The International Codes Council (ICC) held public hearings on code change proposals for the ICC International Performance Code on March 22-23 in Portland, Oregon. Kimberly Marks, ASID, IIDA, represented the Interior Design Code Alliance at the hearings and testified on the ICC International Performance Code (IPC).

As the International Performance Code is currently written, only an architect or engineer can be in overall responsible charge of a project that uses the Performance Code. Other design professionals may only participate on the design team. The Interior Design Codes Alliance submitted seven code change proposals to amend the IPC to allow for more open participation by registered interior designers in the performance-based design process. Despite our testimony, the committee accepted only one of the proposals.

The International Performance Code (IPC) was initially set to be published in 2002, but problems with the code may delay its publication until 2003. The ASID National Codes Network lead by Kimberly A. Marks, ASID, IIDA, will continue fighting to ensure that interior designers are not excluded from IPC.