News and Events
Press Releases
- Building Safety Month celebration wraps with a focus on training and education
- The International Code Council hosts virtual discussion on the effects of COVID-19 on the building safety industry for Building Safety Month
- Week 2 of Building Safety Month highlights the importance of building codes for safe, clean and abundant water
- The International Code Council kicks off Building Safety Month 2020
- Countdown: Three weeks until Building Safety Month 2020
- Building Safety Month 2020 celebrates "Safer Buildings, Safer Communities, Safer World"
News Articles
- Five Ways to Celebrate National Building Safety Month in May
- Hartsville, Goose Creek Trading Administrative Officials
- Building Safety Month Continues With A Focus On Water Safety
- City of Minot Celebrates Building Safety Month in May
- Building Safety Month to be Observed in Hagerstown
- Gov. Evers Proclaims May as Building Safety Month
- City of Hillsboro Recognizes Building Safety Month
- Peoria's Leaders Honoring Code Inspectors During Building Safety Month
- Richland County Recognizes Building Safety and National Bike Month
- How Families and Communities Can Prepare For Natural Disasters
- Building Safety Month Kicks Off Today
- Building Safety Month 2020 in Phoenix
- Celebrating Building Safety!
- Building Safety Mont, Week 1: Focus On Disaster Preparedness
- Montgomery County Offering Free Deck Inspections in May
- May Recognizes Clerks, Building Codes
- City Pays Tributes to Building Safety Officers
- May is Building Safety Month
- Newsberry City Council Passes Emergency Ordinance
- Martinsville City Council Hears City Is Managing Financial Impact on Pandemic Just Fine
- First Line of Defense Against Building Disasters
- Bend Construction Still Going Strong, Despite Pandemic
- Building Safety Month Calls Attention To The Need For Water Conservation and Efficiency
- City to Celebrate Building Safety in May
- City of Bryan Update on WTAW
- Phoenix woman living with no electricity, partial ceiling gets help rebuilding
- St. Lucie County Recognizes Building Safety Month
- May 2020 proclaimed as Building Safety Month in Apache Junction
2020 Building Safety Month Virtual Events Series
Due to COVID-19, the International Code Council canceled all scheduled in-person Building Safety Month events for 2020. In lieu of celebrating together in person, we’ve developed a set of free, virtual events to be held throughout the month of May. Join us and our partners to discuss topics related to building safety, building codes and code compliance.
Building Safety Month Twitter Chat
On Tuesday, May 12, at 3pm ET join our Building Safety Month Twitter Chat featuring Code Council Vice President of Innovation and Executive Director of the Alliance for National & Community Resilience (ANCR) Ryan Colker (@rmcolker) and ICC Government Relations Regional Manager Susan Dowty (@sdowtyICC) discussing seismic functional recovery and resiliency. Join the discussion using the hashtag #CODEversation.
Campaign Foundation Sponsor: American Gas Association
WEEK 1: DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
Disaster Preparedness, Building Codes and America’s Response to COVID-19
Speakers: Brock Long and Cristine McCombs
Code Council Host: Karl Fippinger
Length: 90 minutes; CEUs: 0.15
Date: May 7, 1:00–2:30 pm ET
Click here to access the webinar playback
WEEK 2: WATER SAFETY
Partnering Organization: RESNET
A New Standard for Rating Whole-House Water Efficiency
Speaker: Ryan Meres
Code Council Host: Dave Walls
Length: 60 minutes; CEUs: 0.1
Date: May 14, 1:00–2:00 pm ET
After five years of development and testing, the new whole-house water efficiency rating system developed by the International Code Council and RESNET has been finalized. BSR/RESNET/ICC Standard 850-2020 provides a Water Rating Index score that accounts for both indoor and outdoor water efficiency for one- and two-family dwellings. This webinar will provide an overview of the standard, the development process, and a new program based on the standard called HERS H2O.
Attendees will learn about:
- The components of indoor and outdoor water use included in the standard
- The process for conducting a water efficiency rating
- Ways that state and local governments and water utilities can use the standard to improve residential water use.
WEEK 3: RESILIENCY. SUSTAINABILITY. INNOVATION.
Sponsor: NAHB
Panel Discussion about the Effects of COVID-19 on the Building Safety Industry
Speakers: TBA
Code Council Host: Sara Yerkes
Length: 60 minutes; CEUs: 0.1
Date: May 20, 1:00–2:00 pm ET
Panelists will discuss how COVID-19 has affected each of their segments of the building safety industry in the short-term and what long-term effects they expect. Speakers will discuss how the industry is already going virtual and what’s left to do. How has COVID-19 helped us to prepare for the next crisis?
WEEK 4: TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION
Partnering Organization: North American Deck and Railing Association
Deck Safety and the Codes
Speaker: Glenn Mathewson
Code Council Host: Learning Center
Length: 90 minutes; CEUs: 0.15
Date: May 29, 1:00–2:30 pm ET
The second edition of the International Code Council’s Deck Code and Education book will be available this summer with ten chapters that provide every 2018 International Residential Code (IRC) provision related to decks. Author and codes expert Glenn Mathewson will lead this 90-minute webinar explaining one overlooked or misunderstood provision from each chapter of the book. Learn about code administration, existing structures, materials, ledgers, the floor, posts and foundations, lateral loads, stairways, guards and handrails, and amenities.
