HomeMy WebLinkAboutProclamation 96- International Building Safety Week 1996 April 7-13 1996
rFroclamation
International Building Safety Week 1996
April 7-13, 1996
l~ereas, the safety of the buildings we occupy daily is essential to the health. safety and
welfare of the citizens of the world; and
~ereas. among the world's most fundamental laws and ordinances are those which pro-
vide standards for the safe construction of buildings in which people live, work and play; and
~ereas, for construction and building codes to be effective and enforced, understanding
and cooperation must exist between code officials and the people they serve; and
l~ereas, through the efforts of code officials worldwide, and their cooperative relation-
ship with the construction industry. the administration of these health and life-safety standards
is assured; and
l~ereas, units of govemment across the world ~ along with such prestigious organiza-
tions as Building Officials & Code Administrators (BOCA) Intemational, lnc', International
Conference of Building Officials (lCBO), Southern Building Code Congress International
(SBCCI). Inc,. the Council of American Building Officials (CABO), the National Conference
of States on Building Codes and Standards (NCSBCS), and the World Organization of Building
Officials (WOBO) - are joining to promote the use of building and construction codes today.
for a lifetime of building safety, through the observation ofIntemational Building Safety Week;
and
l~lereas, the theme of International Building Safety Week 1996 has been established as
"A Safer World Is on the Horizon;"
~w, therefore, I DON E. STUECK . Hayor , of
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the week of April 7- I 3, 1996, as INTERN A TlONAL BUILDING SAFETY WEEK. I urge all
citizens to participate in International Building Safety Week activities to help promote building
safety. to create awareness as to the importance of construction and building codes, and to
spotlight the role of the dedicated code official in administering those codes. 3rd
Witness. my signature and the seal of the (NAME OF JURISDICTION) this day
of April . in the year Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-six.
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