Washington Association of Building Officials

WABO 2024 Fall Business Meeting

Registration for the 2024 WABO Fall Business Meeting is now available. The meeting is scheduled for October 17-18, 2024, at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA.  Don't wait to reserve your room as the room block ends September 25, 2024 with a special rate of $152.   Please call (888) 475-3100 and mention WABO and the event dates when making your reservations.  If this is your first meeting, sign up for a WABO scholarship which covers your registration and two-night accommodations.  

The SW WA Chapter will be hosting their Fall 2024 Seminar prior to WABO's Fall QBM on October 14-16, 2024 at the Heathman Lodge.  For more information, click here.

Information/Registration

WABO 2024 Summer Business Meeting

Members from around the state took time from their busy schedule to learn, share, and connect at the university of Puget Sound for the 2024 Summer Business Meeting. First Timers who attended were able to network with their colleagues from around Washington.

President and Committee Reports

WAsafe Building Safety Evaluator Survey

In collaboration with the WABO Emergency Management Committee, WAsafe is seeking to increase the effectiveness of the Building Safety Evaluator (BSE) program through the recruitment of jurisdictional staff throughout Washington State. As we all know, the aftermath of natural events such as earthquakes, floods, or fire, impacts the immediate areas much harder, straining resources and the available workforce much more significantly than those areas located farther from the event. For this reason, it is important that each one of our jurisdictions can rely upon the availability of WAsafe BSE’s from across a wide geographical area of WA State.

We have created a survey for members in all regions of Washington to help determine the interest level of attending a training class to become a WASafe Building Safety Evaluator. The training class is an expanded version of ATC-20 (Postearthquake Safety Evaluation of Buildings), with elements of ATC-45 (Safety evaluation of Buildings after Wind Storms and Floods) and Washington State law also included. The class would be in-person and is approximately seven hours long. Depending on interest, the class would be offered in a convenient location.

CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY

Regardless of where you are located in Washington, we strongly encourage you and your coworkers to become a registered WAsafe Building Safety Evaluator!

Questions? Call Melissa (360) 628-8669 or email [email protected]