SE18: Global Task Force on Building Codes
- ID: SE18
- Date & Time: Thursday 12 May (12:30 - 13:30)
- Room: 3
- Participation: Open
- Organizer: Organized by the Global Task Force on Building Codes
Description
Building codes and standards are critical for a safer tomorrow. This side event will showcase participative approaches in creating building codes and innovative compliance strategies, including standards for non-engineered buildings and retrofitting. This side event builds on the 2009 Global Platform Global Task Force on Building Codes session, which led to the establishment of a global network and resource database. Keynote briefings by specialists to improve compliance for the vulnerable majority will be followed by development of a 2011-2015 strategic action plan, Through which practitioners can set objectives for mapping codes, standards resources and compliance activity and address the needs of users responsible for applying the codes.
Background Papers
Presentations
Report
> Report on the Global Task Force on Building Codes Side Event [PDF, 174.49 Kb]