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	Volume 6, Issue 1	March 2010

John Nosse Honored for 44 Years of Service

John Nosse, one of the great veterans of the model code organizations and the American building industry, officially retired as president of the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) on January 27. Nosse spent 44 years on the job, starting as a plan-check engineer with the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) in 1965. Later, he was the first and only president of ICBO Evaluation Service, and in 2003 he became the first president of ICC-ES. Nosse's retirement came after serving for several months as President Emeritus of ES during Mark Johnson's transition as the new ES President... click to continue

Connect Directly to ICC-ES Evaluation Reports and PMG Listings

ICC-ES Evaluation Reports and Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas (PMG) Listings are now directly linked in eCodes Premium, directly connecting chapters and specific code sections to related product reports or listings. This allows regulators to find code-compliant products and determine acceptability of evaluated products... click to continue

Evaluation Committee Highlights

The ICC-ES Evaluation Committee met February 2-4 in Los Angeles to consider new proposed acceptance criteria for alternate products and for products where additional clarification is needed in the code; and for existing criteria that need to be revised to reflect current code, updated standards or changes to products. Twenty-two separate items were considered, with 18 being approved and eight held for further study... click to continue

Look to ICC-ES Reports for Code Compliance, Innovation, Sustainability

ICC-ES Evaluation Reports are the leading building industry resource to verify that innovative building products, systems and materials are up to code. The ICC-ES PMG Listing program provides evidence that a plumbing, mechanical or fuel gas product complies with applicable standards and codes. The ICC-ES SAVE program provides trusted third-party verification for sustainable construction products... click to continue

Innovative Demilec Insulation Is Energy-Efficient, Environmentally Friendly

For centuries, castor oil has been thought to have healing powers. Today, it has insulating powers. The rapidly renewable resource is taking the place of petroleum-based products in spray foam insulation, making the insulation more environmentally friendly. Leading the way is Demilec, a manufacturer of residential and commercial spray foam insulation... click to continue

Signs of Success for Cooperative Agreement between ICC-ES and Intertek

The building industry is already beginning to see dividends from the recent cooperative arrangement between Intertek and ICC-ES. The first two building-product evaluation reports to be produced under the arrangement, were ready for publication within a few weeks of the time Intertek submitted a complete package of technical data to ICC-ES... click to continue



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