2012 ICC Code Hearings

ICC Hearings First Step to Develop 2015 Codes
Public hearings include the International Building,
Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Plumbing and Private Sewage Disposal Codes

Code enforcement officials, construction industry professionals and the public will meet to consider a broad range of proposed code changes to several International Codes that will improve building safety. Codes developed by the International Code Council are used in all 50 states and many nations worldwide.

The 2012 Code Development Spring Hearings, April 29-May 8 in Dallas, are focused on a set of codes known as Group A that include the International Building, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Plumbing and Private Sewage Disposal codes. These will be the initial hearings for 1,600 proposed revisions that ultimately will result in the 2015 editions of the codes. Code changes approved at the Dallas meeting will form the basis for resolution at the Final Action Hearings in October in Portland, Ore. Please note that ICC policy has been amended to provide that a jurisdiction or other eligible governmental entity must submit an application to become an ICC Governmental Member by April 1 to be able to send voting representatives to the Final Action Hearings in October.

“The International Code Council supports the building safety community and construction industry by developing codes and standards to ensure safe, sustainable and affordable structures,” said ICC CEO Richard P. Weiland. “The Code Development Hearings in Dallas are a critical step in the process to ensure the International Codes are updated to provide maximum public safety, and provide a forum to discuss and debate the merits of the proposed changes.”

To vote at the Dallas hearings, Code Council Members must submit any new or updated Membership information to ICC no later than April 18. There is no cost to ICC
Members or others to register to attend the hearings. For more information and to register in advance, visit www.ICCSafe.org/SpringHearings. Advance registration allows the ICC to verify voting credentials for Members.

ICC uses the governmental consensus process to develop its codes. It is an open, inclusive process that allows input from all individuals and groups. Final decisions are made by International Code Council voting Members—Governmental and Honorary Members who represent the public’s interest.
Prior to the hearings on April 28, 2:30-6 p.m., attendees are invited to participate in an educational tour of the Dallas Cowboys Stadium and earn ICC and AIA CEUs. The expert-led tour will examine engineering and architectural features including the retractable roof and retractable five-leaf, clear glass walls in each end zone that are the tallest moveable glass walls in the world, and historical features. The cost for the tour is $75 and includes transportation.

The hearings will be held at the Sheraton Dallas Downtown Hotel. ICC has secured a special $149 a night rate at the Sheraton for reservations and a limited number of governmental rate rooms for reservations made before April 6.

2012 Ernest Wiemann Top Job Winners

Note that categories C, G, H, K, and P did not open because they did not meet the minimum entry requirement.

1 = Gold | 2 = Silver | 3 = Bronze 

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A. Gates, Driveway - Nonforged    

1 Ornamental Gate & Fence A-3

2 Emerald Ironworks Inc. A-2

3 Art's Work Unlimited A-4

B. Gates, Driveway – Forged

1 Custom Iron by Josh C-8

2 Eureka Forge C-2

3 Metal Head Inc. C-4

D. Interior Railings - Nonferrous, Nonforged    

1 Big D Metalworks D-4

2 Wiemann Metalcraft D-1

3 Art's Work Unlimited D-6

E. Interior Railings - Ferrous, Forged    

1 Vasquez Custom Metals Inc. E-5

2 Disenos Ornamental Iron E-4

3 Royal Iron Creations E-7

F. Exterior Railings & Fences - Nonforged    

1 Wiemann Metalcraft F-1

2 Hess Ornamental Iron LLC F-5

3 Iron Decor F-3

I. Furniture & Accessory Fabrication - Forged    

1 Vasquez Custom Metals Inc. I-8

2 Wonderland Products Inc. I-4

3 Heirloom Stair & Iron Inc. I-1

J. Gates/Doors - Nonforged    

1 Custom Iron by Josh J-4

2 Big D Metalworks  J-10

3 Wiemann Metalcraft  J-5

L. Stairs Complete - Commercial    

1 Anvil Craft Corp. L-2

2 Johnston Products L-4

3 DeAngelis Iron Work Inc. L-5

M. Stairs Complete - Residential    

1 Big D Metalworks M-1

2 Germantown Iron & Steel Corp. M-8

3 M. Cohen & Sons Inc. M-4

N. Structures

1 Germantown Iron & Steel Corp. N-7

2 C.T. and  S. Metalworks N-4

3 Royal Iron Creations N-6

O. Unusual Ornamental Fabrication    

1 Disenos Ornamental Iron O-1

2 M. Cohen & Sons Inc. O-2

3 Artisan Metal Works Ltd. O-4

Q. Art/Sculpture    

1 Johnston Products Q-5

2 Crystal Metalworks Q-4

3 Germantown Iron & Steel Corp. Q-2

Mitch Heitler Award for Excellence 

Chosen from among the gold winners by the Mitch Heitler Committee.

