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WOBO holds World
Congress at ICC conference. The World
Organization of Building
Officials
(WOBO) held its Seventh
World Congress concurrently with the ICC
Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. Details on the WOBO theme and
activities can be found
here.
Home builders applaud
property rights legislation. Calling it an important
step forward for property rights, the National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing
the "Private Property Rights Implementation Act" (H.R. 4772), legislation
designed to ensure that property owners can have their Fifth Amendment
takings claims heard in federal court. Under existing law, property owners
must litigate their case in state court before a federal court will rule
on a Fifth Amendment takings claim. But once a takings claim has been
heard by a state court, the landowner cannot have the claim heard in federal
court. Property owners are effectively precluded from having their Fifth
Amendment takings cases heard in federal court.
APA-sponsored team
assists in Mississippi rebuilding efforts. A five-member volunteer
planning team sponsored by the American Planning Association's (APA) professional
institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, worked with Henderson
Point, Mississippi, residents recently to create
a town center rebuilding plan to guide area redevelopment for the
next 20 years. Virtually every structure in the city was destroyed by
Hurricane Katrina. The team also helped facilitate a county-sponsored
town hall meeting to gather resident input on rebuilding efforts.
County may shut down
haunted houses for lack of fire sprinklers. A decision to enforce
fire codes could
put many ghosts and goblins
in Black Hawk County, Iowa, out
of work this Halloween. The county Board of Supervisors voted to reject
an ordinance amendment that would have allowed haunted house attractions
in rural areas to post a $1 million liability insurance policy instead of
following the building code requirement for sprinklers. Board members supporting
the requirements said they couldn't cut corners on public safety matters
or open the county up to massive lawsuit liability by downgrading the codes,
despite concerns the decision could force two rural haunted attractions
out of business.
Inn evacuated due
to code violations. Authorities in York, Pennsylvania, ordered the
evacuation
of a local inn for failing to comply with city building codes. Mayor
John Brenner said the motel has been a concern of city officials for years.
"There have been a number of violations there over the years. That hotel
has long been a problem. And we are tired of it," Brenner said. The latest
problem at the three-story, 57-room motel occurred when the alarm system
malfunctioned.
2006 IBC Transition
from the 1997 UBC
Authored by Doug Thornburg, AIA, C.B.O., ICC Director of Product Development,
this workbook focuses on helping users that are familiar with the 1997
UBC adapt to the 2006 IBC and details the differences between the two
codes, and covers concepts that are not in the 1997 UBC. In an effort
to further aid users, this workbook provides an explanation as to how
the codes differ with further clarification on location of code requirements
in the UBC and IBC that are the same, but are now located in different
sections.
The following are
upcoming events at which ICC staff will attend and/or host an exhibition
booth:
Oct. 15-18, Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, Peoria, IL
Oct. 16, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Ellicott, MD
Oct. 16-18, New York State Building Officials Conference, Colonie,
NY
Oct. 18-19, American Association of Code Enforcement, Steamboat
Springs, CO
Oct. 18-20, Design Build Expo, Nashville, TN
Oct. 18-21, Remodeling Show, Chicago, IL
Oct. 18-21, Southwestern Division of IAFC Conference, Midwest City,
OK
Oct. 19-21, Structural Engineers Association of Texas, San Antonio,
TX
Oct. 20, AIA New York, Garden City, NY
Oct. 23-24, ASPE—Engineered Plumbing Expo, Tampa, FL
Oct. 24, AIA/CSI Pacific Building Trade Expo, Honolulu, HI
Oct. 24-27, Texas Municipal League, Austin, TX
Oct. 26-28, Interbuild India, New Delhi, India
Oct. 27, AIA Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Nov. 2-4, Texas Society of Architects Expo, Dallas, TX
ICC ePARTNERS
Volume II, Issue 10
October 2006
ICC
Vision and Mission Statements
Vision
Protecting the health, safety, and welfare of people by creating better
buildings and safer communities.
Mission
Providing the highest quality codes, standards, products, and services
for all concerned with the safety and performance of the built environment.
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Building Partnerships
for a Safer World
RK Stewart, FAIA and President-elect of the American Institute of Architects
(AIA), kicked off the series of guest speakers at the 2006
ICC Annual Conference.
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| RK
Stewart |
Speaking during the Opening
Session, Stewart encouraged conference delegates to seek new methods and
technologies to combat America's growing energy consumption. "We need to
change the way we consume energy in this country," Stewart said. "It's the
challenge of not just a year or two, but the challenge of a generation.
I look forward to collaborating with your organization to achieve it."
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| Patrick
J. Natale |
Patrick J. Natale, P.E.,
CAE, Executive Director, Chief Staff Office and Secretary of the American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), told delegates he looks forward to ASCE
and ICC working together even more closely as ICC moves its headquarters
to Washington, D.C. "It's important for the design community to work with
the enforcement community in the obligation we jointly share to be stewards
of the built environment."
