Within the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control (DFPC) there is a Full-service Building Department, which serves as the Building Official for public schools across Colorado, and provides technical assistance to building departments in every corner of the state.

DFPC and the Colorado Chapter of the International Code Council (CCICC), are proud to announce the inaugural Building Leadership Symposium October 18-19, 2023 at Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, Colorado.

CCICC has seen an increase in the last couple of years for leadership topics for Building Officials at their annual Educational Institute held each March. Because topics at the Educational Institute must be closely tied to Published ICC codes for Continuing Education credit, it has been difficult for CCICC to accommodate these requests. While the Fire Service in Colorado has long had the Fire Leadership Challenge for Fire Chiefs to focus on leadership topics, there hasn’t been a similar opportunity for Building Officials to come together and focus on Leadership in a Building Department.

Until now.

The Building Leadership Symposium will be a two-day gathering of Building Officials from Colorado and neighboring states to focus on the leadership traits, knowledge, and skills needed to successfully lead a Building Department in the Twenty-first Century. Natural and mand-made disasters are occurring daily in so many places in our country, so we have set the focus of this first Symposium as The Role of the Building Official in the Wake of a Disaster.