Moinian appointed chair of PMI Allied Member Committee.

ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) President Shahin Moinian has been named chair of the new Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) Allied Member Committee. Committee members are non-manufacturing organizations involved with the plumbing manufacturing industry such as certification bodies, raw materials suppliers and organizations that provide statistical data. Moinian will serve in an advisory role and seek to understand and represent the collective interests of the Allied Membership to the PMI Board of Directors. Read more.

ICC-ES hires Gould as VP of External Relations and Client Services.

ICC-ES has hired Bill Gould as Vice President of External Relations and Client Services. Gould's primary focus will be managing the organization's relationships with industry partners and major clients. As a part of his responsibilities, Gould will also be involved in strategic technical activities. For the past 17 years, he was the Director of Technical Business Development at Hilti, Inc. Read more.

ICC-ES issues ESR-2502 to Powers Fasteners for wedge expansion anchors.

ICC-ES commitment to customer service and rapid turn-around of its industry-leading evaluation reports resulted in the quick update to Powers Fasteners ESR-2502 to include recognition of its new wedge expansion anchors — Powers Power-Stud+ SD2 Carbon Steel Anchors, Power-Stud+ SD4 Stainless Steel Anchors and Power-Stud+ SD6 Stainless Steel Anchors in Cracked and Uncracked Concrete. DEWALT (Stanley Black & Decker) is an additional listee on this report. The report confirms structural compliance with 2015, 2012, 2009 and 2006 International Codes, Abu Dhabi International Building Code and Florida Building Codes and provides design and construction professionals with new options for building safe and code compliant structures. Read more.

ICC-ES improves the value of its industry-leading evaluation reports.

ICC-ES is committed to continuously improving the value and quality of its industry-leading evaluation reports. As a result, improvements are being made to the current cover page of evaluation reports to benefit current and future report holders. Read more.

Increasing number of manufacturers recognize the value of ICC-ES Building Product Listings.

Several more manufacturers have joined the ranks of companies that now hold ICC-ES Building Product Listings as a way to demonstrate products are code compliant. 3Form, LLC; Chemco, Inc.; Demilec (USA) Inc.; Novidesa S.A. de C.V.; Overhead Door Corp.; and Quest Construction Products have all been issued new ICC-ES building product listings. Read more.

ICC-ES Evaluation Committee to meet in October.

New building products and technologies are being developed constantly. When there are no clear requirements in the code for new products and methods, the ICC-ES Evaluation Committee approves new and revised acceptance criteria (AC) used to evaluate products. The ICC-ES Evaluation Committee will meet in Birmingham, Ala., in October to consider revisions to existing ACs and newly proposed ACs. The agenda and other important items will be posted here.

Registration for the complimentary webcast will be available on the ICC-ES website prior to the meeting. Nearly 200 attendees from the U.S., Canada, Finland, Germany and New Zealand viewed the June webcast. Important deadlines are posted here. Resolution of the items considered will be posted on the ICC-ES website.

Ekenel, Thorsell receive continued recognition from industry.

ICC-ES Senior Staff Engineer Mahmut Ekenel, Ph.D., P.E, was one of three co-authors of an International Concrete Repair Institute's ICRI Journal paper published in June entitled, Acceptance Criteria for Alternative Construction Materials and their Role in the International Existing Building Code (IEBC). The scope of the paper covers the process for code adoption of new materials/technologies, and presents the key features of some acceptance criteria (AC125, AC434 and AC416) for testing and design of alternative systems related to building repair.

Director of ICC-ES Environmental Programs Steven R. Thorsell, AIA, CSI, has been re-appointed for a 19th term to the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Architectural Registration Examination (ARE) Committee where he serves as Code Liaison. Candidates who want to become licensed architects must successfully pass all divisions of the NCARB exam to become eligible to gain their license to practice in the U.S. and U.S. territories. The ARE committee develops the examination questions. As Code Liaison, Thorsell provides support for code-related exam items in addition to development of practice-based exam items.

Chui, Wong join ICC-ES technical staff.

Two engineers have joined the ICC-ES technical staff in its Western Regional Office in Brea, Calif. Both are actively involved in industry associations and bring a wealth of technical knowledge and industry experience to ICC-ES. "ICC-ES continues to grow and expand its staff resources to best serve our clients and manufacturers," said ICC-ES President Shahin Moinian. "We are committed to offering rigorous technical evaluations, the best customer service and timely issuance of reports." Read more.

Earn CEUs at featured webinar.

The ICC-ES webinar, "Approving or Selecting Building Products with Confidence," helps building officials, specifiers, designers and other building professionals better understand the process that goes into developing an ICC-ES Evaluation Report and Building Products Listing, so that they can have confidence when approving or specifying a building product for installation. Register for the complimentary ICC-ES webinar to learn why ICC-ES is the most preferred agency when it comes to technical evaluations among building officials. CEUs provided. Please note that all webinars are held from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

Don't miss the ICC Building Safety & Design Expo.

The Building Safety & Design Expo provides a platform for exhibitors to demonstrate and educate building safety and design professionals about the latest products and services needed to keep buildings safe and meet and maintain compliance with accepted codes and standards. The Building Safety & Design Expo brings professionals from the built environment, including local tradesmen; architects; engineers; and plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, building, and fire safety professionals from around the country together in one location.

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