Las Vegas—IAPMO®, a global team of experts engaging industry and government for a safer built environment, last week conducted its 95th annual Education and Business Conference at the Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Casino. The event was co-located with ARCSA International’s Annual Conference.
Steve Panelli, chief plumbing inspector, city and county of San Francisco, and Jeremy Stettler, coordinator/inspector, Davis School District, Clearfield, Utah, were elected to second terms as president and vice president, respectively. Brian Hamner, senior plumbing inspector, city of Des Moines, Iowa, will return as secretary/treasurer. Eric Gilbreath, senior plumbing inspector for Public Health Seattle and King County, and Brad Elliott, combination plans examiner, city of Las Vegas, were elected as district directors, and Jeremy Diaz, UA Local 78 business manager, Rick Garcia, senior mechanical inspector, city of San Diego, and David Ledda, senior plumbing inspector, city and county of San Francisco, will return to the Board of Directors.
Tom Gugino, former IAPMO board member and IWSH chair, served as conference host and Bill Laub, IAPMO Southern Nevada chapter, served as conference chair.
“This conference was a celebration of this association’s nearly 100 years of leadership, advocacy and stewardship of the best codes and standards in the world,” Panelli said. “This week we recognized that access to clean water, effective sanitation and safe buildings is a fundamental right, and we all deserve a safe environment in which to live, learn, work and play.”
The conference was sponsored by California State Pipe Trades Council; Rainwater Management Solutions, Inc.; Plastic Pipe Institute; Watts Water Technologies; District Council 16; NITC; UA Plumbers Local Union 78; Plumbers Local 68; Southern Nevada IAPMO Chapter; South Jersey Mechanical Contractors Association; UA Local 398; Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 9; TLD Timelockdocs; California Central Chapter of IAPMO; 1st Tee; Western States Pipe Trades Council; American Water Works Association; American Society of Plumbing Engineers; and PHCC.
During the conference’s opening session, IAPMO honored numerous individuals with awards recognizing unique contributions and long-standing support from members and industry allies. The awards and their recipients include:
Winners of the 14th IWSH Scholarship Essay Competition were announced. First prize was awarded to Ava Hartman, North Carolina State University, and three runners-up were Samantha Eberl, University of British Columbia; Hannah Gilmore, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Stella Wang, Markville Secondary School.
IAPMO’s 96th annual Education and Business Conference will be held in Palm Springs, California, Sept. 14-18, 2025.
IAPMO®, developer of the Uniform Solar, Hydronics and Geothermal Code (USHGC®) and Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code (USPSHTC®), has posted online the 2025 Report on Proposals for the 2027 editions of these prospective American National Standard-designated model codes.
IAPMO® and the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) have renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), now incorporating ASSE International and ARCSA International, to jointly advance and promote the mutual interests of education, regulations, design, specifications, installation, and inspection of plumbing systems, as well as training, testing and certifying qualified professionals to perform design work responsive to the need to conserve and protect water supplies, and reduce energy use connected to delivery and use of water.
IAPMO®, developer of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®), has posted online the 2025 Report on Comments (ROC) for the 2027 editions of these American National Standard-designated model codes. The ROC includes the committee actions as discussed during the May 6-8 technical committee meetings, the electronic ballot results as balloted between May 19-June 16, and the Technical Correlating Committee actions on all comments received for the 2027 editions.