Proposals accepted by the technical committee will appear in the 2024 NSPC.

ICC held its very first virtual code change hearings in April and May. Let us hope it is the last time they hold them virtually. While technology has advanced, I think everyone got tired of the statement, “Can you hear me now?”

These monographs will be used at the upcoming TC meetings in May.

While the hearings are virtual, the committees will actually be live at the ICC Central Regional Office in Country Club Hills, Illinois. The committee, ICC staff and moderators will all be operating from the office, while everyone else participates virtually.

The use of plastic venting systems on gas fired water heaters, furnaces and boilers has undergone a significant change. 

Earlier this year, I received an announcement to go to the ICC website and read the Plumbing Code Economic Impact Report. 

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), in recognition of his vital work in Washington, D.C., and across the globe, has promoted Dain Hansen to executive vice president of government relations.

Champions and experts from more than 30 countries and regions joined efforts to deliver three new toilets and washrooms to the Derbyshkinskiy Orphanage in Russia. 

It’s alarming that a modern city can run out of water, a reality that was on the brink of occurring in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.

After joining the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) in 2015 from the Water Quality Association (WQA), I began studying the U.S. and international plumbing codes in greater detail.