The city of North Las Vegas will no longer offer building inspections
on Fridays, effective July 8. Call (702) 633-1536 for more information.

With the exception of the city of Mesquite, effective July 5 all building plans submitted to Southern Nevada jurisdictions must be in accordance with the 2008/2009 codes and area amendments.
 

The city of Mesquite does not plan to adopt the 2008/2009 codes.

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SN-ICC's EduCode Committee is already hard at work preparing for EduCode 2012, February 27 - March 2. 

In order to ensure the same quality building code educational conference our students have come to expect year after year, the committee is asking for your assistance to help plan the presentations you would like to attend.

Please e-mail any suggestions you have for presentations to snicc.org@gmail.com.

SN-ICC's July 14 luncheon meeting will feature a half-hour overview of the Southern Nevada Consensus Amendments to the 2009 International Fire Code, presented by Stephen DiGiovanni, P.E., from the Clark County Fire Department.  This presentation will be tailored to amendments that individuals primarily involved in building codes will be interested in.

At the chapter's June luncheon, Randy Hunter with Cooper Bussmann and Howard Herndon with Southwest Electric Services provided a one-hour overview on Selective Coordination of Emergency Systems. The presentation covered what these systems are, why they're important, applicable code requirements, where they should be applied and how they are enforced. Their presentation was well received by attendees, who received CEUs for the one-hour presentation. SN-ICC is scheduling a more detailed presentation on this subject for the fall.

SN-ICC meetings start at 11:30 a.m. and generally end at 1 p.m.  Meetings are held at Sierra Gold, 6515 S. Jones Blvd. (215 & Jones), on the second floor. 

Lunch is free for SN-ICC members and $20 for non-members.  Click here to become a member.

Upcoming Meeting Information:

• August 11:  Our guest speaker will be Tim Schneider, president and founder of Soaring Eagle Enterprises, Inc. Schneider will provide a presentation on ethics and integrity.  The primary focus is to develop and use skills to identify ethical dilemmas, provide guidance to the correct and ethical course of action and to develop a heightened sense of ethical values.  Mr. Schneider is the author of Providing Superior Customer Service and Follow Me, I am the Leader and a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the College of Southern Nevada.

David Klein (right background) discusses updates to the Southern Nevada IFC amendments.

By Doug Evans

James Gerren, Clark County Building Division, and Stephen Cullen, Henderson Department of Building & Fire Safety, gave an overview of amendments to the 2009 IBC on June 14. As chairs of the General and Fire-Life Safety Committees (respectively), these individuals were able to provide an understanding of the reasons behind these respective amendments.

On June 28, two sessions, each a half day in length, highlighted the consensus amendments to the 2009 IFC that are expected to have the most impact on the local community. In addition to the consensus amendments, each jurisdiction (Clark County, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson) also discussed specific amendments to their respective fire codes. The speakers were Steve DiGiovanni from Clark County, Fulton Cochran from Henderson and David Klein from Las Vegas.

These Southern Nevada Amendment update classes were well attended. CEUs were provided to attendees for both of the preceding educational sessions.

On July 27, our next amendment update class will provide a 2-hour overview of the Southern Nevada Amendments to the 2009 IECC. For more information click here to download a PDF flier.