Significant Changes to the IPC®, IMC®, and IFGC®, 2012 Edition

Lee Clifton is the Director of Plumbing Programs for the International Code Council, Plumbing & Mechanical Activities. Prior to joining the Code Council, Lee was with the City of Los Angeles for 21 years. As the Principal Inspector with the City of Los Angeles this included planning, organizing and coordinating the training programs for approximately 200 inspectors and clerical staff. Lee currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Southern California Health and Housing Council and participates on the Strategic Planning Committee to end lead poisoning in Los Angeles County.

In prior years he also served as a Senior Plumbing Training Officer for the Department of Building and Safety, instructing over 700 inspectors. Lee has taught the model plumbing code for the Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, Contractor Association of the Greater Los Angeles Area and the North Orange County Regional Occupation Program. His career began as a second generation plumber, working for his father at Clifton Plumbing Inc. in Tampa, Florida and then entering the United Association Apprentice Program.

Lee holds an L.A. City Journeyman Plumber’s license; numerous certificates for training and medical gas inspection and an IAPMO Certified Plumbing & Mechanical Inspector; Member of the Unified Plumbing & Piping Association of Long Beach, the Board of Directors for the Southern California Health and Housing and a Council Member of Southern California Emergency Services Association (SCES). In the past Lee has participated on numerous industry committees including; IAPMO Certification & Study Guide Committee; Seminar Curriculum Committee and 1993 Earthquake Valve Committee."