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$41 million, dedicated to the development of new office buildings in Birmingham and Los Angeles. Major renovations to the Chicago District Office, and expansion in Lenexa.

New facilities will serve current ICC expansion, and provide tenant opportunities.

Patterned after our green ICC headquarter in Washington, a Silver LEED-Certified Building, our capital improvements will follow the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Enviromental Design) Green Building Rating System developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Rives Construction Company has been hired to oversee delivery of all II expansion projects. Rives' services will involve properly search and acquisition, sale of existing facilities, and design and construction of all future ICC facilities, nation-wide.
May 1, 2008

ICC Adopts Facilities Expansion Master Plan -
Green Developments Planned

International Code Council (ICC) recently announced a new facilities Master Plan and capital budget of $41 million, which included's the development of new office buildings in the greater Birmingham, Alabama and Los Angeles, California areas. Major renovations to the Chicago District Office, and expansion of warehouse capacity at their Distribution Center in Lenexa, Kansas is also included.

In making this announcement, ICC Chief Operating Officer, Dominic Sims stated ICC plans to move out of its current office in Birmingham into a new ICC-owned 50,000 to 60,000 sq .ft. building to be located in a yet to be determined Birmingham growth area. ICC Los Angeles will get a new 50,000 to 60,000 sq .ft. building to replace its current facilities in Whittier, California. The location for the new Los Angeles building is also yet to be determined. These facilities will server to fill current ICC expansion needs, future expansion, and they will provided tenant opportunities as well.

Reflecting ICC's commitment to green initiatives and enhancing its position as a green and sustainable leader in the building and fire safety industry, our capital improvements will follow the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and will be patterned after the ICC headquarter offices in Washington, D.C., which are situated in a Silver LEED-Certified Building.

Rives Construction Company of Birmingham, Alabama has been hired to oversee delivery of all ICC expansion projects. Rives Construction Company, Inc. is a modern, highly diversified commercial construction company, serving clients throughout America. As ICC Program Manager, Rives' services will involve total management of all contracts associated with the ICC facilities expansion, including property search and acquisition, sale od existing facilities, and design and construction of all future ICC facilities, nation-wide. Hasting Sykes, who joined Rives in 1997, is the project manager/administration on these projects. To learn more about Rives, go to www.rivesconstruction.com.

To assure that you are kept informed as we progress, ICC has also retained BRAND+COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a Birmingham - based Corporate Communications consultancy to direct all communications regarding ICC's Facilities Expansion Project. This initiative will be known as greenVision - ICC Facilities Expansion Project. We will sustain communications through various media, including a dedicated newsletter and a greenVision link on the ICC website.