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Links to Code and Related Professional Organizations

Here are links to the major code organizations, and other code related resources.

ACI	American Concrete Institute
AISC	American Institute of Steel Construction
AISI	American Iron and Steel Institute
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineers
ASHRAE	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers
ASTM	American Society of Testing and Materials
BOCA	Building Officials and Code Administrators International
CABO	Council of American Building Officials
ICC Info	ICBO's International Code Council Homepage
ICBO	International Conference of Building Officials
NAHB	National Association of Home Builders
NCMA	National Concrete Masonry Association
NCSBCS	National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards
NFPA	National Fire Protection Association
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
PCA	Portland Cement Association
SBCCI	Southern Building Code Congress International
UL	Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

ANSI	American National Standards Institute
Australia - SAA	Australia. Standards Australia
BBRI	The Belgian Building Research Institute
BRANZ	The Building Research Association of New Zealand
BRE	The Building Research Establishment Ltd. (UK)
BSB	Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Canada)
CIE	International Commission on Illumination
CIPH	Canadian Institute of Plumbing and Heating
CSIR	Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (South Africa)
CSIRO	The Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
Canada - NR	Canada. National Research Council
Canada - SCC	Canada. Standards Council of Canada
Finland - SFS	Finland. Finnish Standards Association
France - AFNOR	France. Association Franuaise de Normalisation
Germany - DIN	Germany. Deutsches Institut fur Normung
ICC	International Code Council
IRC	The Institute for Research Construction (Canada)
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
Malaysia - SIRIM	Malaysia. Standards and Industrial Research of Malaysia
NBI	The Norwegian Building Research Institute
Netherlands - NNI	Netherlands. Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut
Norway - NSA	Norway. Norwegian Standards Association
OBOA	Ontario Building Officials Association (Canada)
RAIC	Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
SBI	The Danish Building Research Institute
Solvenia - SMIS	Slovenia. Standards and Metrology Institute
TACBOC	Toronto Area Chief Building Officials Committee (Canada)
TNO	TNO Building and Construction Research (Netherlands)
USA - NSSN	USA - National Standards System Network

ACEC	American Consulting Engineers Council
AIA	American Institute of Architects
ASCE	American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME	American Society of Mechanical Engineers
CMA	Carl Mileff & Associates, Inc.
CRSI	Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
GRI	Gas Research Institute
Gypsum Association	Gypsum Association
IAFC	International Association of Fire Chiefs
IEEE	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
NAFE	National Academy of Forensic Engineers
NCMA	National Concrete Masonry Association
NSF	National Sanitation Foundation
NSPE	The National Society of Professional Engineers
SEAOC	Structural Engineers Association of California
SFPE	Society of Fire Protection Engineers

ACCESS BOARD	The U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
DOE	The Department of Energy
EPA	The US Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA	Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Web Locator	The Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy
HUD	The US Department of Housing and Urban Development
NCEER	National Center of Earthquake Engineering Research
NIST	National Institute of Standards and Technology
OSHA	Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PCCIP	President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
PATH	US DOE, HUD, DOC, FEMA, and EPA's PATH Initiative
THOMAS	Federal Legislative Information