IRC Significant Changes

This class reviews and analyzes selected significant changes from the 2021 IRC to the 2024 IRC. It familiarizes building officials, fire officials, plans examiners, inspectors and design professionals with many of the significant changes in the 2024 IRC. It assists code users in identifying the specific code changes that have occurred, and more importantly, understanding the reason behind the change. Changes to building, energy, mechanical, fuel gas, plumbing and electrical requirements are discussed. Finally, the seminar focuses on those code changes selected due to their frequency of application, special significance or change in application. This course uses the Significant Changes to International Residential Code 2024 Edition as its basis. The goal of the 2024 Edition is to familiarize building officials, fire officials, plans examiners, inspectors, design professionals, contractors, and others in the construction industry with many of the important changes in the 2024 International Residential Code. This class is designed to assist those code users in identifying the specific code changes that have occurred and understanding the reasons behind the change.

Course Objectives

• Identify the most significant differences between the 2021 IRC and the 2024 IRC.
• Explain the differences between the current and previous edition.
• Identify key changes in organization and code requirements.
• Identify the applicability of design, plan review and inspection requirements.

LEGAL ASPECTS OF CODE ADMINISTRATION

Description

Provides code officials with guidelines for administering the legal aspects of codes with regard to enforcement, prosecution and maintenance. In this course participants will discuss historical consequences of ignoring the regulation of building construction and materials, and learn how to interpret and applying local government, state and federal legislative laws, pertaining to the administration and enforcement of a building code. Participants will also be able to define and apply concepts which are legally important to the administration and enforcement of a building code and establish or document rules of procedure used before a board of building code appeals. By using the guidelines presented in the course, participants will learn how to effectively testify in a court of law.

Objectives

• Describe why efficient building code report writing is essential to code enforcement.
• Write a report that: minimizes legal liability communicates clearly enough so that the potential for prosecution will be minimized & produce the result in court that you want.
• Explain the different types of reports that a typical Code Official may need to write.
• Describe the advantages/disadvantages of different types of inspection report formats
• Apply the following steps to successful report writing: 1) Implementing the elements of an efficient report. 2) Using terminology to correctly describe issues. 3) Gathering details to write an inspection report. 4) Writing effective sentences that clearly and professionally describe issues. 5) Spelling and Grammar