PRINTER'S NO. 736
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
115
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY BARTOLOTTA, DINNIMAN, VOGEL, BROWNE, J. WARD,
TARTAGLIONE, HUGHES, BLAKE, BREWSTER, SCHWANK, AUMENT, COSTA,
KILLION, K. WARD AND BAKER, MAY 7, 2019
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 7, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of May 2019 as "Building Safety Month" in
Pennsylvania and encouraging residents to participate in
"Building Safety Month" activities.
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is committed to recognizing that our
growth and strength depends on the safety and economic value of
the homes, buildings and infrastructures that serve our
residents in everyday life and in times of natural disaster; and
WHEREAS, Confidence in the structural integrity of buildings
that make up our communities is achieved through the devotion of
vigilant guardians, building safety and fire prevention
officials, architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople, design
professionals, laborers and others in the construction industry
who work year-round to ensure the safe construction of
buildings; and
WHEREAS, These guardians are dedicated members of the
International Code Council (ICC), a United States based
voluntary consensus codes and standards developing organization
that brings together Federal, State and local officials who are
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experts in the built environment to create and implement the
highest-quality codes to protect us in the buildings where we
live, learn, work, worship and play; and
WHEREAS, The dedicated members of the Pennsylvania
Association of Building Code Officials, Pennsylvania State
Professional Chapter of the International Code Council and the
members of other International Code Council chapters in
Pennsylvania, including the Lancaster County Code Association,
the Berks County Building and Code Association, the Pennsylvania
Building Officials Conference, the Commonwealth Building
Officials, the Pennsylvania Association of Code Officials, the
Liberty Chapter of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Association of
Fire Code Officials, the Professional Chapter of Western
Pennsylvania and PennBOC Regions 1, 2, 3 and 5, develop and
implement the highest-quality codes to inspect buildings; and
WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" is sponsored by the
International Code Council and the Pennsylvania Association of
Building Code Officials, along with all of the other ICC
chapters in Pennsylvania, to remind the public about the
critical role of our communities' largely unknown guardians of
public safety, our local code officials, who assure us of safe,
efficient and livable buildings that are essential to keep
America great; and
WHEREAS, "No Code. No Confidence.," the theme for "Building
Safety Month" in 2019, encourages all Americans to raise
awareness of the importance of building safety and resilient
construction, fire prevention, disaster mitigation and new
technologies in the construction industry; and
WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" encourages appropriate steps
that everyone can take to ensure that the places where we live,
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learn, work, worship and play are safe; and
WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" recognizes that countless
lives have been saved due to the implementation of safety codes
by State and local agencies; and
WHEREAS, In observance of "Building Safety Month," Americans
are asked to consider the commitment to improve building safety
and economic investment at home and in the community and to
acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by
Federal agencies, State and local building departments and fire
prevention bureaus in protecting lives and property; therefore
be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of May 2019 as
"Building Safety Month" in Pennsylvania and encourage residents
to participate in "Building Safety Month" activities.
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