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Phoenix contractors turn out to help 78-year-old Mary Chavez after an unlicensed plumbing contractor replaced her gas water heater and her home caught fire and was severely damaged.
Date Posted: 08/17/2020
Date Posted: 08/10/2020
When the staff of San Diego’s Development Services Department had to move out of new office space for emergency repairs, access to codebooks for permitting and inspections was critical. Enter the Code Council's premiumACCESS digital codes library.
Date Posted: 07/20/2020
Date Posted: 07/13/2020
Building officials in Alexandria, Va., had no way of knowing when they began a trial run of their electronic permitting program late last fall just how important it would be four months later when the COVID-19 pandemic ruled out most face-to-face business.
Date Posted: 06/15/2020
Most of the city of Santa Monica’s building inspections are being done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, using various social media platforms to give its inspectors a good idea of what’s being done on a project so far.
Date Posted: 06/08/2020
The International Code Council was founded through a merger of three legacy building code organizations, but that foundation would have been lacking were it not for former BOCA Executive Director Clarence Bechtel.
Date Posted: 06/01/2020
Poorly constructed garment factories, resulting in incidents where thousands have been killed and injured, have led to a growing movement for a safer built environment in Bangladesh.
Date Posted: 06/01/2020
Natomas Unified School District approved a $3.7 million state-of-the-art Construction Trades Education center offering 3,000 square feet of shop space and another 1,000 square feet of classrooms to match students’ talents to substantial and much-needed careers.
Date Posted: 05/25/2020
As coronavirus spread throughout the area, Shahriar Amiri, chief building official for Arlington County, Va., knew they would have to change the way they operated to keep building safety running as smoothly as possible.
Date Posted: 05/18/2020
Code Council Board Director Donny Phipps, BOASC President Patrick Brown, and Code Council Government Affairs Senior Regional Manager Stephen Jones pair up and assess homes following the EF-3 tornado that swept through Seneca, S.C., on April 13.
Date Posted: 05/11/2020
Business goes on for Jerry Eger, Millburn Township’s construction code official, and his staff, who rotate their time in the office to make sure they keep their required distance during the COVID-19 quarantine.
Date Posted: 05/11/2020
Grand County, Utah, went to all-electronic permitting years ago, so closing up the building department to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t been an issue.
Date Posted: 05/04/2020
Valarie Evans, building official for the city of North Las Vegas, was one of the first to begin streamlining online inspections, which has allowed the city of North Las Vegas to continue many inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Date Posted: 04/27/2020
The city of Waltham, Mass., like many in the nation, began dealing with COVID-19 cases by engaging in extra precautions. Now, it finds itself shut down to develop emergency plans for contractors during a time of increasing self-distancing and quarantine.
Date Posted: 04/13/2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Building Official Rob England of the Miami County Building Department in Ohio explains how they expanded their Virtual Inspection Program.
Date Posted: 03/23/2020
Dan Carlson and Glen Miller join forces to offer Chemeketa Community College students the updated codes, technology and soft skills necessary to become an effective building inspector.
Date Posted: 03/23/2020
Like everyone else, Glenn Mathewson always has his eye out for a deal, but he warns of counterfeit code books sold online that don’t hold up and fall apart within months.
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
Johnathan Hurst was recognized for going out of his way to make sure a couple had their home addition the way they wanted, despite myriad roadblocks.
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
Yolanda Bundy, building official for the city of Ventura, implemented a two-phase, clean-up process to deal with the removal of hazardous waste and the clean-up of debris from properties following the devastation of the Thomas Fire.
Date Posted: 03/02/2020
Glenn Mathewson, a Master Code Professional turned code educator and consultant, knows there’s history, and purpose, in his amazing collection of old code books.
Date Posted: 01/13/2020
Yosemite Chapter member develops ‘wheelie’ fun Building Safety Month idea for kids.
Date Posted: 04/21/2019
Here are the stories of six women who have achieved top levels throughout the code industry and say that mentors were critical to their success.
Date Posted: 03/03/2019
From tomboy to chief building official, Nancy Springer now wants to help others find their path in the code profession.
Date Posted: 12/10/2018
Devastation of Carr Fire in California is something never seen before by code professionals.
Date Posted: 12/07/2018
International Code Council veterans say military service provides a great transition to building safety careers.
Date Posted: 09/24/2018
Developing respect for construction and the codes from his father, a contractor, Eric Firooz looks toward a possible career in construction management.
Date Posted: 07/06/2018
The Code Council’s annual Chapter Leadership Academy prepares ICC leaders for the future of building safety.
Date Posted: 07/03/2018
For the homes and businesses lost in the wildfires, officials estimate it will take five to seven years to rebuild.
Date Posted: 06/29/2018
ICC continues to provide its building codes and training programs expertise to code officials in Jamaica.
Date Posted: 06/15/2018
What's the best way to draw a younger generation of code officials to fill the workplace void?
Date Posted: 04/23/2018
Former IAS president built an organization whose quality is without peer.
Date Posted: 04/23/2018
New ICC/CSA rainwater harvesting standard expands the flow of acceptable projects under current codes.
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James Bihr, a visionary who served as one of the primary architects of the International Code Council consolidation, died September 7 in Whittier, California, following a battle with cancer.
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