Ontario, California — IAPMO® is seeking volunteers to participate on the Technical Correlating Committee (TCC) to work toward correlation of the 2030 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®). The deadline to submit an application is May 22.
Members are being sought in the following interest categories: manufacturer, user, installer/maintainer, labor, research/standards/testing laboratory, enforcing authority, consumer, and special expert. This committee is appointed by the IAPMO Standards Council in accordance with the IAPMO Regulations Governing Committee Projects.
The TCC is the body responsible for resolving conflicts, achieving correlation among the recommendations of the technical committees, and correcting errors and omissions. All persons wishing to apply to the TCC must complete an application for Technical Correlating Committee Membership (see link below), including a résumé of qualifications.
Anyone interested in serving can complete the application online using the following link: http://forms.iapmo.org/iapmo/committee/app_tcc_committee.aspx
For specific information regarding the UPC/UMC TCC, please contact either Enrique Gonzalez at (909) 230-5535 or Taylor Duran at (909) 218-8126. Alternatively, you can email your questions to enrique.gonzalez@iapmo.org or taylor.duran@iapmo.org.
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IAPMO®, a global team of experts engaging industry and government for a safer built environment, develops codes and standards, including the flagship Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®), and offers the UPC and UMC certification marks, which serve as a consistent model for building professionals, manufacturers and researchers. Deep expertise in codes and standards is applied to rigorous product testing, certification and inspection services, professional development offerings, policy and advocacy work. IAPMO also serves the market under specialty brands including The IAPMO Group, Construction Products Group, System Certifications Body and IWSH, its nonprofit foundation.
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