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After the Hearings, Log In to cdpACCESS and Vote Approximately one week after the completion of the 2014 Group C Public Comment Hearings, ICC Governmental Member Voting Representatives and Honorary Members can log in to cdpACCESS and vote on the results from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The voting period will remain open for 10 business days. Assistance with cdpACCESS is available by email at cdpACCESS@iccsafe.org or by calling toll-free 855-ICC-CDP1 (855-422-2371). |
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Schedule Announced for Group C Public Comment Hearings The Group C Public Comment Hearings, held in conjunction with ICC's 2014 Annual Conference and Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 8 a.m. EST. The schedule anticipates that the hearings will be completed no later than Noon EST on Saturday, Oct. 4. Actual start times for each chapter designated in the International Green Construction Code cannot be stipulated due to uncertainties in hearing progress. Be sure to consult the Public Comment Agenda. |
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IS-COMSC Committee Continues Development of Commissioning Standard The next meeting of the ICC Commissioning Standard Consensus Committee (IS-COMSC) will be held Sept. 16 via teleconference. The purpose of this meeting is for the committee to continue development of the ICC 1000, Standard for Commissioning. Read the meeting notice. If you wish to be placed on the "interested party" list for the development of this standard, contact the ICC Secretariat Dave Walls, Executive Director of Sustainability Programs. |
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Guide Communicates Overarching Commissioning Goals and Objectives ASHRAE recently published The Strategic Guide to Commissioning as a collaborative effort of industry leaders to communicate overarching commissioning goals and objectives. This effort will lead to increased building and system performance while protecting the established industry interests and processes and procedures. ICC was represented by Chief Executive Officer Dominic Sims on the 28-member industry committee that developed the new guide. |
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Code Action Committees to Assume Code Technology Committee Areas of Study Due to the duplicative committee structure of the Code Technolgy Committee and the Code Action Committees, the ICC Board of Directors has come to the difficult decision that while the CTC has performed a valuable service to ICC and the I-Codes, it is time to fully commit ICC resources to the CAC committee structure. The Board has directed staff to work towards sun setting the CTC by the conclusion of the 2016 Code Development Cycle. |
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August 2014 Building Valuation Data Available for Download The August 2014 Building Valuation Data is now available for download from the Code Council website. ICC strongly recommends that all jurisdictions and other interested parties actively evaluate and assess the impact of the BVD before utilizing it in their current code enforcement related activities. The BVD is updated every six months, with the next data available in February 2015. |
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