World Standards Organizations for the inspection and construction industry.

 

February 26, 2007

 

As with all standards, the inspection and construction industry's are ranked by how widely they are accepted (popularity).  Alexa.com at www.alexa.com (an Amazon.com company) provided the following traffic ranking data for the most popular inspection and construction standards organizations in the world.  The lower the number rank the higher the popularity.  

 

Top 10 world inspection and construction standards organizations.

 

#1:  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (www.hud.gov): 11,783

#2:  International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (www.nachi.org): 22,568.

#3:  U.S. Federal Emergency Management Association (www.fema.org): 22,789.

#4:  International Organization for Standardization (www.iso.org): 24,884.

#5:  American National Standards Institute (www.ansi.org): 62,074.

#6:  ASTM International (www.astm.org): 69,035.

#7:  National Fire Protection Association, publishers of the National Electric Code (www.nfpa.org): 118,335.

#8:  International Code Council (www.iccsafe.org): 157, 227.

#10 U.S. Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (www.ada.gov): 544, 167.