IAPMO has published the 2027 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code® (UPC) and Uniform Mechanical Code® (UMC) in both hardcopy and electronic versions, completing a three-year consensus development cycle accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Significant changes to the UPC include: Significant changes to the UMC...

The Role Of Rainwater Catchment In The Southeast As extreme weather becomes more common across the Southeastern United States, interest in rainwater harvesting is rising — not just for drought resilience, but for managing the region’s increasingly intense rain events. G. Edward “Eddie” Van Giesen, national sales manager for...

An Overview Of The Fire-Focused Resources In The IAPMO Wildfire Resilience Toolkit Wildfire is a powerful force that shapes landscapes, communities, and ecosystems across fire-prone regions. As more development occurs in the wildland–urban interface, the consequences of wildfire are no longer limited to the burn area itself — smoke...

There is a phrase I find myself returning to often when I speak with engineers, installers, and code officials about building water systems: water safety is not something you can retrofit. You can remediate it, expensively and with enormous disruption, but the most effective time to protect the integrity of a potable water system is...