On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:05:42 -0800, Charlie Groh
wrote:

...and apparently doesn't value his personal time very highly,
either...codes are simply standards (UBC, Uniform Building Code, was
one, but it is a part of the Legacy codes that comprise the
International Code Council where the IBC, International Building Code,
was developed and now constitutes the code most approved by US state
governments.

'International' - as in just the USA? The Wikipedia entry on the IBC
seems to think so.

Residents of the USA often call ISO or IEC standards 'European'
despite them being used in over 150 countries worldwide - including
the USA. Why? probably because they think 'it wasn't invented here'
except ANSI along with many other National Standards Organisations had
an input.

FFS why did they not call it the USA ***National*** Building Council
or sling the word Federal in there or something? Maybe it's yet
another case of 'World Series' syndrome.



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