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ICC NEWS ICC and SRCC Unite to Assure Safety, Effectiveness to Markets for Solar Industry The International Code Council and the Solar Rating & Certification Corporation have agreed in principle to join forces and combine resources to support the solar industry and communities, and meet growing market demands. The agreement was announced during ICC's 2014 Annual Conference, Group C Public Comment Hearings and Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
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2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ICC Members Elect 2014-2015 Board Officers, Directors International Code Council Members elected Board Officers and Directors during the association's Annual Business Meeting at the 2014 Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Guy Tomberlin, Chief of the Residential/Light Commercial Inspections Branch of the Fairfax County, Va., Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, was elected President. Alex "Cash" Olszowy III, Building Inspection Supervisor for the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government in Lexington, Ky., was elected Vice President. Georgia State Fire Marshal M. Dwayne Garriss was elected Secretary/Treasurer. Jay Elbettar and Richard C. Truitt Sr. were re-elected to three-year terms as Sectional Directors. William J. Bechtold, James E. Morganson and M. Donny Phipps were elected to three-year terms as Directors at Large. Alan Boswell was elected to a two-year term. |
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2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Tomberlin: Our Future Looks Promising Attracting, educating and energizing the next generation of code officials and industry leaders will be the focus of Guy Tomberlin's tenure as President of the International Code Council Board of Directors. To that end, Tomberlin brought up to the stage past ICC Board Presidents and other colleagues who have influenced his career. "It is often said we are only as successful as those who surround us, so it only makes sense to surround ourselves with these type individuals," Tomberlin said. "I would like to ask that you look around and identify who you think might be the next person or people to help ICC continue moving in the right direction, just as you have done. This is the time to commit to succession planning, mentoring and raising the profile. It is our responsibility to help implement a process that will motivate and inspire the next generation." |
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2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Jones: Working Together for the Good of All ICC Board of Directors outgoing President Stephen D. Jones, CBO, told Annual Conference delegates he used the past year of his presidency to learn as much as he could about the association's 57,000 Members. What he found was a renewed interest in working together for the good of all. "What I found in traveling across the country is that we have shared challenges in the workplace," Jones said. "We all have been asked to do more with less. And somehow we do just that, because what we do matters. It is not about our self-importance. It is about building a safer world." |
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2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Sims: Ensuring the Long-Term Growth and Health of ICC Looking back on a solid foundation of progress and success during 2014, ICC CEO Dominic Sims told Annual Conference attendees the association can go boldly and confidently into 2015 and beyond. "With the direction of the Board of Directors, we just completed an update to our strategic plan," Sims said. "The 2023 effort led to the completion of '20/20 Vision,' a newer, more viable strategic plan to ensure the long-term growth and health of our association." Sims said the plan includes goals for business growth, core business, customer value, policy and thought leadership, and social responsibility/visibility. |
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2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Industry Professionals Honored for Contributions to Safety in the Built Environment The International Code Council honored industry professionals for their contributions to safety in the built environment during its 2014 Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wally Bailey, Director of Development Services for Fort Smith, Ark., was presented the prestigious Bobby J. Fowler Award. Brian Bishop, Construction and Design Engineer for the State Fire Marshal Division of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, received the Gerald H. Jones Code Official of the Year Award. Kelly Nicolello, Alaska State Fire Marshal, was honored with the ICC Fire Service Award. Carvin DiGiovanni, Senior Director of Technical and Standards at the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals, was presented the ICC Affiliate Award. |
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ICC MEMBERS DeSimone, Konyndyk, Martin, Sanzone, Whitney Awarded Honorary Memberships International Code Council Members awarded Honorary Memberships to five distinguished individuals for demonstrating outstanding service to the ICC or one of the association's legacy model code organizations. Members approved the nominations of Sal DeSimone, Robert Konyndyk, George Martin, Jerome "Jerry" Sanzone and Jeff Whitney during the Code Council's 2014 Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
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ICC NEWS & EVENTS Online Voting Window Closes Friday; ICC Addresses Issues with Voting Devices Live testing of cdpACCESS during the 2014 International Green Construction Code Public Comment Hearings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., performed as planned but an unexpected problem occurred with the voting devices. Click to read more, including details of the Individual Consideration Agenda hearing order and the Online Governmental Consensus Vote schedule. |
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Ebola Fact Sheet Available for ICC Members To prepare ICC Members—especially first responders—to potential on-the-job exposure to Ebola, ICC has developed a fact sheet based on current knowledge from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Click to read more. |
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ICC TECHNICAL SERVICES ICC and ASABE Announce New Landscape Irrigation Sprinkler Standard The International Code Council and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers announce the release of a new ANSI consensus standard to classify sprinkler and drip irrigation systems, set uniform testing procedures, and establish minimum design and performance requirements for commercial and residential landscape irrigation components. |
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CODES CORNER Significant Changes to the 2015 International Plumbing Code Replacement of building sewers by the pipe-bursting method has been used for many decades and is especially useful where excavation of the existing sewer is difficult and costly because of parking lots and other items on the ground surface that would need to be removed and replaced. Continue reading |
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ICC TRAINING & CERTIFICATION NEWS ICC Preferred Provider Program Launches in November The ICC Preferred Provider Program (PPP) will soon be accepting applications from education providers interested in becoming Preferred Providers. Users can review courses available from approved Preferred Providers in November as soon as the PPP Website is live. The goal of PPP is to provide training opportunities related to codes, standards and guidelines as well as building construction materials, products and methods. The ICC Preferred Provider Network provides quality training courses approved for ICC CEUs, which can be used toward ICC certification renewal. |
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ICC PRODUCTS & RESOURCES New I-Quest CD Released The powerful 2015 I-Quest Complete Collection CD-ROM is the ideal tool for the serious, everyday code user. I-Quest's Microsoft Fast Folio search engine provides state-of-the-art search capabilities, hyperlinks to sections within each code, tools for adding notes and bookmarks, and an "Update" feature to keep your codes current. |
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ICC JOBTARGET Survey of Code Professionals Predicts Substantial Retirement Exodus A recent survey conducted by the National Institute of Building Sciences on behalf of the International Code Council reveals that code officials are aging and making plans for retirement in significant numbers. Nearly 85 percent of respondents are over the age of 45, and more than 80 percent expect to retire within the next 15 years, and more than 30 percent plan to do so within five years. Such a massive exodus of public safety professionals could have a serious impact on jurisdictions—particularly those with smaller departments—since more than half of the respondents work in departments of nine or fewer employees. |
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INDUSTRY NEWS Superstorm Sandy Not "The Big One"; East Coast Must Plan for $100 Billion Storms Nearly two years ago, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast with a ferocity that left more than 100 people dead and some 650,000 homes destroyed, and knocked out power to more than 8 million, weaving a path of destruction estimated to cost more than $65 billion. But as damaging as it was, Sandy was far from the worst that nature can deliver, according to a new report from insurance giant Swiss Re that warns that the U.S. needs to prepare itself for storms that can cause $100 billion in damage or more—because they've happened here before. |
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