New Zealand
The government of New Zealand has set up a mediation service to resolve cases of houses that failed watertightness.
In the United States, there were three major nonprofit organizations developing building codes for the governing of building constructions, but they have since been merged into one in 1994, the International Code Council (ICC). ICC publishes the International Building Codes, used by most of the jurisdictions within the United States. The former organizations included Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc. (BOCA), International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. (SBCCI).
There are several other major code publishers in the United States. The Uniform Plumbing Code and the Uniform Mechanical Code are both written by an organization that was established by code officials.
On May 17, 1926, International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials began with a mandate “to advance the latest and most improved methods of sanitation; to promote the welfare of and harmony between the owner, the builder, and the craftsman; to accomplish a uniformity in the application of the provisions of the ordinances; and to promulgate the mutual benefit of the members".
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