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| Meet the cdpACCESS Team The ICC Board and cdpACCESS Steering Committee are working with design and development professionals to build cdpACCESS, the new online platform for code change submittals, collaboration, and voting.  To make cdpACCESS as user-friendly as possible, the Board and Steering Committee looked to design research and user experience experts Karen Faith and Nick Hahn. The duo has been travelling the country, meeting with the ICC community and connecting with future cdpACCESS users. Their research efforts have included observations, interviews, and meetings with code development stakeholders and ICC leadership.They've also had coffee with plans examiners, attended EduCode's Mardi Gras-themed student appreciation party, and rode shotgun with a fire code official, thoroughly immersing themselves in the world of code development. "We respect the integrity and passion with which great codes are created," said Nick. "To successfully translate what we have and will learn into the digital realm, we must have a complete understanding of the values and needs of everyone involved in a code's creation." Nick and Karen lead a team of researchers, designers, and writers from Design Cloud, an interactive design studio in Chicago. The team is fully engaged in the creation of the new online tool code development participants will use to develop future editions of the I-Codes. They are also building a new home for cdpACCESS on the ICC website that will feature up-to-date information to keep participants informed every step the way. To build the robust online application, ICC has enlisted Caxy, a custom web development team. As part of the cdpACCESS team, and neighbors in Chicago's West Loop, Caxy and Design Cloud often collaborate in person on the build in progress. Michael LaVista, cdpACCESS System Architect and Caxy CEO says, "We are excited to be working on a new, online system that will bring ICC's time-tested process to even more people. We're even more excited that we are using technology to do things with the code development process that weren't possible before." Peter Hernandez, Caxy's senior project manager, adds, "I feel privileged to be working with such a great team on this project." Several cdpACCESS team members will host an information table at the Committee Action Hearings in Dallas to offer a sneak peak at the progress that has been made, share an inside look at system features and some initial prototypes, and continue to gather feedback from ICC Members and other code development process participants. Please stop by and meet the team. Comments can also be sent by email to cdpACCESS@iccsafe.org. |
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Registration Remains Open for Dallas Hearings
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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. |
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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. Click here for details. |
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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 IS-RCSDI is finalized, the committee will begin its standard development process with this draft. 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. |
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Latest Building Valuation Data Available Click here to access the February 2013 Building Valuation Data as well as archived tables. The Code Council strongly recommends that all jurisdictions and other interested parties actively evaluate and assess the impact of the BVD table before utilizing them in their current code enforcement related activities. The BVD tables are updated in six-month intervals with the next table scheduled to be released in August. |
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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. 
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.