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Residential plumbing inspector webinar series: Follow your career path

Jumpstart your career today with International Code Council.

July 9, 2019

Here’s your chance to become a certified Residential Plumbing Inspector. Let the Learning Center at the International Code Council be your training guide during a one-month online webinar series beginning July 9.

OBITUARY: John H. Cameron Jr.

Cameron Jr. built an impactful sales culture for top industry names.

June 12, 2019

Horizon Services General Sales Manager John H. Cameron Jr. died at home on Sunday, October 28, 2018. He was 55.

U.S. drinking water products standards published as National Standards of Canada

April 18, 2019

American National Standards for health effects of drinking water treatment chemicals (NSF/ANSI 60) and drinking water system components (NSF/ANSI 61) updated for the Canadian market and published as National Standards of Canada.

Cracking the Code

Plumbing vent system in multistory building

Conventional UPC Vertical wet venting and IPC air admittance valves.

Lynne Simnick

March 27, 2019

Project: This project is a 12-story high-rise residential building. Each unit has 1 1/2 baths, one kitchen sink, one clothes washer and one laundry.

Julius Ballanco: Drinking foundtain or bottle filler

What should the plumbing code mandate regarding a drinking fountain?

Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD

March 8, 2019

As a backpacker, the most important item I carry in my backpack is water. I start each morning of a hike with three liters of water; two in my bladder and one in my bottle. The water bottle looks like any typical water bottle that people carry.

As part of satisfying the provisions of IAPMO IGC 349, water leak detection systems must go through several tests

Minimizing potential water damage

Innovation becomes standard

Donna Estrada

March 7, 2019

Did you know there is a specification for water leak detection products that protects your customers’ home or business from damage caused by leaking pipes?

Proposed Illinois plumbing code mandates 160° F water

How hot is too hot?

Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD

February 20, 2019

There are four remaining state-written plumbing codes used in the United States. You could say that the remaining four states are just stubborn. Maybe they think they do it better than the model plumbing codes, but they don’t.

ASHRAE and NSF to present joint water management standard agreement

Ed McMenamin

January 10, 2019

The committees intend to present the agreement to the appropriate ASHRAE approving bodies at the upcoming ASHRAE conference at AHR Expo in Atlanta.

Julius Ballanco: Legionella and the Plumbing Code

Legionnaires’ disease can exist in building water systems, but you can help reduce the risk.

Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD

January 8, 2019

The code-writing organizations are currently finalizing the 2021 edition of the Plumbing Code, which may be adopted in your state or local jurisdiction by 2023. That is how far in advance hot subjects that are being discussed now wait before becoming law.

Industry continues to adapt to OSHA silica dust rule

Finding simple ways to comply with the rule for the lowest cost of ownership is crucial.

January 7, 2019

Found in materials like concrete, tile, rock, stone and brick, exposure to silica dust can be a major cause of lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in America’s skilled trades.