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| Five Awarded Honorary Memberships | Joslin Elected Vice President of MBCIA |
| Lake in the Hills Picks New Building Commissioner | |
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 Five Awarded Honorary MembershipsInternational 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. Pictured are the ICC Honorary Members who attended this year's conference. |
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 Lake in the Hills Picks New Building CommissionerThe village of Lake in the Hills, Ill., has a new building commissioner. Ann Marie Hess replaces Michael Magnussen, who is now working for the city of Crystal Lake. As building commissioner, Hess is primarily responsible for the enforcement of building, property maintenance and zoning codes, and oversees the daily operations of the Building Division and staff. She has degrees in architecture and science in environmental design from Ball State University and has worked for various municipalities for almost 20 years. Hess has served as a building and property maintenance inspector for Arlington Heights and as a building official for Hanover Park. She also serves on the board of directors for the Northwest Building Officials and Code Administrators. Continue reading at the Northwest Herald |
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| Joslin Elected Vice President of MBCIA Building Commissioner Sam Joslin was recently elected vice president of the Massachusetts Building Commissioners and Inspectors Association (MBCIA). He hopes strengthening participation in the educational component of MBCIA will be a hallmark of his tenure in this new leadership position. "The building codes are changing at a very quick pace and are becoming much more involved—making it difficult to stay up to date," Joslin said. "Interaction with peers, trades and manufacturers through educational programs is becoming more important as the complexity of the code increases." A second area of focus will be to foster an increased awareness among his peers in the industry of the importance of periodic occupancy inspections of certain public buildings, as is required by law. To ensure the upkeep of life safety systems in places like schools, restaurants and movie theaters, both the building inspector and Fire Department are legally required to conduct periodic inspections. Joslin notes that most people enter a public building without giving a second thought to its safety. It is the job of the building inspector to make sure this is the case. Joslin is working with state Sen. Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and Department of Public Safety commissioner Thomas Gatzunis to make sure this process is being supported and followed in cities and towns. He's also enlisting help from the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association to bring awareness about the requirement to towns through their insurance carriers. "Failure to complete these inspections not only poses a public safety threat but also an insurance liability for the municipality," Joslin stressed. Continue reading at the Newbury Port Daily News |
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