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Join Your Colleagues In The Construction & Building Regulatory Communities In Meeting The Challenges Of Change

"Are You Prepared for This?" Under this theme, the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS) and the Association of Major City/County Building Officials (AMCBO) brought together at their joint 37th Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, a wide array of speakers from federal, state and local government and the construction and information technology industries to provide best practices and initiate discussions to help members address the significant fiscal, work load, technical, and information challenges facing them. Among the challenges addressed were:

  • Regulatory streamlining and effective use of information technology to reduce the regulatory cost of construction.
  • The role of the construction industry and building official in homeland security and planning, drilling, mitigating, responding, and recovering from natural and manmade disasters.
  • Adequately funding building code enforcement programs in times of scarce financial and manpower resources.
  • Building retrofit and building rehabilitation codes and enforcement procedures.
  • Addressing overlapping and at times conflicting federal regulations in areas of architectural accessibility, construction safety, affordable housing.
  • Changing demographics including pressures of large number of retirements and need for bi-lingual construction and code enforcement personnel.

If you are a building codes administrator at any level of government, a company or trade association in the construction industry or an academician or student, consider joining us in addressing the challenges that face our profession by completing the membership application.  As a member you will benefit from the following services:

Services to All Members:

  • Participation on subcommittees for state, major cities/counties, medium and small sized jurisdictions.
  • Access to building regulatory streamlining studies & assistance in understanding the building regulatory process.
  • Access to the updated online NCSBCS Directory of State and Major City Codes and Regulations.
  • Monthly Members’ e-Bulletin that includes updates on state/major jurisdiction programs, pending federal legislation/regulations that impact your industry and alerts on hot topics.
  • The opportunity to meet, discuss and take coordinated action on areas of mutual concern to private and public sectors. Recent topics have included: Need for coordinated family of construction codes and standards for the nation; homeland security; affordable housing; elimination of areas of regulatory overlap and duplication, streamlining the nation’s building regulatory process through the effective use of information technology.
  • Ability to generate and participate in national surveys on such topics as:  State and local government use of online plans submittal, review software; State modular construction regulatory programs; Enterprise funding mechanisms for local and state governments; Minimizing the potential impact of retirements on code administration and enforcement programs.
  • A venue in which you can learn what actions the state and local code enforcement community may consider taking on issues before federal agencies, Congress & governors, mayors and counties.
  • Member discounts on NCSBCS publications and conferences.

Special Services to Code Officials:

  • Access to Message Board – Code Administrator Communicator

Join online and start receiving member benefits immediately!  If you prefer, you may forward this application and we will invoice you or print the form and either fax (703 481-3596) or mail it to the NCSBCS at 505 Huntmar Park Drive, Suite 210, Herndon, VA 20170.

Affiliate Member   $400

This classification of membership includes all professional societies, labor and trade organizations, voluntary standards organizations, model code groups, product manufacturers, national consumer organizations, and other private sector organizations and individuals with an interest in the activities of NCSBCS.

 

2.  Government Member   $100

hi  This classification of membership includes any government employee or government commission, board, or committee member or employee who is legally responsible for or working in a government agency which has any building regulation and/or building standards generation responsibilities.

 

Academic Member   $75
This classification of membership includes persons teaching or enrolled in an institution of higher education with an interest in the activities of NCSBCS.

 

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Join with other leaders in the industry as we "Meet the Challenges of Change"!

For more information on the benefits of being a NCSBCS member, e-mail cfitch@ncsbcs.org or call us at (703) 437-0100 ext. 238.