WABO is pleased to announce the launch of its newly updated website! Designed to better serve our members and partners, the refreshed site offers improved navigation, updated resources, and easier access to important association information, training opportunities, committee updates, meeting materials, and member services. We encourage you to explore the new website and take advantage of the tools and information available to support your work in building safety and code administration across Washington State.

With our new system, you’ll need to create a new password for your account. Your account will keep track of your profile, your membership info, as well as current and past orders like upcoming events. Your information will be tracked in your profile as long as you are logged in when registering for events or renewing. 

For convenience, you can bookmark the login page: https://wabo.org/login

Please visit wabo.org and select “Member Login” at the top.

Click “Lost your password?”

Enter the email associated with your account, this will send an email.

Open the email. Can’t find it? Check your spam/junk folder.

Click the link in the email, then enter a new password.

With this password you can now login to your account.

Registration for the 2026 WABO Fall Business Meeting is now available.  The meeting is scheduled for October 29-30, 2026, at the Ruby River Hotel in Spokane, WA.   Reserve your room early as the room block ends on September 28, 2026.  Individual reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly at (509) 326-5577, please mention group name WABO when making your reservations to receive a special room rate of $127 (+ applicable taxes).

Registration for the WAsafe Building Safety Evaluations (ATC20/45 Plus) training is now available.  The training is scheduled for October 28, 2026, at Centerplace Event Center in Spokane Valley, WA.   

This course covers the basics of building safety evaluations for a variety of hazards, based on building safety evaluation programs for earthquakes, windstorms, and floods (ATC-20 & ATC-45), using examples from real events. The class also covers response to landslides, fires, and other hazards. Participants will also be introduced to the statewide process for volunteer emergency worker enrollment and dispatching being coordinated through WAsafe. Taking the course is one of the requirements for those who wish to enroll in the WAsafe program, or for those whose enrollment are expiring and wish to renew.

The class is appropriate for any building department staff and design professionals, as well as newcomers to emergency response and those who just need a 5-year refresher. This class will help you develop the knowledge and skills to prepare for and respond to a damaging event.

The WABO Washington State Energy Code – Plans Examiner Program (WSEC-PEP) is a certification program for which individuals meeting the requirements of the program, and successfully passing a written exam which does include energy code plan review competency, can become certified by WABO to perform Commercial and/or Residential Washington State Energy Code plan reviews. This is a voluntary registration program developed cooperatively by representatives from the association and around the state of Washington.

WSEC-PEP creates a register of qualified plans examiners that Building Officials may permit to conduct the relevant energy code plan reviews of building permit applications with their jurisdictions, and that they may do so with the confidence that the individual reviewers are certified by WABO. This provides Building Departments with the ability to meet their enforcement obligations when these obligations exceed what is practical for both budget and the expertise of the respective Building Department.

The Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO) is seeking a qualified technical consultant for WABO’s Certification & Registration program which oversees the Special Inspection, Fabrication and Weld Programs.  We have distributed the request to individuals/companies in related fields in search of an individual that does not have a conflict of interest or financial interest with WABO agencies or facilities.  If you know an individual in the field (perhaps retired) that would be a potential fit, we hope that you will let them know about this opportunity.  The RFP below will detail the scope, requirements and evaluation criteria.

The RFP will remain open until filled.  Please submit proposals via email to Tara Jenkins, WABO Executive Director, [email protected].

Members from around the state took time from their busy schedule to learn, share, and connect at the Holiday Inn by the River in Richland for the 2026 Summer Business Meeting. First Timers who attended were able to network with their colleagues from around Washington.