A show of power, an embarrassment, a joke, well-executed hearings are all terms used by various individuals to describe the IAPMO final action code hearings Sept. 24-28 in Anchorage, Alaska. The membership is given one final opportunity at the IAPMO Annual Conference to support or oppose the Technical Committee’s recommendations for the code changes to the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) and the Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC).
It is a well-known fact that the United Association (UA), or plumbers’ union, controls the power at the annual meeting. There is nothing hidden. The UA supporters have the majority of the vote and they tend to vote as a single unit.