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International Code Council, Inc "News & Info Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />COi.¢E COUNCIL' <br /> <br /> HEM~ ~ IHEO <br /> <br />CStOOL obbo~nu!,qs~ <br />/~1 <br />HOMalOf4OLe <br /> <br />Setting the Standard for Building Safety" <br />NEWS & INFO <br /> <br />View photos of signing <br /> <br />See and hear what they said. <br /> <br />For further information, contact: <br />Steve Daggers <br />1-800-214-4321, ext. 212 <br />E-mail: sd a g g e rs @ boc_a_i ,o r~g <br /> <br />ICC consolidation benefits building safety and public <br /> <br />With the stroke of a pen, more than 190 years of combined building and fire safety code <br />development and 30 years of anticipation for one organization to produce codes for use <br />across the country and around the globe became a reality. <br /> <br />The International Code Council (ICC) became one consolidated organization effective Feb. <br />1. Directors signed documents to create a unified ICC made up of what is Building Officials <br />and Code Administrators International (BOCA), international Conference of Building Officials <br />(ICBO) and Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI). <br /> <br />"The new ICC will continue to be dedicated to public safety," said ICC CEO Bob D. Heinrich. <br />"The ICC will represent and support those rarely recognized champions who make sure the <br />buildings we and our loved ones live in, go to school in and work in are constructed safely." <br /> <br />Services, products and staff operations of BOCA, ICBO and SBCCI will be consolidated and <br />phased in dudng the next few months, Heinrich said. <br /> <br />"The Board is dedicated to providing quality services to our members," said ICC Board <br />President Paul E. Myers. "In fact, the consolidation should be seamless to members. The <br />goal is to build upon the high level of service and products offered by the three organizations <br />to best serve ICC members." <br /> <br />Prior to the ICC, building safety codes were regional. BOCA National Codes were used <br />mostly in Eastern and Great Lakes states; ICBO Uniform Codes in Western and Midwest <br />states; and SBCCI Standard Codes in Southern states. As a result, the construction industry <br />often faced the challenge, and cost, of building to different codes in different areas of the <br />country. <br /> <br />The ICC International Codes (I-Codes) combine the strengths of the regional codes without <br />regional limitations. I-Codes respond to the needs of the construction industry and public <br />safety. A single set of codes has strong support from government, code enfomement <br />officials, fire officials, amhitects, engineers, builders, developers, and building owners and <br />managers. <br /> <br />In 1994, BOCA, ICBO and SBCCI created the ICC to develop a single set of comprehensive, <br />coordinated model construction codes that could be used throughout the United States and <br />around the world. The first I-Code published was the 1995 International Plumbing Code. <br /> <br />By 2000, a complete family of I-Codes was available including the Intemational Building, <br />Fire, Residential, Private Sewage Disposal, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Property Maintenance, <br />Energy Conservation, Zoning and ICC Electrical Codes. <br /> <br />http://www.iccsafe.org/news/nr012103consolidation.htm 3/17/2003 <br /> <br /> <br />