CCICC – Colorado Chapter of the International Code Council

Building Future September 18,2024

The Building Futures with a Career in Construction event in Steamboat Springs.

We are in need of volunteers who would be willing to take groups of high school students around to the various booths to do hands-on activities in the trade. Maybe even offer your insights into the wonderful field we work in. We do have a couple of booth spaces available if you or your company is interested in participating too.

In the morning the students will visit the various booths, and, in the afternoon, we will have our picnic table building contest.

If you are interested please contact Hope Medina or Rachel Patterson.

Building Futures with a Career in Construction

September 18, 2024, Event held 8:00am - 3:30pm

(Volunteer Hours will differ from the event hours)

845 Howelsen Parkway

Steamboat Springs, CO 80487

These events have been successful in all of our locations

to have local students hired on by companies and to enter into the trades.

Be a part of steering a student into a successful career.

Energy Code Board August 22, 2024 9am-12pm

The Energy Code Board will meet on August 22, 2024 from 9am-12pm MT. The Board will wrap up discussions on the energy credit requirements of section C406 of the IECC and the simulated building performance requirements of section C407 of the IECC. An agenda for the meeting is attached.

Members of the public interested in attending the meeting can register via Zoom or livestream the meeting on CEO's Youtube channel. The full schedule of the Energy Code Board's meetings can be found here.

Additionally, the International Code Council has formally published the digital version of the 2024 IECC, which can be found here.

2024 CCICC ABM Exhibitor Registration

Colorado Chapter ICC

Annual Business Meeting

Exhibitor Registration is Open!

Join us at the Beautiful Broadmoor Resort on December 12 & 13, 2024!

Be front and center by the registration desk with a booth space in the Judy Bell Foyer for $875.00 (only 4 space available) or get the attendees attention in the Finsterwald Room for $675.00 (only 6 spaces available) where the Breakfast and Beverages will be served daily!

Both booth spaces include breakfast, lunch and classes for two people. Don't delay these spaces sell out every year!

Questions or having trouble getting registered?

Call or email Janine Snyder at

970-485-5278 or [email protected]

Free Energy Codes Training

Building Codes Support Program

New Training Scheduled for 2024

UPCOMING TRAINING

Inspection Best Practices Series, Wednesdays 8-9

7/17/2024 - Residential Lighting & Electrical: Devils in the Details
8/21/2024 - Commercial Lighting & Electrical: Devils in the Details

Webinar Registration Online HERE
The most requested topic through the surveys filled out will determine the topics for the last Wednesday Webinars of the year.

Sawn Lumber Grade Marks and Alternatives to Grade Marks

A grade mark is the most common way of identifying important structural properties and quality of sawn lumber in accordance with US DOC PS 20 American Lumber Standard.

Occasionally, state legislation is proposed that would create an exception to grading and grade marking of sawn lumber, allowing the use of locally-sourced, sawn lumber in residential construction or an associated accessory structure. The law seldom goes into detail on how the lumber grade is to be assigned or how to ensure that the material is locally-sourced, leaving it to the building official to deal with the challenges of permitting use of unmarked lumber of potentially unknown origin to meet intent of the code in terms of quality and safety.

Often, the laws are unnecessary, since the International Residential Code (IRC) has provisions for use of sawn lumber that has no grade mark. Section R502.1.1 of the 2021 IRC allows the use of a certificate of inspection issued by a recognized lumber grading or inspection agency in lieu of a grade mark:

“R502.1.1 Sawn lumber. Sawn lumber shall be identified by a grade mark of an accredited lumber grading or inspection agency and have design values certified by an accreditation body that complies with DOC PS 20. In lieu of a grade mark, a certificate of inspection issued by a lumber grading or inspection agency meeting the requirements of this section shall be accepted.”

Identification of sawn lumber conformance to requirements of US DOC PS 20 American Lumber Standard, either by grade mark on each individual piece or through a certificate of inspection, is fundamental to safe use in accordance with the code. Without knowing the grade of sawn lumber, the IRC prescriptive designs, including the span tables based on structural properties of graded sawn lumber, cannot be used and engineered designs cannot be performed due to lack of design values.

The American Lumber Standards Committee (www.alsc.org) has contact information of recognized lumber grading and inspection agencies throughout the country. These agencies can help identify local grading services that are able to issue a certificate of inspection for sawn lumber that is not grade marked.

Important Request to local Building Departments

The Division of Housing's Building Codes & Standards Section which regulates modular construction state-wide is making an urgent request for your consideration. Please review the first attachment for specific details. During this unprecedented time, we ask for your assistance in helping move forward modular construction projects occurring in your jurisdiction in order to help house Coloradans faster.

We have created some flexibility in our process as we work to address our staffing shortage (please see second and third attachments). We ask you to accept this temporary alternative process to help address Colorado's housing crisis by allowing the site work for modular construction to also begin with a third-party plan review approval in place as we work to review and approve all modular construction plans and get our approved set of plans out to ensure safety and code compliance.

Thank you for your consideration and please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Maulid Miskell

Deputy Division Director

Third Party Plan Review Memo

Third Party Plan Review Memo clarification

Memo Local Acceptance of TPA plans