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Building Safety Month 2025

The International Code Council (ICC) announced the commencement of its 45th annual Building Safety Month, a global initiative held each May to raise awareness about the importance of building codes and the professionals who ensure safe, sustainable, and resilient structures.

Building Safety Month 2025

Mel Oncu, Chief Strategy Officer for the International Code Council, joined us to chat about this year’s Building Safety Month theme and what our industry can do to promote safety at every level.

This year's campaign theme, “Game On!”, encourages individuals and communities to actively engage in building safety practices.

Recently, Mel Oncu, Chief Strategy Officer for the International Code Council, joined us to chat about this year’s theme and what our industry can do to promote safety at every level.

Listen in as Mel discusses the main goals of this month, and how architects should incorporate building safety into their designs.

She also goes over what’s next for the safety industry, and how contractors and architects can work together to ensure collaboration and efficiency with tools such as NRCA's ProCertification.

For more information, resources, and to get involved, visit www.buildingsafetymonth.org.

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Lindsay Lewis is the Editor for Building Enclosure magazine. She has been with the publication since 2013 and is a graduate of Central Michigan University. She can be reached at lewisl@bnpmedia.com.