The City of South Bend is pleased to announce that Chuck Bulot, South Bend/St. Joseph County Building Commissioner recently completed the International Code Council's technology and legal testing and certification and has achieved designation as a Certified Building Official (CBO).
Chuck started with the Building Department over nine years ago as a Building Inspector and worked his way through the ranks as Assistant Zoning Administrator, Interim Building Commissioner and now, Building Commissioner.
The Building Department is committed to implementing new technology within the organization, and most recently, has gone live with a new permitting system. This technology should pay for itself in paper costs alone. It also saves in physical storage space required by a paper-based system.
The next phase of modernization is connecting our Inspectors to the field via electronic media for recording inspection information. This will download directly into the permitting system and become part of the legal record for the property.
"We are very pro-active in terms of training. Certification is encouraged as are ongoing refresher courses for each of the specialized inspection disciplines," said Bulot. "No matter how much you think you know, there's always room for learning something new."
Background Information:
The International Code Council (ICC) is a membership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention. ICC develops the codes and standards used to construct residential and commercial buildings, including homes and schools.
The International Codes, or I-Codes, published by ICC, provide minimum safeguards for people at home, at school and in the workplace. The I-Codes are a complete set of comprehensive, coordinated building safety and fire prevention codes. Building codes benefit public safety and support the industry's need for one set of codes without regional limitations.
Fifty states and the District of Columbia have adopted the I-Codes at the state or jurisdictional level. Federal agencies including the Architect of the Capitol, General Services Administration, National Park Service, Department of State, U.S. Forest Service and the Veterans Administration also enforce the I-Codes. The Department of Defense references the International Building Code for constructing military facilities, including those that house U.S. troops, domestically and abroad. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands enforce one or more of the I-Codes.
Vision: Protect the health, safety and welfare of people by creating safe buildings and communities.
Mission: To provide the highest quality codes, standards, products and services for all concerned with the safety and performance of the built environment
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