Enhance your career at the ICC Conference.

ICC is offering two special events for 2015 Annual Conference attendees to enhance their professional careers. The ICC Resume Clinic, sponsored by Sequence Staffing, will feature private- and public-sector hiring managers and others who will spend 15-20 minutes with attendees reviewing resumes and offering customized job search advice. ICC also is partnering with Sequence Staffing for the Career Planning Workshop, which is a three-hour, in-depth event specifically customized for ICC Members.

August Building Valuation Data is available.

The August 2015 Building Valuation Data (BVD) is available on the Code Council website. ICC strongly recommends that all jurisdictions and other interested parties actively evaluate and assess the impact of the BVD before utilizing it in their current code enforcement related activities. The BVD is updated in six-month intervals, with the next data available in February 2016. View the archives.

First committee meeting set for pool solar heating and cooling standard.

The Pool Solar Heating and Cooling Standard Consensus Committee (IS-PHSC) will hold its first meeting Oct. 14 via conference call and webconference. IS-PHSC members will begin the process of developing a prospective ANSI standard for solar heating and cooling systems used for residential and commercial pools, spas and hot tubs. Read the meeting notice.

Significant changes to the 2015 IRC.

The requirement for gasketed doors on fireplaces has been removed from Section N1102.4.2 and Table N1102.4.1.1 of the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC). Doors on wood-burning fireplaces must be listed for the application.

(This information is excerpted from the Significant Changes to the 2015 International Residential Code.).

Search Preferred Provider courses by code abbreviation.

Supplement your code knowledge easily by training with ICC's Preferred Education Providers. More than 200 providers and 300 courses are available in the Preferred Provider live schedule. Narrow down courses based on code abbreviation (such as IRC, IBC or IECC) to find training that meets your needs. All courses in the Preferred Provider live schedule offer CEUs that may be used to your ICC Certification renewal requirements.

Accessible means of egress and the 2015 IBC.

Safe egress of occupants is critical in all buildings. And, it is important to note that the way someone enters and moves into a building is not always the same way they move to evacuate a building in an emergency. The 2015 International Building Code addresses means of egress in Chapter 10, and Section 1009 addresses Accessible Means of Egress specifically. Successfully apply the provisions of these sections when you register today for 2015 IBC Accessible Means of Egress, an upcoming Featured Topic Webinar from ICC.

ICC-ES Evaluation Committee to meet in October.

The ICC-ES Evaluation Committee will meet Oct. 13-14 in Birmingham, Ala., to consider revisions to existing and newly proposed acceptance criteria. The agenda and other important items are 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.

Hilti, Inc. complies with new ICC-ES AC308 option.

ICC Evaluation Service has revised two Hilti, Inc. evaluation reports (ESR-2322 and ESR-3187) to the new option of AC308: Acceptance Criteria for Post-installed Adhesive Anchors in Concrete Elements Table 3.8, which evaluates post-installed reinforcing bars for design equivalency to cast-in-place bars. Meeting the requirements for this option makes Hilti the first manufacturer able to provide engineers and installers solutions for post-installed rebar applications using development length provisions of ACI 318.

ICC and APA team up for 2015 wall bracing guide.

A Guide to the 2015 IRC Wood Wall Bracing Provisions is a valuable illustrative guide developed to help identify and explain the key elements of wall bracing, and demystify the commonly misunderstood IRC prescriptive bracing provisions. The guide is jointly published by ICC and APA – The Engineered Wood Association. The new guide is available for pre-order and scheduled to ship Oct. 1.

NYC enacts law that requires registration of cooling towers.

As a result of the recent unprecedented outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the South Bronx, New York City has enacted a new law that requires the registration of cooling towers, fluid coolers and evaporative condensers with the Department of Buildings. This law will enable NYC to track where this equipment is located and how it is maintained. Click here for more details.

FLASH: The time is right to conform to the U.S. building code system.

After a decade that included Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy, the resilience movement is evolving the definition of disaster survival success from basic building survival to resilient communities overall. A commentary co-authored by Federal Alliance for Safe Homes President and CEO Leslie Chapman-Henderson and Senior Policy Analyst Audrey K. Rierson says we must conform to the U.S. building code system accordingly by redefining success from buildings that deliver minimum life safety to structures that allow people to survive, recover swiftly, and build back even stronger.

ACI's Falconer passes away.

Daniel W. Falconer, managing director of engineering for the American Concrete Institute (ACI), passed away peacefully July 29 after a 16-month battle with cancer. He was 59. Falconer represented ACI's interests within the code, standards and specifications writing activities of numerous concrete-related groups. He was a past member of ICC's Industry Advisory Committee. Read more.

Accessibility, elevator safety expert Black passes away.

Brian D. Black, President of BDBlack & Associates in Hamburg, N.Y., passed away Aug. 23 at the age of 60. Black worked for more than 30 years in the field of accessibility for persons with disabilities, including serving as the Director of Building Codes & Standards for the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association and United Spinal Association, and as a member of ICC's Consensus Committee on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. After forming his consulting firm, Black served as the Code and Safety Consultant for the National Elevator Industry since 2007. Read more.

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