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ICC-ES issues ESR-3631 to Structurlam Products.

ICC Evaluation Service issued ESR-3631 to Structurlam Products LP for its CrossLam cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, providing evidence CrossLam CLT panels comply with the code requirements of the 2015 International Building Code and International Residential Code. Cross laminated timber is a relatively new technology involving the efficient use of the timber resource in manufacturing "mass timber" building components; CLT structures often experience faster construction times and also result in net carbon negative buildings.

ICC-ES launches new Affiliate Program.

ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) introduced a new Affiliate Program to support ICC-ES' clients (building, plumbing, mechanical and gas product manufacturers). The Affiliate Program will help increase the visibility and awareness of manufacturers' products in the built industry, through a number of additional marketing support initiatives, the most important one being the linking of clients' reports and listings to the ICC's online codes portal, premiumACCESS, and shortly thereafter, to ICC's free online publicACCESS code site.

MiTek and Falcon Stainless join ICC-ES' new Affiliate Program.

MiTek and Falcon Stainless, Inc., are the first building and plumbing product manufacturers to take advantage of the new ICC-ES Affiliate Program, which supports ICC-ES clients by increasing the visibility and awareness of their products through a number of additional marketing support initiatives.

"ICC-ES is pleased to see Falcon Stainless take advantage of this affiliate program, offering manufacturers opportunities to increase awareness of their ICC-ES PMG listings," said ICC-ES PMG Director Dawn LaFleur-Qualley.

"As the first major client to the ICC-ES Affiliate Program, we are pleased to see MiTek take advantage of this program, offering manufacturers opportunities to increase awareness of their ICC-ES reports and listings," said ICC-ES President Shahin Moinian, P.E.

ICC-ES launches online Customer Portal System.

ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) launched a new online Customer Portal System to better support new and existing ICC-ES clients. The system will allow new and existing clients to apply, track and review the status of their report application, while being able to apply for report revisions and review/pay invoices online via credit card. Users will first need to register and create an account.

Pictured (left-right): ICC Evaluation Service Director of Sales and Partnerships Michael Temesvary, ICC-ES Vice President of Engineering Gary Nichols, ICC Director of PMG Resources in Government Relations Lee Clifton, ICC Government Relations Senior Regional Manager Mark Roberts, ICC Government Relations Regional Manager Tom Allen, Innovation Research Labs President and CEO Michael Luzier, ICC-ES President Shahin Moinian, ICC Vice President of Client Services and External Relations William Gould, ICC-ES Senior Staff Engineer Ping Cheng, and ICC-ES Quality System Director David Pereg.

Manufacturers seek ICC-ES testing, listing & product evaluation.

The ICC Evaluation Service and International Code Council had another successful year exhibiting at the International Builders' Show and the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show. As major sponsors of the event, a large delegation of ICC/ICC-ES staff, including ICC Chief Executive Officer Dominic Sims, executive staff and board members, participated in a number of Design and Construction Week activities. ICC-ES sponsored the 2017 Metrostudy Housing Industry Outlook Seminar, which analyzed economic trends impacting the housing industry, growth forecasts in housing activity, pricing trends shaping demand in 2017, and winning the hearts and wallets of millennials.

Look for ICC-ES Evaluation Reports to ensure proof of compliance to ICC 500-2014.

As the only agency with the institutional knowledge to evaluate products to the requirements of its Acceptance Criteria — code officials trust and rely on ICC-ES reports because they allow them to instantly approve products with confidence and peace of mind.

ICC Evaluation Service evaluates the design and construction criteria of storm shelters for high wind, hurricane and tornado requirements required by ICC-500-2014: ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters; FEMA P-320, Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business; and FEMA P-361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms.

Learn more about ICC-ES' cooperation with Innovation Research Labs.

ICC Evaluation Service, the experts in built environment product evaluation and certification, and Innovation Research Labs, a state-of-the-art testing laboratory with a market-research facility, entered into a cooperation agreement to better serve the manufacturers of building and plumbing products and materials. The relationship enables ICC-ES to bring testing, evaluation, and listing under one roof, essentially creating a "one-stop" conformity assessment agency. A key benefit will be the availability of a front-end test plan that will speed up the listing and evaluation report process. It will also minimize delays in obtaining testing data. View the video.

ICC-ES issues report for insulated concrete form wall structure.

ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) issued ESR-2092 to NUDURA Inc. for its insulated concrete form wall system, which is used as stay-in-place formwork for structural concrete, load-bearing and non-load bearing, below grade and above grade walls.