Lee Smith (front row, right), Building Official of Macon-Bibb County, and Glenda Casteel (front row, left), Building Official of Cherokee County, pose with Mike Beatty (front row, center), Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, in acceptance of the Building Official of the Year Award, given by the Building Officials Association of Georgia (BOAG). Smith was selected as the 2007 Building Official of the Year while Casteel was honored for 2008. The presentation on July 22 holds special historical significance since they are the only females to ever receive this award. In the back row, from left are: Ted Miltiades, Director of the Office of Construction Codes and Industrialized Buildings of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs; Tom Carty, President of BOAG; Max Rietschier, Building Codes Consultant with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs; and Gary Englebert, Director of BOAG.

Vaughn Wicker (right), Code Council Vice President of Government Relations State and Local South, was awarded the first-ever President's Award by ICC Region VIII. The award was presented by Past President Bruce Boulineau (left) at the chapter’s annual membership meeting in South Carolina in honor of Wicker’s support to chapter.