Editor’s note: The International Code Council will post a Call for Committee on iccsafe.org for the 2024 Code Cycle in February 2023 with an application deadline of June 1, 2023.
In the past, I never really thought about codes and where they originated from. I had a discussion with a fellow engineering colleague recently about a small code section which evolved into a larger conversation about codes in general and the differences between building code requirements and an engineer’s design. As the discussion evolved, I found out that he did not understand how building code changes are made and that anyone can have a voice in maintaining the safety of our work. In short, the code is not a design manual.