  

Big D Metalworks M-1

Copper in Architecture Award for Ornamental Applications 

Presented by the Copper Development Association. The award recognizes jobs that make outstanding use of copper or copper alloys.

Wiemann Metalcraft  D-1

Big D Metalworks            D-4 & J-10

Wiemann Metalcraft         J-5

NOMMA 2012-13 Board Slate

DATE:             January 30, 2012

TO:                  NOMMA Members

FROM:             Nominating Committee

RE:             Announcement of NOMMA Board of Directors Slate for 2012-13

The Nominating Committee, chaired by Immediate Past President Bruce Boyler, is pleased to announce the following slate of officers and directors to be presented during the upcoming membership business meeting for 2012-13. Their office takes effect following the swearing in ceremony at the awards banquet on Saturday, March 3, 2012.  

President — Will Keeler, Keeler Iron Works, Memphis, TN*
President-Elect — JR Molina, Big D Metalworks, Dallas, TX
Vice-President/Treasurer — Mark Koenke, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp, Jackson, WI
Fabricator Director (3-yr. term) — Tina Tennikait, Superior Fence & Orn. Iron, Cottage Hills, IL
Fabricator Director (3-yr. term) —  Allyn Moseley, Heirloom Stair & Iron, Campobello, SC
Fabricator Director (1-yr. term) —  Ray Michael, R & F Metals Inc., Clinton, MD
Supplier Director (3-yr. term)  — Mark Sisson, Mac Metals Inc., Kearny, NJ

All current Fabricator and Nationwide Supplier members are entitled to one vote per company on items presented to the membership.  Voting takes place during the Opening Session of METALfab 2012, Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 1 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel at Universal, Orlando, FL.

Current board members continuing for 2012-2013:
Fabricator Director — Greg Terrill, Division 5 Metalworks, Kalamazoo, MI
Fabricator Director — Keith Majka, Majka Railing Co. Inc., Paterson, NJ
Fabricator Director  — Todd Kinnikin, Eureka Forge, Pacific, MO
Supplier Director — Rick Ralston, Feeney Inc., Eugene OR
Supplier Director — Gina Pietrocola, D.J.A. Imports Ltd., Bronx, NY
Immediate Past President — James Minter, Imagine Ironworks, Brookhaven, MS

A special “thank you” goes to the following retiring board members for their years of outstanding service:

Bruce Boyler, Boyler’s Ornamental Iron Inc., Bettendorf, IA is rotating off the board after six years of service.
Mark O’Malley, O’Malley Welding & Fabricating Inc., Yorkville, IL, is rotating off after four years of service.
Wayne Haas, Cleveland Steel Tool Co., Cleveland, OH, is rotating off after six years of service.

*As president-elect the president automatically advances to president.

Daniel Receives CAE

CONTACT: NOMMA, 888-516-8585

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TODD DANIEL EARNS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE CREDENTIAL

Washington, DC, 1/27/12 - ASAE has announced that Todd Daniel, Executive Director of the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE®) credential.

The CAE is the highest professional credential in the association industry. Less than five percent of all association professionals have earned the CAE. To be designated as a Certified Association Executive, an applicant must have a minimum of three years experience in nonprofit organization management, complete a minimum of 100 hours of specialized professional development, pass a stringent examination in association management, and pledge to uphold a code of ethics.

To maintain the certification, individuals must undertake ongoing professional development and activities in association and nonprofit management. 3,900 association professionals currently hold the CAE credential. The CAE program is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

ASAE is a membership organization of more than 21,000 association executives and industry partners representing 10,000 organizations. Its members manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies and voluntary organizations across the United States and in nearly 50 countries around the world. With support of the ASAE Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession, and provides resources, education, ideas and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community. For more information about ASAE, visit www.asaecenter.org.

Dear NOMMA Member,

Thanks for your membership! Please note that your membership expired on December 31. My hope is that you will remain a part of the NOMMA family.

During 2011 we made great accomplishments, and we have even bigger plans for 2012. Thanks to your membership:

• Our Technical Affairs team continues to stay active with the International Code Council (ICC). We currently have representatives on the ICC's Code Technology Committee Climbable Guard Study Group.

