Why Join OBOA?

When you join one of OBOA’s ten component chapters you also are a member of OBOA. The component chapters provide continuing education and local professional interactions. OBOA has since 1961 represented the code enforcement community’s interests at Ohio Board of Building Standards, the State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the Ohio General Assembly. At OBOA’s request during the 1970’s the State adopted the Building Officials’ and Code Administrators International Inc’s National Building and Mechanical Codes. OBOA’s Residential Code of Ohio was adopted by the State as the code for industrialized units (modular homes) and the was the base document when the State in 2004 adopted a one-, two- and three-family code for conventional construction. OBOA also represents the Ohio code enforcement community’s interests at the International Code Council (ICC) such as in the ICC code development process.

OBOA provides the Construction and Building Industry with current opportunities in the Code Administration and Enforcement Sector. This includes Plan Examiners, Building Officials, Inspectors (All Trades), Permit Technicians, and other Building and Housing Department Personnel.This Sector of Code Administration and Enforcement is at its highest level of opportunities and advancement in history. Becoming an integral part of Public Safety, in a safe and sanitary building environment, offers a rewarding compensation and benefits package that is both competitive and advantageous to both new and existing applicants.

Becoming an OBOA member offers many additional career benefits:

• Code consistency Statewide.
• Increased efficiencies in techniques and methodology.
• Working with other Code Officials on matters that impact the entire State, while maintaining local identity.
• Educating the Public about the importance of Building Safety.
• Building relationships between the Code Official, Designers, Contractors and the local government.
• Providing assistance to the Code Officials in obtaining goals and career objectives.