If you haven’t heard about the 2012 International Swimming Pool & Spa Code (ISPSC) you just might be surprised about how big a deal it is! The ISPSC is the first comprehensive swimming pool code coordinated with the current requirements in the International Codes and APSP standards. Developed by the International Code Council (ICC) with APSP, the ISPSC will establish minimum regulations for public and residential pools, spas, and hot tubs using prescriptive and performance-related provision. This new Code is now available at a member discount price in the APSP.org/Store. For more information, click here to view a short video. Benefits of the ISPSC include the following: seamless integration with the widely adopted family of International Codes, meets or exceeds the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act requirements, covers fencing, decks, lighting, heaters, circulation systems, pumps, accessibility, diving, sanitizing equipment, filters, and suction fittings, and includes provisions for water parks, diving barriers, general design, and water quality safety. To learn more about the ISPSC visit the ICC website. If your state is in the process of considering code updates, e-mail Carvin DiGiovanni so that we can provide them with information and encourage their adoption of the new code.
Got a Question for a Building Code Official? Join the Conversation
The new ICC Codes & Standards Discussion Forum offers a great place for industry professionals to gather online to discuss and share knowledge on the new ISPSC. Now APSP Builders have a place they can go to and ask questions of building code officials related to the new ISPSC. It’s a resource offered through ICC and APSP and can be accessed here.
How to Evict Microorganisms Living in Your Customer's Pools and Spas
As you begin to open your customers' pools and spas, make sure that you have the right chemicals you need to combat the microorganisms lurking in their pools and spas. Before your busy season starts, get reacquainted with the background, general characteristics, use, and safety precautions of pool and spa chemicals. This Recreational Water Quality Bulletin takes a look at sanitizers used for swimming pools and spas. Read More.
PROGRAMS& EVENTS
Slots are Filling Up Fast for August Industry Summit
Make your summer travel plans now to attend the 2012 APSP Industry Summit August 14-15, 2012 in Chicago. Register today at APSP.org/Summit. Top companies like Top Hayward Pool Products Inc., Latham International, S.R. Smith, LLC, and Zodiac Pool Systems are just some of the many companies that have already registered. The Summit features a full day and a half day of seminars and workshops that will give industry players in attendance a huge advantage over their competitors. The centerpiece of the Summit is consumer research, sponsored by the Manufacturers Council, and being conducted by the Harrison Group throughout the year leading up to the event. The research will shed tremendous insight as to who our key consumers are, what their life's priorities are in this post recessionary economy, and how the industry (and your company) can best position itself to prosper in the US landscape that seems forever changed by the events of 2008. Space is limited to 250 attendees. Early-bird registration deadline is May 31, 2012. Contact Lisa Badolato for more information.
How InDepth Do You Know Your Customers?
In preparation for the 2012 APSP Industry Summit, August 14-15 in Chicago, APSP has partnered with The Harrison Group to help members understand how pool and hot tub owners and prospects live and shop. Through InDepth, members will have access to The Harrison Group's "Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America." – updated quarterly. You will have access to webinars on the highlights of several large proprietary studies of our industry's target consumer commissioned by the APSP Manufacturer's Council. Order InDepth by mid-April, and you will be invited to a face-to-face briefing with Doug Harrison in Chicago on April 30, 2012. For more information contact Lauren Stack.
May 7, 2012 Consumer Research and Business Trends on Agenda at the 2012 Summit Click here to read the press release May 2, 2012 APSP Announces Latham Pool Products as 2012 Corporate Sponsor Click here to read the press release
April 4, 2012 New Pool and Spa Code Available Click here to read the press release
March 29, 2012 APSP Names Author and Former ABC News Correspondent Lynn Sherr as Swim Ambassador Click here to read the press release STAY UP TO DATE
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