• Our Technical Affairs team also remains a part of the Vehicular Gate Ad Hoc Coalition, which is working on their latest project — a gate operator systems designer certification program.

• Our online video streaming has been a hit, and we've just passed the 1,000 view mark. Both NOMMA and NEF will continue to add education videos, tutorials, webinars, and podcasts to our online content library.

For 2012, our plans include:

• Participation in the ICC spring board meeting in Dallas in May.

• Continued education outreach through webinars, phone conferences, NEF workshops, and online resources.

• The launching of the Pacific Northwest Chapter, which will become our sixth chapter.

• In conjunction with the Northeast Chapter we plan to provide an education module for New York-New Jersey area architects in April. The hope is that this pilot program will become a nationwide model.

Both the NOMMA Education Foundation (NEF) and NOMMA have other programs in store as well.

Please consider renewing today. Note that we are now offering a four-payment installment plan. If you have any questions, always feel free to call me.

Again, thank you very much for your membership support.

Sincerely,

Todd Daniel
NOMMA Executive Director

The Incredible Power of the Elevator Speech

Director's Note: Dave regularly contributes to Fabricator magazine. I thought this column is a great "must read" for all NOMMA's leadership.

By Dave Kahle


“Why should someone spend time with you?” That was the question I asked the six sales people who were the subjects of an intense week-long training session.
The response? Blank stares. Some uncomfortable fidgeting. Nothing anywhere close to a coherent, persuasive response.
That experience made me realize the need for what I call a “value-added proposition,” and what many people refer to as an “elevator speech.” It is a well-thought-out, meticulously prepared, and memorized set of ideas that ultimately answer the question above. It should exist in several different versions:
1. There should be a one-page (250 words or so) description of
* who you are
* what you do
* why your customers and prospects should care.
2. That should be reduced to a 30 word version that should be memorized by everyone who has contact with the customer.
3. Finally, that should be further reduced to a four-to-eight word version that can accompany every communication, from web site advertising to face-to-face interactions.
Why this is important
“Five minutes or it’s free.” That was the banner hanging over the fast food restaurant near my house. I noticed it as I drove past one day. Interesting. In a mini-environment of intense competition (there must be a dozen fast-food options within a mile of this road) they chose to focus on one aspect of their offering – speed – and turn it into a “value-added proposition.” In a world of other options for the customer, they chose to take their strength, turn it into a benefit for the customer, and boil that down to say to the customer, “Buy it from us. We’ll guarantee quick service. “
It had its desired impact. I noticed the banner, and decided to stop in for breakfast. The waitress took my order, noted the time on the order pad, and handed me a stop watch! I took up the challenge, clicked it on, and waited to see if they would perform. The order arrived within five minutes. I noticed the waitress look at her watch and note the delivery time on the order pad.
Let’s consider what we can learn from this experience. First, the value-added proposition consolidates some of the strengths of the organization, and turns them into benefits for the customer base. Then, it translates those benefits into a “proposition” which challenges the customer to become involved. It reaches out into the world and says “Consider me. Here’s why.” It serves, then, as a proactive way to interest and attract potential customers.
Just as importantly, it helps refine who you are as an organization. You will become who you tell people that you are. For example, I suspect that the restaurant did not have a quantity of stop watches in their inventory prior to deciding to toss “Five minutes or it’s free” into the world. I suspect that the order forms were modified to accommodate the claim, that the wait staff was trained in the processes to implement it, that some items came off the menu and others were added, and that there were some cooks who don’t work there any more because of their inability to be who the restaurant said they were.
Once you say that you provide “outstanding customer service,” or “the highest quality products” for example, you have to back that up. You must become who you say you are, and actually do what you claim you do.
The value-added proposition, then, brings with it tremendous power to focus your image to your customer base and, at the same time, organize your internal operations to deliver what you say you will.
From the point of view of the sales force, the value-added proposition gives them a focal point -- a place to hang their claim for uniqueness. But it also gives them a wedge into the doors of the prospect, and an appropriate topic of conversation with every contact.
That’s why the 30-word version should be memorized and practiced until it can be delivered accurately, fluently and persuasively.
How to do it
The creation of a value-added proposition can be much more significant than it may look at first glance. Once you understand the power of this set of words to attract customers, equip sales people, and shape operations, you will realize that this can be a “bet the business on this” strategic initiative.
Get it wrong, and your organization’s very survival may be in jeopardy. Get it right, and it can provide fuel for your growth for the foreseeable future.
So, it ought to be treated as a major strategic initiative in your organization, and given the allotment of resources that accompany such efforts.
Gather your best people for a brainstorming session. Capture the output, and bring it to a more analytical group to refine. Put it in the hands of your best communicators to create the three versions mentioned above.
Then, test it before you commit to it. Put it in the hands of some sales people and gather their comments. Float it by some of your customers whose honest opinion you expect. Run it through the search engine optimization folks.
Refine it until you are ready to live with it.
Then, publish the short version in every conceivable place. On business cards, letterhead, voice mail messages, web sites, email signatures, etc.
Bring the sales people in, require they memorize the 30-word version, and train them in persuasively presenting it. Lots of role-play and practice here. Do the same with anyone who has regular customer contact.
Finally, publish the one-page version. Make it into a hard copy leave-behind for the sales force. Publish it on your web site. Hand it to every vendor.
Distribute it to everyone who has an interest.
Then, watch as it begins to flow into every aspect of your business, stimulating and shaping your growth.

