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Membership

Appointment of new members to the IRCC will be by consensus agreement of Committee members. Applications would be expected to be from the primary national lead regulatory entity or national organisation with delegated regulatory tasks having experience in the development of that country’s building regulatory system, having the ability to make an effective contribution towards the achievement of the IRCC’s stated goals and can provide reliable information and knowledge about that country’s practices. .

Applications for membership are to be submitted to the Secretariat in writing and be accompanied by supporting information on the experience, expertise and role in the country’s building regulatory environment and the contribution, including resource allocation, that is envisaged could be made to help achieve the IRCC purpose and goals.

All costs associated with the activities of the IRCC will be borne by the members

Continued membership of the IRCC requires active ongoing participation in its activities. In this regard, non-attendance at two consecutive IRCC meetings without justification by a member, or their nominated alternate, will be cause for review of membership. Should membership be terminated the above application process will need to be followed for re-admittance.

Membership of the IRCC will be subject to periodic review.

An organisation contributing to the national regulatory system, with the consensus agreement of Committee members, may become an Affiliate of the IRCC where this organisation has the potential to make a substantial contribution to advancing the goals of the IRCC through their experience and expertise in the development of "best current practice" building regulatory systems.

Such organisations will ideally have the support of that country’s primary national lead regulatory entity or national organisation with delegated regulatory tasks to participate in the activities of the IRCC, but does not represent the views of that entity.  An Affiliate does not have a capacity to formally participate in any matters requiring a decision of Committee members. 

Meetings

It is intended that ordinary meetings will be held at least once each year at a time and place agreed by the IRCC. Generally meetings will be rotated amongst the member countries.

Members can seek approval of the group for observers to attend meetings. This is to be obtained prior to the meeting. Any requests are to be forwarded through the Secretariat.

A representative of the host country will assist the Chair in organising the meeting in their country and participate as co-Chair.

The host country for a meeting has the discretion to invite individuals and representatives of organisations who have either acted as representatives of its membership or are involved in IRCC related activities in that country. Any invitations are to be confirmed with the Secretariat.

The host country has the option of nominating a contemporary topic for members to prepare for and workshop as part of a meeting’s proceedings.

Working Group

Working Groups may be established by agreement of the IRCC for all agreed tasks and any other relevant purposes.

Appointment Of Chair

A chair is to be appointed from and by members for a minimum 2 year term.

For a nomination to be considered at a meeting, a quorum of at least two thirds of members is required to be in attendance and can also consider any position received from a member by the Secretariat prior to the meeting.

Additional Information

Members

Australia	Michael Dodd Assistant Director Energy Efficiency Australian Building Codes Board e: michael.dodd@abcb.gov.au w: www.abcb.gov.au
Austria	Dr. Rainer Mikulits Managing Director Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering e: mailto:mikulits@oib.or.at w: www.oib.or.at
Canada	Thomas Ferguson National Research Council Canada Government of Canada Ottawa, Canada e: Thomas.Ferguson@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca w: http://www.nationalcodes.nrc.gc.ca w: nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/rd/construction/index.html
China	Bo Jiang Director of Standards & Codes Division China Academy of Building Research (CABR) e: jiangbo-cabr@163.com w: www.cabr.com.cn/engweb/index.html
England	Peter Rankin Head of Energy and Environmental Standards / Health and Safety Executive (HSE) e: Peter.Rankin@hse.gov.uk w: https://www.hse.gov.uk Charles-Elie Romeyer Building Safety Regulator / Health and Safety Executive (HSE) e: Charles-Elie.Romeyer@hse.gov.uk w: https://www.hse.gov.uk
Germany	Gerhard Breitschaft President, Deutsches Institut fur Bautechnik e: gbr@dibt.de w: www.dibt.de/en/
Japan	FUJIMOTO Toshiki Director for Building Technology Policy Analysis, Housing Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) e: fujimoto-t2cx@mlit.go.jp w: www.mlit.go.jp/index_e.html Mizuo Inukai Director, Building Department, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM) e: inukai-m92js@mlit.go.jp w: www.nilim.go.jp/english/eindex.html
Netherlands	Dr. Ir. IJsbrand van Straalen Senior Scientist, TNO e: ijsbrand.vanstraalen@tno.nl w: www.tno.nl/
New Zealand	Richard London Manager Building Performance Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) e: Richard.London@mbie.govt.nz w: www.mbie.govt.nz
Norway	Dagfinn Kalheim Senior Engineer Direktoratet for Byggkvaketet e: dak@dibk.no w: www.dibk.no
Scotland	Stephen Garvin, Head of Building Standards Division, Scottish Government e: Stephen.Garvin@gov.scot w: www.scotland.gov.uk/bsd
Singapore	Chin Chi Leong, Deputy CEO (Building Control) Building and Construction Authority e: chin_chi_leong@bca.gov.sg w: www.bca.gov.sg Heng Chai Liang Senior Assistant Director,FSSD e: Heng_Chai_Liang@scdf.gov.sg w: www.scdf.gov.sg
Spain	Ainhoa Diez de Pablo Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) e: adiez@mivau.gob.es Isabel Marcos Anasagasti Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) e: imarcos@mivau.gob.es w: www.mitma.gob.es/mfom/lang_castellano Juan Queipo de Llano Instituto de Ciencias de la Construccion Eduardo Torroja (CSIC) Higher Council for Scientific Research e: jqueipo@ietcc.csic.es w: www.csic.es
Sweden	Hans-Olof Karlsson-Hjort Boverket The Swedish National Board of Housing, e: hans-olof.karlssonhjort@boverket.se w: www.boverket.se/
USA	Judy Zakreski - Senior Vice President Global Operations & Solutions International Code Council e: jzakreski@ICCSafe.ORG w: www.iccsafe.org

Affiliates

England	w: www.labc.uk.com
Germany	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Hertle Review Engineer, Member of the Board of Directors bvpi e: rh@hertle-ingenieure.de e: hertle@bvpi.de Dr.-Ing. Markus Wetzel Review Engineer, Member of the Board of Directors bvpi e: mw@wvs.eu e: wetzel@bvpi.de
Canada	Philip Rizcallah, P.Eng Chief Executive Officer Accessibility Standards Canada e: philip.rizcallah@asc-nac.gc.ca w: accessible.canada.ca