02-09-2012, 11:57 AM
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Originally posted by Carey
Cat - this should be in the New Building Codes discussion - Our county can enforce more restrictive than the state, did any of the building community that you refer to go to the state meetings prior to their decision (esp. to work on the draft committee) & have any of them provided testimony to the ICC? these are the two most effective routes to get less restrictive initial codes ...but with any less restrictive codes, there is always the HLV & actuarial values of actions vs. inactions.... a complicated science & one that there may never be a utopian answer....
They all went to meeting after meeting after meeting, before it ever got to the council for approval. There was a committee that worked on them with meeting after meeting after meeting.
So the answer is yes, the building industry did participate. The building industry professionals were largely ignored.
Just like (some) architects couldn't design a outhouse that would stand up to a 10 mph wind, the committee ignored the design and building professionals.
I did not ever voice my opinion as there were people with 100x the design and build hands on experience speaking up.
Personally, I am about ready to go into party planning - bridezillas are going to be a whole lot easier to deal with.