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If you are interested in digging deeper into this subject, you may want to purchase, “How to Sell Anything to Anyone Anytime.”
If you are a subscriber to The Sales Resource Center ™ , consider Cluster CL-72: How to market your small business on-line, Cluster CL-46; Four part elevator speech, and Pod-47: How to make a more effective first call.


About the Author
Dave Kahle has trained tens of thousands of distributor and B2B sales people and sales managers to be more effective in the 21st Century economy. He’s authorednine books, and presented in 47 states and seven countries. Sign up for his weekly Ezine . For a limited time, you can purchase his latest book, How to Sell Anything to Anyone Anytime, and receive $534 in FREE bonuses.

Find the hidden takeaways

By Todd Daniel, NOMMA Executive Director

In this new economy, I keep hearing the expression “gaining an edge.” The idea is to have one more “plus” in your arsenal to win a job. Can you make yourself a little more efficient to get your bids down a few dollars? Is there one more “value added” service you can offer your customer? Do you have just a little more knowledge than someone else? Can you woo your client with your superior product knowledge? Do you know how to negotiate and upsell to get the best price for your product?

I know just the place where you can obtain the “edge.” It’s called your industry trade association. Imagine tapping into a 53-year-old bastion of information with an online knowledgebase,
14 hours of FREE online education
videos, education conferences, and
opportunities for networking. If you take advantage of the printed and electronic resources of NOMMA, I assure you that you will obtain your edge.

But better yet, the real power comes from what you learn at education sessions and workshops.

And then there is the most powerful information source of all — your hundreds of fellow professionals around the country. You can tap into this resource through our annual METALfab conference, NEF events, and electronically via our ListServ,
webinars, and phone conferences.

All combined, I call this
“NOMMA Power,” and it’s this power that gives you the edge.

A ‘NOMMA Power’ charge

The mystery of NOMMA Power
is that you never know when you’ll
receive it. A METALfab class instructor could give you a single tip that could save you hundreds of dollars. Or, a vendor at the trade show might show you one new product or give you a single idea that could save thousands.

But the best NOMMA Power is when you make professional contacts around the country. Need a job installed in another state? Call a NOMMA brother or sister.

And as your colleagues get to know you, they’ll send you referrals, or they may even subcontract a project to you, or the two of you may even partner on a job. Now, this is true POWER.

Get plugged in

The more you are involved with your trade association, the more
opportunities you have for gaining a “takeaway.” We are all extremely busy, but if you can get away for a Saturday chapter meeting or a NEF class, you are again exposing yourself to new people, and new ideas!

And best of all, if you attend the
national conference you are in the heart of a thriving organism full of ideas and energy. METALfab is like the core of the sun — bright and powerful.

My personal experience

I am a member of a society of association executives. When meetings are held, I often think of a dozen reasons why I can’t attend, but I make myself go. I always wonder when and where I will find my next “takeaway.” Will it be from a keynote speaker, a class presenter, or the person sitting next me? Sometimes I will share, and sometimes I will receive, but always I will gain.

At my last meeting, I didn’t think I was going to get my “takeaway,” but then, surprise, I ran into a colleague in the parking lot and we had a great conversation. Those takeaways are hiding at every corner, and I guarantee that if you join and get involved in NOMMA, you will find them.