News
ICC-ES Wins ANSI Accreditation
As the last issue of ICC-ES News was going to press, the Accreditation
Committee of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), meeting in
Washington, DC, approved accreditation of ICC-ES.
When ICC-ES was created in the spring of 2003 with the consolidation of the
National Evaluation Service (NES), ICBO Evaluation Service (ICBO ES), BOCAI
Evaluation Services, and SBCCI Public Safety Testing and Evaluation Services,
Inc., both NES and ICBO ES were already accredited by ANSI. The recent action
in Washington extends ANSI's accreditation to cover the new ICC-ES program.
ANSI recognizes ICC-ES as a product certification body, certifying compliance
of building products and materials with the major U.S. building codes.
ANSI went through a 16-month assessment process before its final decision
was made to accredit ICC-ES. During that process, an ANSI assessment team
visited all three ICC-ES offices to review records, interview staff and determine
compliance of ICC-ES with all ANSI requirements. ANSI follow-up assessments
will occur annually.
