SEMCO Construction Trades

Southeast Minnesota Code Officials is a local chapter of the International Code Council. We are a non-profit public benefit corporation. Our mission is to promote and facilitate professional development and education of our members in order to encourage uniformity in code interpretation and bring regional consistency in construction code enforcement. We seek to promote a better understanding of the professional responsibilities of construction code officials in the communities they serve and offer support and mutual aid to our members and their respective communities in times of need.

We are offering this scholarship as a way of giving back to the construction industry, to promote the trades and raise awareness of the code enforcement profession as an employment option. Code enforcement professionals are committed to advancing public safety in the built environment through collaboration and community partnership which results in safe, accessible and healthy structures. We recognize that the students of today will build and sustain our profession in the future and that safe, sustainable construction relies on programs such as this one. We are honored to be able to give back to the communities that we serve.