About SEMBOIA

The organization was established in 1963 to administer building codes and to obtain technical information from authoritative sources on matters concerning the construction industry. This information is shared with the organization's membership to promote fellowship and unity of building officials and inspectors and to obtain broader viewpoints and understanding of our mutual problems by promoting investigation and discussion to obtain appropriate solutions to construction-related issues.

As time went on and communities began to grow and increase their populations, architects and contractors began to show an interest in the organization and have since become a permanent fixture within the membership.

In 1975 the organization became the 14^th Chapter of the Building Officials and Code Administrators International. Currently the organization is a member of the International Code Council (ICC).

Effective as of 2001, the organization was incorporated as a Michigan nonprofit corporation known as SEMBOIA, Inc.

The SEMBOIA organization has continued to grow throughout the years and, for over four decades since its inception, has operated exclusively to improve business conditions among code enforcement officials and provide training to assist re-registration of southeastern Michigan building officials, inspectors, and plan examiners in accordance with Public Act 54 and Public Act 230, as amended.

SEMBOIA will continue to provide continuing education training for the re-registration of building officials, building inspectors, and plan examiners as required under Public Act 54 of 1986. The organization will also introduce new technologies utilized within the industry and will continue to monitor the changes in legislation.