Follow up code official survey on pandemic response
Follow up code official survey on pandemic response and needed resources
Earlier this year, as COVID-19 public health orders came into effect, the International Code Council surveyed code departments across the country to better understand departments' virtual capabilities and to collect best practices that could help inform other departments' approaches. We were overwhelmed by the response - nearly 1150 jurisdictions from every state across the country provided feedback. Read the survey analysis, here.
The Code Council remains committed to assisting code departments as they navigate and overcome the challenges facing them during the pandemic. To that end, we have prepared a follow up survey that builds upon the previous one to determine how departments have responded in the interim. What virtual needs still exist? What strategies have worked best? What additional resources could help? This survey will inform our efforts to identify best practices and advocate for needed resources.
Prior responses have guided the materials we have developed to support your department and informed and directed our advocacy on your behalf. These efforts include:
- The Coronavirus Response Center with webinars in which industry experts share considerations for addressing capability needs and implementing virtual solutions.
- A series of whitepapers outlining these considerations in written format.
- Considerations for Reopening Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Buildings in the Community and the Role of the Code Department
- Considerations for Reopening Following the COVID-19 Pandemic: Code Department Operations
- Guidance for the Disinfection of Building Water Systems Using the IPC
- Structures Used for Temporary Healthcare Use
- Considerations for Virtual and Remote Inspections
- Considerations for Moving Permitting and Plan Review Online
- Materials that walk through how to advocate for and access federal CARES Act funding to address virtual needs
- Talking points that make the case for why those investments are worthwhile.
Your feedback, either as a first-time or repeat survey respondent, is greatly appreciated and will help us to improve our current offerings. Please be sure to respond in the next two weeks so we can capture your input in our summary of top line results.
For additional coronavirus advocacy resources, please visit the Code Council’s Coronavirus Response Center.
For additional coronavirus advocacy resources, please visit the Code Council’s Coronavirus Response Center.