discussion in any of these documents directly or search the documents by topic.



		Chapters to Play Major Role in Portland
		Code Council Chapters will play a major role in conference activities again this year. The Portland Host Chapters committee, New Jersey chapters and more have been working diligently to insure the success of Chapter sponsored events at the 2012 ICC Annual Conference in Portland Oregon. Click to continue.

		More ICC Chapter News:
		Pre-Register for Speed Mentoring Event at ICC Annual Conference
		PENNBOC Annual Meeting



		ICC to Deliver Keynote Address at Regional Energy Codes Conference
		The International Code Council and its energy conservation code will hold the spotlight Oct. 16-18 at the first multi-state Regional Energy Codes Conference in Omaha, sponsored by the Nebraska Energy Office. Dave Karmol, ICC Vice President of Federal and External Affairs, will deliver the opening keynote address for the conference on Oct. 17. The keynote speaker for the Oct. 18 session will be Kym Carey, Code Deployment Project Manager of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building Technologies Program. Click to continue. CBO Publishes Paper on Overcoming Market Barriers to Energy Efficiency



		Building a Better Process: ICC-ES Provides MiTek USA with Streamlined Evaluation Reports
		In 2012, the ICC Evaluation Service has taken steps to streamline its evaluation process to quickly and efficiently provide manufacturers with confirmation of code compliance through comprehensive, widely accepted evaluation reports (ESRs). This case study examines how manufacturer MiTek benefited from these reforms and was able to quickly update their ESRs to the latest codes.

		How to Read ICC-ES Evaluation Reports
		Earn CEUs—Attend the Free ICC-ES Webinar: Approving Innovative Building Products
		ICC-ES PMG Issues PMG-1157 WaterSense Certification for Raindrip WeatherSmartPRO Irrigation Controller
		The Toro Company Receives WaterSense Certification for Weather-Based Irrigation Controllers



		IAS Establishes New Technical Advisory Council on Sustainability
		IAS has seen an increase in demand for accreditation across many of its programs related to the field of sustainability. To address this demand and to begin developing accreditation criteria for commissioning agencies, IAS has established a Technical Advisory Council (TAC) on Sustainability. The International Code Council's International Green Construction Code (IgCC) establishes requirements for certain buildings to be commissioned. To aid code officials and regulators who enforce commissioning, as required by the IgCC and other regional codes, the ICC has published a Commissioning Guideline. Click to continue.



		Building Safety Month Final Report Released
		The new 2012 Building Safety Month Final Report is available in a clickable and searchable ebook format for easy online viewing, sharing and saving. Congratulations and thank you for making this year's campaign the most widely recognized on record.

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