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| Frank Castelvecchi and Family Honored for Firefighting Legacy Frank Castelvecchi, a former Virginia Building Code Officials Association (VBCOA) board member, and his family received the Outstanding Family Volunteer Service Award from Gov. Terry McAuliffe's office as part of the Volunteerism and Community Service Awards. Frank is a Senior Plan Review Engineer in Henrico County—an ICC Governmental Member. Frank Castelvecchi started firefighting when he was 14. His daughter Margaret and Francis are sixth-generation firefighters. They both went through the fire academy as teenagers. Frank Castelvecchi has a simple explanation for why he runs into burning buildings in his free time. "If people need help bad enough to ask for it, somebody's gotta do it," Castelvecchi said. "You do what you can when you can and you make a difference." |
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| Euclid (Ohio) Building, Housing Departments Support Boy Battling Leukemia Sam Bonvissuto, a housing inspector for the city of Euclid, has garnered support from his co-workers and the community as his son, Luke, battles leukemia. Euclid, Ohio, building department is an ICC governmental member. Bonvissuto's son, Luke, 6, was diagnosed with AML, acute myeloid leukemia, and started chemotherapy. Members of the Building and Housing Department shaved their heads after Bonvissuto shaved his head when Luke started to lose his hair. "I wasn't expecting it at all," Bonvissuto said. "Our department has not been that close, but my son has brought us closer together and they are family. Even guys that I have done inspections for have shaved their heads. It feels great to have all this support." Joe O'Donnell, building inspector for Euclid, said everyone came together and decided to do anything they could to give Bonvissuto support. "We knew Sam was planning on shaving his head when Luke started to lose his hair, but we didn't think it would be this quick," he said. "It was only after the first round of chemo that he started to lose it ... so after he shaved his head and came to work, we all had our heads shaved, too. It's been tough on them, and we want to do everything we can to make it easier on them. No matter what, they will get through it and we will help them. Our hearts go out to Luke, Sam and the family." |
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ICC Sustainability and Global Membership Councils Call for Award Nominations The International Code Council (ICC) Sustainability Membership Council and Global Membership Council are accepting nominations for awards that will be presented at the 2014 ICC Annual Conference September 28-30 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
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| Complimentary Compliance Guide for ICC Members Through a special partnership arrangement between the International Code Council (ICC), the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC), and as part of our ongoing efforts to provide our Members with the latest tools and information, we want to offer ICC Members a free PDF download of the International Energy Conservation Code for Simple Commercial Buildings Compliance Guide. To take advantage of this free ICC Members-only offer, click here to go to the Compliance Guide product page. Once there, simply log-in, add the Compliance Guide to your shopping cart and proceed to check out. This special offer expires on June 30 and is limited to one free download per ICC Member. On behalf of the ICC, IMT and NFRC, we hope that you will find the Compliance Guide helpful. If you would like to see other related publications that ICC has to offer, spend some time in the ICC store online where you can browse through plenty of related publications and code resources. Thank you for your continuing Membership and support of the International Code Council. |
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| Bowling Green, Ky., Chief Building Official Retiring After 32 years working for the city of Bowling Green, Glenn Burns is winding down his duties this summer as chief building official. Burns started in the engineering division but has been the chief building official for the past 20 years. "Overall, I have really enjoyed working with people, educating them about why we have codes," Burns said. "But it hasn't always been easy. There are those days, and sometimes, the workloads and the people can get stressful. Codes always are changing. It's like I tell my people, 'you don't learn the code book, you learn how to read the book because as soon as you know it all they are going to change it.'" |
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| Los Angeles, Calif., Turns to City Veteran to Run Building Department Los Angeles' interim head of the Department of Building and Safety was given the permanent job after a 13-0 City Council confirmation vote. The move elevates Raymond Chan, a longtime veteran of the Department of Building and Safety. Chan has been with the agency since 1987, and was appointed to the agency's No. 2 position, executive officer, in 2003. He has served the top job at the agency since last year. "You and your team have made great strides in reducing the steps that it takes to get projects off the ground after due diligence," Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said. "You really stand out as someone in our city who gets the job done." |
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| New Building Codes Stressing Safety, Energy Efficiency in Enterprise, Ala. It's safety first, but energy efficiency is also a driving factor behind the new set of building codes adopted by the city of Enterprise. The city had been using the 2003 codes as established by the International Code Council, but moved up to the 2009 codes adopted by the State of Alabama a few years back. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is requiring contractors to abide by energy efficiency codes. "They are the most widely used codes in the country," said City Engineer Michael Walters. "They are pretty much the standards we go by. All tests and work done for energy efficiency will now be on display in the homes. Everything will be documented from the type of windows in the home and more. You've got to be more thorough. Contractors have got to meet the requirements. They are really pushing energy efficiency." The biggest change in the newly adopted codes on the commercial side involves occupancy numbers, including when sprinkler systems must be included. Grandfathered-in buildings can remain as is, but if a building changes or is renovated by 60 percent, it must meet new standards. "We work with the contractors early and often on projects," Walters continued. "They've been very receptive and understand the need. It also serves as a selling point. It will cost more money, but not drastically. The overall cost is not a great deal of difference. It saves the homeowner on their power bill and gives everyone peace of mind." |
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