Codes and Standards Development: a Peek Behind the Curtain

We all use refer to them, cite them, sometimes curse them and generally adhere to them but…  Have you ever wondered where codes and standards come from? Then this program is for you! 

We will pull back the curtain on how these important industry guidelines and legitimacy pillars are born and understand them from a questions-based approach that include these and many more topics:

• How are codes and standards developed?
• What is the difference between a code and a standard?
• What is the same about codes and standards?
• What is an “SDO” or a “standards promulgator”?
• What is the significance of a CONSENSUS STANDARD?
• What is an “ANSI accredited 3rd party listing agency”?

Curtis Dady
Curtis Dady has been with Viega for over 12 years and is currently the Technical Manager for the Southern Central Region.

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Quality is the driving force behind everything we do. It’s the heart of our company’s identity, and it has been that way for more than 115 years. Our devotion to quality has helped us achieve our vision of providing safer, faster, cleaner plumbing technology. Today, we have more than 4,000 employees worldwide. We are a global market leader, but because we are still family owned, we set our own standards.

Since our standard is true excellence, every day we strive for the highest quality. Every day we seek to be better than the day before. We listen to our customers. We innovate solutions. We lead the industry toward the future, but we will never forget where we came from and why we’re here.

We believe in our customers, and we support their daily work by coordinating materials, managing technology, and investing in research and development. That’s how we can offer truly innovative systems – more than 17,000 products – whenever our customers need them. Innovation isn’t meant to be secret, so we are committed to sharing what we’ve learned to help our industry thrive.

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