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APSP Members Working Closely with Local Building Inspectors

Networking with your local building inspectors is a good way to get to know them on a first-name basis and find out more about proposed regulations, new codes, educational programs, and other developments affecting the pool, spa, and hot tub industry. APSP members have found it very profitable to build close relationships with local officials.

The APSP Connecticut Chapter (Connecticut Pool & Spa Association, or CONSPA) and the APSP Region 1 Affiliate (Northeast Spa & Pool Association, or NESPA) recently held a successful meeting with their local building inspectors to get the APSP/ANSI-7 Standard for Suction Entrapment Avoidance adopted as part of the state building code. The State of Connecticut has already adopted the 2005 International Residential Building Code, but did not enforce the use of the Safety Vacuum Relief System (SVRS).

For more information on working with local regulators, contact Carvin DiGiovanni.