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ICC eNews
September 24, 2004
Volume 1, Issue 1
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Annual Conference starts Sunday
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| ICC's annual conference, the 2004 Codes Forum, begins in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sunday, Sept. 26. An estimated 1,500 delegates and companions—including more than 500 attendees from the State of Utah—are expected to participate in the event that runs through Wednesday, Sept. 29. Highlights will include ICC's annual business meeting, the election of officers to the Board of Directors, awards presentations, the Top Gun Code Competition and Crackerbarrel events, and two full days of education classes, forums and presentations for delegates to attend.
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Look for reports from this year's 2004 Codes Forum—An Education Conference in future publications available from the International Code Council.
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Development of hurricane resistant
construction standard begins |
| In the weeks before Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan devastated parts of the Southeast and Caribbean, an ICC committee convened to develop the ICC Standard on Hurricane Resistant Construction. The ICC Consensus Committee on Hurricane Resistant Construction's challenge is to create a prescriptive standard that improves wind resistance while keeping construction affordable in hurricane-prone areas.
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| The ICC Standard on Hurricane Resistant Construction is the descendent of the Standard for Hurricane Resistant Residential Construction, also known as SSTD 10, originally developed by the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI).
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Have a presentation idea for next year's
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| ICC is seeking presentation proposals for the 2005 Annual Conference, to be held Sept. 25–29, 2005, in Detroit, Mich. If you have an interesting topic and would enjoy addressing an audience of code officials, inspectors, plan examiners, fire officials, city managers, engineers, architects and others related to the code enforcement industry, ICC would love to hear from you. Deadline for proposal submissions for 90-minute,
half-day and full-day sessions is Nov. 1.
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Developing requirements for
new building products |
| New building products and technologies are constantly being developed. When there are no clear requirements in the code for new products and methods, the Evaluation Committee of ICC Evaluation Service, Inc., approves acceptance criteria used to evaluate new products. |
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You are invited to attend the next ICC-ES
Evaluation Committee meeting, October 6–8, in Birmingham,
Alabama, to learn how acceptance criteria are developed and,
if you wish, to participate in the open hearing process. No
registration is required to attend the meeting. For more information,
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Get help verifying that fabricators
meet code requirements |
| Building departments and construction specifiers can get help from the International Accreditation Service (IAS), at no cost, to verify if structural steel and concrete fabricators are up to code.
A subsidiary of ICC, the IAS evaluates and accredits fabricator
inspection programs for compliance with Section 1704.2.2 of
the International Building Code. Structural steel and concrete
fabricators that have registered their inspection programs
and have been accredited by IAS are listed on the Internet
at www.iasonline.org.
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| The decision to approve a fabricator is ultimately up the building department in the jurisdiction where the work will be performed. However, IAS helps building officials and construction specifiers make their decisions by providing a list of accredited fabricators that comply with code-based accreditation criteria and whose fabrication processes, personnel and quality systems have undergone on-site verification.
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The International Code Council
Foundation plans for future |
| Does that sound different to you? It should since the ICC subsidiary was once known as the Building A Safer World Foundation. Along with the new name, the International Code Council Foundation (ICCF) has created a new business plan to guide its strategic development efforts. A new Board of Governors is in development that will include representatives from influential corporate, political and financial circles. ICC Chief Executive Officer James Lee Witt serves as the Chairman of the ICCF Board that will consist of representatives in four segments: Governors, who will provide policy oversight; Foundation Advisory members, who will lend name support and influence; Technical Advisory members, who will provide expertise for implementing programmatic goals; and International Directors, who will facilitate international activities. |
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| ICC believes this structure will result in a far reaching, effective, and eventually influential Foundation. Operating globally, the ICCF is dedicated to changing the devastating effects of natural disasters and other building tragedies by promoting ideas, methods and technologies that encourage the construction of durable, sustainable buildings and homes. ICCF's tagline is Together—Building A Safer World.
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| ICC meets your needs to succeed |
| Learning about the latest building safety and fire prevention code requirements is a necessity for professionals in all aspects of the building industry. ICC offers informative seminars designed to enhance your skills and keep you current with changing regulations and technology.
Offerings such as the Speakers League Program, Telephone
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safety to provide you with essential information, job aids,
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Your success starts here. For more information,
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Win a vacation to San Francisco, tankless
water heater, and more! |
| Now through March 1, 2005, all ICC members who recruit new members will qualify for a chance to win a getaway vacation for two to San Francisco and other great prizes. Here is your chance to "Get a Member and Get Away!"
Each member who participates in the Member-get-a-Member campaign
will earn a prize based on the number of new members he or
she is able to enroll. Winners will be announced and prizes
awarded in April 2005.
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