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| Exclusive 2015 I-Code Member Benefits ICC Membership has many benefits. One of the most popular is free downloads of new codes. Current Governmental, Corporate and Building Safety Professional Members will receive a complete digital set of the 2015 I-Codes as a membership benefit beginning July 15 this year when they renew their membership. When the Membership renewal occurs, eligible Members will receive special instructions on how to download their free 2015 I-Codes. The offer expires next year on July 15, 2015. New Governmental and Corporate Members are eligible for a set of six free codes: Building, Fire, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Plumbing and Residential, digital download or book format. New Individual Members get a choice of one free I-Code of their choice, digital download or book format. |
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| Bozeman, Mont., Planning Department Receives Record Building Permit Submissions The city of Bozeman, Mont., planning department got a hefty delivery recently from its upstairs neighbor, the building department—27 building permit applications, the most ever received in a single day. "We're trying to plow through them as fast as we can," Planning Technician Tara Hastie said. While some were already returned to the building department, thick white stacks of rolled paper still filled the shelf beneath the planning department's front counter a week later. |
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Orlando, Fla., to Outsource Some Inspections to Keep Up with Post-Recession Permit Boom In Orlando, Fla., the inspector who checks to see if a new house or hotel meets state building codes may be working for a private company in Tampa. The reason: City Hall plans to outsource part of its permitting department to keep up with a sharp increase in building permits from a post-recession boom. As housing and commercial construction bounces back, the city's building inspectors are swamped, averaging 21 on-site inspections a day, well above the targeted number of 15. "On some days, it's reaching 30 inspections per building inspector," Economic-Development Director Brooke Bonnett said. "Our current staffing levels don't allow us to adjust easily to that building activity." |
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| L.A. Council Orders Inventory of Earthquake Vulnerable Apartments The Los Angeles City Council has taken the most sweeping action on earthquake safety in nearly three decades, instructing building officials to find and catalog apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major temblor. The survey would focus on wood frame buildings similar to the Northridge Meadows apartment complex, which collapsed and killed 16 people during the 1994 earthquake. A rough estimate by the city put the number of such buildings at about 5,800. Until now, the city has rejected efforts to launch a citywide survey to figure out which structures might be vulnerable. "This is something we should’ve done 20 years ago," said former Councilman Greig Smith, who pushed to revive the issue after he was elected in 2003. |
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| Troutdale, Ore., Officials Revoking Permits for Former Mayor's Controversial Building Troutdale officials are in the process of revoking the building permits and occupancy certificate originally issued for a building on former mayor Jim Kight's property nearly six years ago. The process by which the building was approved became the center of a controversy that led to Kight's ouster at the ballot in 2012. The structure, known as Shed B but described by some officials as a house, violates various city codes and never should have been approved, according to building official Steplien Winstead. |
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