October 1st, 2013 Your Future; This Week As this hits your inbox, I’m likely in route to Atlantic City, New Jersey to represent, support and defend the decking industry. This week, your future will be decided in the 2015 International Residential Code. On my last day to prepare before leaving Colorado, [...]
September 18th, 2013 When There’s No Public Comment NADRA Technical Advisor - Glenn Mathewson If a proposal in the IRC code development process doesn’t receive a public comment, the vote from the first hearing is generally the final result. With the recent publishing of the public comments, we can now [...]
August 21, 2013 - Glenn Mathewson, NADRA Technical Advisor How many hold-down anchors does it take to build a deck? The development of the 2015 IRC is halfway through, and there’s likely going to be some new regulations for the construction industry to adjust to. For the decking industry, there’s lobbying [...]
The time has come again for us to be a part of our future…for you to be a part of your future. The International Code Council released the proposed changes to the 2012 International Residential Code (IRC) on March 11th. The ideas contained in these proposals come from professionals and non-professionals [...]
Hello fellow NADRA Members, I recently read an article on one of our manufacture members and wanted to pass it on. I have been using EZ Stair products for years now, with the large number of decks we build the system works quickly and adds to the overall quality and long [...]
We were quite pleased by the turnout of professionals that attended the meeting at Deck Expo about the development of the 2015 IRC. Members from all aspects of our industry sat together while we delivered a message about the upcoming code modification process, the goals, needs and the current status of [...]
May 15, 2012 | There’s a lot of information out there on the web about backyard safety, from those aimed at providing “parenting advice” to medical websites aimed at keeping bandages on the shelf. Another such source is the International Code Council (ICC), the publisher of our nations leading model construction [...]
January 23, 2012 | Last month I had the opportunity to accompany Edward Peterson and Michiel Graswinckel of Element Materials Technology, to Whittier, CA, home of ICC-ES. At first, I felt intimidated and was not quite sure why Edward asked me to join him? Nonetheless, I was curious as to why [...]