The ICC Pulse Podcast is back with a whole season of 5 episodes ready to listen! This is one of the five. In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, we dive in to discussing water reuse. I know – many of you might not be as open to using the sam

Episode 53: How a Code Becomes a Code

Jun 29th, 2023 51m 13s

The ICC Pulse Podcast is back with a whole season of 5 episodes ready to listen! This is one of the five. Using puns celebrating the 50th anniversary of the educational television show Schoolhouse Rock, this episode follows a summarized journey

Episode 55: Tales of Code Enforcement

Jun 29th, 2023 52m 59s

The ICC Pulse Podcast is back with a whole season of 5 episodes ready to listen! This is one of the five. In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, we highlight perspectives from code enforcement officers educating the code enforcement officer

Episode 51: Building Accessibility Standards in the U.S. and Beyond

Jun 29th, 2023 33m 23s

The ICC Pulse Podcast is back with a whole season of 5 episodes ready to listen! This is one of the five. Through a series of interviews with accessibility standards experts, we discuss accessibility standards in the United States and Canada

Episode 54: Off-site Construction: Today’s Revolution for the Industry

Jun 29th, 2023 37m 23s

The ICC Pulse Podcast is back with a whole season of 5 episodes ready to listen! This is one of the five. In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, we break down what off-site construction is, the history of off-site construction and how this t

Episode 50: Building Safety as Told by Kids

May 5th, 2023 23m 52s

To celebrate the 43rd Annual Building Safety Month and the 50th episode of the podcast, what better way to talk about building safety than with kids! In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, we highlight children of Code Council staff explorin

Episode 49: Flowing Forward: Solving America’s Water Challenges

Dec 23rd, 2022 1h 4m

In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, we explore ways we can solve water challenges in the United States. How does the size of the pipes behind my walls have anything to do with water conservation? How does climate change affect the septic

Episode 48: Building Safety, a Global Mission

Oct 28th, 2022 1h

This episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast brings in experts from the International Code Council to discuss building safety internationally. Listen as we take a deep dive of the Code Council's global strategy, explore custom solutions for countries

Episode 48: Building Safety, a Global Mission

Oct 27th, 2022 23m 23s

Episode 47: Living with Fire: How Wildland-Urban Interface Fires Impact Everyone

Jun 30th, 2022 57m 54s

The ICC Pulse Podcast is back with a new format and quarterly episodes! Through a series of interviews with Code Council experts and U.S. fire service professionals, this episode explores wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, or in short,

Episode 46: Update to the 2021 International Residential Code on Under-slab Vapor Barriers

Apr 29th, 2022 21m 26s

In this episode, Steve Jones, Code Council Lead Senior Government Relations Regional Manager, talks with Dario Lamberti, General Manager of the Engineered Films Division at ISI Building Products on a recent update to the 2021 International Res

Episode 45: Women in Construction and Building Safety: Career path achievement through accessibility

Mar 11th, 2022 1h 1m

In this episode, Cecilia Muela, Building Official and Assistant Director with 4LEAF, Inc., and Code Council Instructor, talks with Rachel Patterson, Code Enforcement Officer with the Town of Erie, Colorado; Aleris Dunn, Chief Building Official

Episode 44: Code Enforcement Officer Safety

Mar 4th, 2022 26m 33s

In this episode, JC Hudgison, member of the Code Council’s Emerging Leaders Membership Council and CBO for the City of Tampa and Justin Edson, President of the Code Enforcement Officer Safety Foundation (CEOSF) discuss the hidden dangers code

Episode 43: Elevator Safety

Dec 20th, 2021 37m 36s

In this episode, Amy Blankenbiller, Executive Director of the National Elevator Industry Incorporated talks with Dottie Mazzarella, Vice President for Government Relations for the International Code Council about the role of codes and elevat

Episode 42: International Building Quality Centre (IBQC) Guidelines for Developing Countries

Jul 1st, 2021 58m 24s

In the final episode of Season 3 of the ICC Pulse Podcast, Judy Zakreski, Code Council Vice President of Global Services talks with Professor Kim Lovegrove and Professor Alfred Omenya on the newly-released Good Practice Guidelines and Principle

Episode 41: Garage Door Safety

May 28th, 2021 17m 7s

In this episode, Steve Jones, Code Council Senior Gov’t Relations Regional Manager talks with Mike Fischer, Executive Director of the International Door Association (IDA); and Gordon Thomas, Technical Director at Door and Access Systems Manuf

Episode 40: Building the next generation of code professionals in black and brown communities

May 14th, 2021 29m 20s

In this episode, John ("JC") Hudgison, Certified Building Official for the City of Tampa & Emerging Leaders Membership Council member talks with Henry Green, former President & CEO of NIBS and former Code Council Board President, and Anthony F

Episode 39: On California's Code Adoptions and Dedicating a Career to Building Safety

Apr 15th, 2021 31m 39s

In this episode, Sara Yerkes, Code Council Senior VP of Government Relations talks with Bob Raymer, Senior Engineer and Technical Director at CBIA Sacramento, about his experience with California’s code adoptions and on his career as a code off

Episode 38: On Resilience and Sustainability with NIBS

Mar 19th, 2021 14m 50s

In this episode, Sara Yerkes, Code Council Senior VP of Government Relations and Lakisha Woods, President and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) discuss the NIBS and ICC’s shared commitments to resilience and sustainabili

Episode 37: FEMA’s Building Codes Save: A Nationwide Study

Feb 26th, 2021 22m 24s

In this episode, Gabe Maser, Code Council Vice President of Government Relations and National Strategy talks with Edward Laatsch, Director of the Planning, Safety and Building Science Division at FEMA about FEMA’s recent report Building Codes S

Episode 36: Special Inspections

Jan 29th, 2021 21m 32s

In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, Code Council Assessment Center Program Manager / Test Developer Doug Hatch talks with Special Inspector and Senior Project Manager Kenneth Morong about special inspectors and the benefits of special in

Episode 35: Modernizing Chicago's Building Regulations

Jan 14th, 2021 24m 44s

In this episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, Senior Vice President of Government Relations Sara Yerkes talks with returning guest, Managing Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago DOB Grant Ullrich, on the current development of the City of Chi

Episode 34: A Look Back at New York City’s Department of Buildings COVID-19 Regulations

Dec 10th, 2020 22m 49s

In this season finale episode of the ICC Pulse Podcast, we look back at a conversation recorded earlier this year between Code Council Vice President of Government Relations Dottie Mazzarella and President and CEO of the Building Trades Employe

Episode 33: Discussing the 2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code and Commentary with Kevin Scott

Nov 13th, 2020 31m 20s

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Code Council Government Relations Vice President of Fire and Disaster Mitigation Karl Fippinger talks with Kevin Scott, President of KH Scott and Associates, about the 2018 2018 International Wildland-Urba

Episode 32 Interview with ICC Learn Live Keynote Speaker Eric “Doc” Wright

Oct 28th, 2020 11m 8s

In this episode of the Pulse Podcast, Code Council Chief Knowledge Officer Joan O’Neil talks with Eric “Doc” Wright, Founder & CEO of Vets2PM, where Doc gives a preview of his upcoming keynote speech at ICC Learn Live. At the time of this publi