Reasons to be an OBOA Member!

With approximately 1,100 individual member representatives throughout the State, OBOA provides information and education not only to building officials and their personnel, but to a growing number of contractors, building designers, architects and engineers. Some of the membership benefits include:

Industry Updates: OBOA frequently sends communications with news on special bulletins, code updates and special regulatory and legislative alerts.
Networking Opportunities: OBOA has quarterly business meetings and an annual conference in July designed to keep members informed of the organization's business affairs, as well as to provide a forum for discussion on topics of interest.
Education & Training: OBOA offers two multi-day Educational Institutes (Fall and Spring) each year. Each institute provides an array of instructors addressing various code related subjects. Members receive reduced registration fees at all OBOA-sponsored programs. We also offer half and full-day seminars throughout the year.
Code Development: Through its Code Development Committee, OBOA is involved in state, national and international code development activities.
Governmental Affairs Advocacy: OBOA has a dedicated lobbyist, who in conjunction with the OBOA Legislative Committee, provides governmental affairs representation at the State Capitol, the Building Code Division and building industry policy forums.