Oregon Building Official to Receive ICC Raising the Profile Award
The International Code Council has selected Jack Applegate, a building official for Northwest Code Professionals in Eugene, Ore., to receive the 2018 ICC Raising the Profile Award. This award recognizes an individual or organization that has increased public awareness about code professionals and the importance of safety in the built environment.
Applegate, a code professional with over 30 years of experience, is the president of ICC Region II and the vice chair of the ICC Building Code Action Committee. He is an enthusiastic proponent of building safety and passionately involved in recruiting and training a new generation of code officials. The award will be presented at the Building Safety Month reception sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders on Wednesday, May 30, at the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) headquarters in Washington, D.C.