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2025 Building Safety Month Contest
To celebrate Building Safety Month 2025, we’re giving away building-themed LEGO set to three lucky winners!
How Disaster Planning Helped the City of Asheville in the Aftermath of Tropical Storm Helene
While there’s no possible way to prepare for a storm of this intensity that created damage of this magnitude, there are best practices that can be implemented through the Incident Command System
In August 2024, Asheville, North Carolina, was significantly impacted by tropical storm Helene, a powerful storm that brought heavy rains, strong winds and widespread flooding throughout the region. Though the…
Serena Locke Receives 2024 Excellence in Public Safety Award
Currently, Locke is the President of two Code Council chapters, the Oregon Permit Technicians Association and PTN, and is developing educational courses to help other Permit Techs learn and grow.
The International Code Council’s Excellence in Public Safety Award recognizes a member of the building industry who consistently demonstrates outstanding qualities, including integrity and professionalism, and represents the spirit of…
Graphical Symbol Exit Signs: A Smarter Way to Lead the Way Out?
While graphical symbol exit signs have been widely adopted in many other countries, they remain uncommon in the United States.
Most, if not all, people in the United States are familiar with the traditional exit sign, which features the text marking “EXIT”, accompanied by a small chevron directional indicator. However,…
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