List of Articles by Sara Yerkes
About the Author
Sara Yerkes serves as the Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the International Code Council. She manages and represents the association's public policy matters and oversees the state and local activities that have successfully gained the adoption and use of the International Codes in all 50 states. Sara works closely with members of Congress, state legislators and their staff to draft and endorse legislation that will support and benefit the ICC's mission and related goals, as well as manages the national Building Safety Month campaign, the ICC High School Technical Training Program and the Military Families Career Path Program.
syerkes@iccsafe.org
syerkes@iccsafe.org
Overview of where we are on the existing buildings inspection issues
Date Posted: 09/07/2021
ICC tours International Training Center
The International Code Council is committed to the world-class training and education for the next generation of construction professionals.
Date Posted: 11/21/2018
Reversing the labor shortage trend
The Code Council’s Sara Yerkes discusses the alarming scale of today’s skilled contractor labor shortage in a recent article.
Date Posted: 11/02/2018
Cracking the code
ICC's Sara Yerkes discusses how the building safety industry is growing talent to keep our communities safe.
Date Posted: 08/06/2018
Codes save lives and reduce recovery times
In light of recent disasters, we cannot afford to downgrade, repeal or walk back our codes.
Date Posted: 04/30/2018
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