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American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) President Terry E.
Townsend urged ICC to incorporate a new standard for green buildings into
its codes during the 2006 Annual Conference. The standard, under development
by ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council and the Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America, will be complete in late 2007. "I ask you to join
me and let us work together like we've never worked before because we have
a duty and responsibility to our children and our grandchildren to provide
them with a future of hope and opportunity rather than one of fear and uncertainty.
Don't you think that they deserve a sustainable future? ICC and ASHRAE working
together can make a world of difference."
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| Dr. S. Shyam Sunder |
Dr. S. Shyam Sunder,
Acting Director of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), thanked ICC for helping to
educate and inform NIST on the code development process, especially as it
relates to code changes stemming from NIST's investigation of the World
Trade Center collapse. "We owe you (ICC and its members) our deep gratitude
for the work you do day in and day out."
Vognild
Receives Fowler Award
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Awards
Committee Chairman Ed Berkel (left) presents the Bobby J. Fowler
Award to previous honorees Paul Heilstedt (center) and Jim Sealy
(right), who accepted on behalf of Rick Vognild.
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Rick Vognild, retired
Director of Technical Services for the legacy organization Southern Building
Code Congress International, was the recipient of the Bobby
J. Fowler Award during the 2006
ICC Annual Conference. The Fowler award, the highest honor given by
ICC, is presented to an individual whose contributions to the building safety
industry advance ICC's goals in achieving a safer built environment.
Arp
Named Code Official of the Year
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Awards
Committee Chairman Ed Berkel (left) presents the Code Official of
the Year Award to Donald "Mickey" Arp.
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Donald "Mickey" Arp of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, was named Code Official of the Year at this year's
Annual Conference. Other award
winners included: Robert Davidson of Davidson Code Concepts, Fire Official
of the Year Award; Shirley Muns of Texas A&M University, ICC Affiliate Award;
and Jill Gray of the North Central Texas Permit Technician Chapter of ICC
and the Washing Association of Building Officials, which were presented
Community Service Awards. See the photographs.
Membership
Elects Board Officers
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The new officers of the ICC Board of
Directors are President Wally Bailey
(center), Vice President Steven Shapiro
(right) and Secretary/Treasurer Adolf
Zubia (left).
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Wally Bailey, Director
of Development and Construction for the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was
elected President of the ICC Board of Directors during the Annual Business
Meeting at the 2006 ICC Annual Conference. Steven I. Shapiro, Director of
Codes Compliance for the City of Hampton, Virginia, was elected Vice President,
and Adolf Zubia, Fire Chief for the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was
elected Secretary/Treasurer. Members also elected
six Directors.
Board
Names Weiland CEO
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Weiland
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The ICC Board of Directors
promoted the association's Chief Operating Officer, Richard P. Weiland,
to the position of Chief
Executive Officer. Weiland, who has been ICC's COO for the past three
years and has more than 20 years experience working in the public sector
and not-for-profit world, succeeds James Lee Witt.
ANSI
Team Visits Los Angeles Office
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(L-R) ES Quality Systems Administrator
Stuart Anderson, ANSI lead assessor
Lynne Neumann, ES Senior Regional
Manager Michael Beaton, and ANSI
technical expert Joel Miller at the Los
Angeles District Office.
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An assessment team from
the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently visited the ICC-ES
Los Angeles office to perform its annual reassessment that is required under
the ANSI program for accreditation of organizations certifying products.
ANSI accredits ICC-ES for its work in certifying the code compliance of
building products. A two-person team, consisting of lead assessor Lynne
Neumann and technical expert Joel Miller, reviewed the ICC-ES quality system,
including policies, procedures, records keeping, staff training, the work
of ICC-ES committees and advisory bodies, and interactions of ICC-ES with
its subcontractors and with manufacturers. The team plans to wrap up the
2006 ANSI reassessment later this month and in early November with visits
to the ICC-ES offices in Birmingham and Chicago.
Four
National Certifications Are Available
Certification and Testing
Services has implemented four new national certifications through ICC's
Computer-Based Testing (CBT) network. The new certifications are Disaster
Response Inspector, Certified Fire Marshal, Structural Steel and Bolting
Special Inspector, and Structural Welding Special Inspector. Full details
on each of these new certifications are available on the ICC
website.
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NIST
hosts Iraqi engineers. The National Institute of Science and Technology
(NIST) recently hosted a delegation of Iraqi engineers involved
with the Ministry of Construction and Housing to discuss the American
codes and standards. ICC was represented at the conference by Foundation
President Paul Myers and Federal Programs Liaison Richard Kuchnicki.
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