Lauren Wood elected to ICC Region V chapter board of directors
The Code Administrators Association of Kentucky congratulates Lauren Wood of LFUCG for election to the ICC Region V chapter board of directors. The election was held in a business meeting during ICC annual conference in St. Louis, MO.
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Indiana Association of Building Officials to Offer Virtual Training Seminar
Virtual Training Seminar (Zoom)
Thursday, October 20th, 2022
9:00am to 4:00pm ET
The Indiana Association of Building Officials is excited to offer this training seminar on behalf of ICC Midwest Region V. All proceeds from this course will be donated to support ICC Midwest Region V’s mission of creating a stronger and more unified network of building safety professionals across Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan.
Legal Aspects of Code Administration
Course Description:
This virtual seminar will provide code officials with guidelines for administering the legal aspects of codes with regard to enforcement, prosecution, and maintenance. In this course participants will discuss historical consequences of ignoring the regulation of building construction and materials, and learn how to interpret and applying local government, state, and federal legislative laws, pertaining to the administration and enforcement of a building code. Participants will learn how to define and apply concepts which are legally important to the administration and enforcement of a building code and establish or document rules of procedure used before a board of building code appeals. By using the guidelines presented in the course, participants will learn how to effectively testify in a court of law.
Instructor: Linda S. Pieczynski
Linda S. Pieczynski is a former assistant state’s attorney and municipal prosecutor in DuPage County, Illinois. She devotes her legal practice to teaching and writing about the legal aspects of code administration including building, property maintenance, fire, and zoning codes. She conducts trainings nationwide for the International Code Council (ICC). She is the author of numerous code related books including The Building Process Simplified, The Residential Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, The Fire Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, The Building Official’s and Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, and The Property Maintenance Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, all published by Cengage. She also has served as editor of revisions to the Legal Aspects of Code Administration published by ICC.
CEU’s: This course has been approved for CEU’s with the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan.
Cost: $100.00 Online payment is available at registration.
Sign up here: https://www.iabo.com/event-4948084
CAAK Newsletter – June 2022
I hope everyone is well and from what I’m hearing, everyone is very busy. Since our last newsletter we have also been very busy. CAAK held our Winter One Day Class 2022 in March and our Spring Construction Code Forum at KDV at the end of April…Read more from CAAK President Bob Carpenter in the June issue of Code Talk.
Code Talk is a publication of the Code Administrators Association of Kentucky.
Now Taking Scholarship and Award Applications
AWARDS
Nominations are being accepted for the CAAK Richard Prater Code Administrator of the Year and the John Payne Patron of the Year awards.
Nominations will be accepted through July 1, 2022.
Learn more and download the nomination forms here.
SCHOLARSHIPS
CAAK member’s children or grandchildren who are planning to attend an accredited institution of higher education this Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, located in Kentucky, are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 CAAK member scholarship.
Also – if you know of any full-time code related degree seeking student, that is currently enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education and will be returning this fall, are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 Code Related scholarship.
Annually, the CAAK scholarship committee may recommend to award up to four $1,000 scholarships for tuition assistance. Applicant requirements may be found on the CAAK website along with a description of all available scholarships. Applications will be accepted through July 1, 2022.
Learn more and download the application here.
If you have any questions, contact Dale Spicer, Scholarship Committee Chairperson, via email at dspicer@kyhousing.org