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I opened the proceedings with remarks about the
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and standards could change. Product specification
practices might be updated in light of events and less(
downstream consequences as a result of a disaster.TEXAS Board of
III Architectural Examiners
Architects Landscape Architects Registered Interior Designersthe last issue of this newsletter, an extraor-
ross North America. It went by various
ame was Winter Storm Uri. And the built
lly unprepared to handle it.
there's no great need to rehash the events,
inter storm. Instead, I try to look back at
nfortunate happenings lately: as a learning
.n short, the event and the circumstances
architectural Examiners (TBAE) in February,
recent winter storm, and how as a result of
gn and construction sector. Building codes
s and performance should improve. Best
ons learned. Laws could change. AHl theset is not lost on me that TBAE's own enabling legislation resulted from a catastrophe. This Board was
created by acts of the Texas House and Senate immediately following the tragic deaths of nearly 300
people, the vast majority of them children, in East Texas. (Reading about the New London School Explosion
is worth the effort, for multiple reasons.)
That school explosion happened 84 years ago. But within just the last year or two, think not only of the winter storm, but
of the historic heat wave in the Pacific Northwest. The Gulf hurricanes. The shootings, the terrorist acts. The collapse
of a condominium tower in Surfside, Florida. AH deserve our immediate attention. AH deserve immediate action.
A tragedy unfolds, and elements of society react with changes to make the world safer. Often, what is changed
are laws, rules, regulations-and aH of those things are simply minimum standards. When those changes happen,
it is incumbent upon us, as design professionals, as candidates for icensure, as building officials, to stay informed
and up to date on every such regulatory change. That's the very point of continuing education, would note; it's
a regulation in place to help ensure we a stay up to date on safety regulations. Laws and standards and rules
change, so it's up to design professionals to keep up with them. And it's up to this Board to enforce every regulation
to protect the health, safety, and welfare of aH those who work,live, and play in the State of Texas.
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