CSSA Forms to Help with Product Certification, Code Compliance
A newly founded organization called the Certified Steel Stud Association takes a low-cost and simple approach to code compliance certification. The association is working with the ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) to set up requirements by which its members can obtain product certification from ICC-ES.
The sole purpose of CSSA is to enroll distributor-friendly manufacturer members into the certification program created and managed by ICC-ES; a subsidiary of the International Code Council, which develops the International Building Code. ICC-ES is an ANSI accredited listing agency fully complying with section 1703 of the IBC. ICC-ES is responsible for evaluating building products for building code compliance.