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72ndICBO ANNUAL EOUCATION & COOE OEVELOPEMENT CONFERENCE
REPORT
Location: Indienepoli., Indiene, September 1Ø through 16, 1994
As cheirmsn of the Chule Vista Board of appeels end Advisors, I ettended the
conFerence with my prime objective of ettendlng the verlous pre-selected
edu~ation sessions. This provided en excellent opportunity For keeping ebresst
of Code snd legel epplicetions For"properly conductIng the business of our board.
This conference, 85 somewhat different than previous ones, WBS devoted more to the
code aducationsl aspects. No code changes were scheduled, due to the restructuring
of the Uniform Building Code menusls. The msny seminers end Round Teble discussions
provided s beeis for the meny members (ovsr BØØ), including building end fire
ofFicie15, design prcFessionals, contractors, Industry reprssentetives, end other
interested persons, to come together end develope a better understanding,
interpretsticn , end workins relationship in code matters end procedures.
.The ConFerence provided en excellent "EOUCATION PROGRAM" menuel this yeer For
suicence through the various seminers. These seminers were conducted by very
astute prcfe5siona~, some of which were staff members of ICBO, experienced
Building snd Fire Officials, Architects snd Engineers, end National Fire Protestion
As.ocietion representetives.
I found theee educetlon ssminsrs pllrticul~rly veluable end inFormative, thereby
snlarging my knowledge skills in the Code Enforcement field. The Legal aspects
and ramifications of improper procedures in the pursuit of enforcement end
ebatement of violetions, end many times becomins 6n eppesl process, wes coverec
in some detei 1.
Lieted below ere the high lIghted semlners thet I ettended. Thsr"B were many
grephic illuEtr"stions throughout these sessions.
1 . FIRE HAZARO MOOELLING(Anelysie)_by Pre... S V.Pres. Net.l Fir"e Pr"otection
Association. Fire testing of materiels, looking e~ perFormence
charecteristics, such ss furniture and furnishings end essessing lIfe
safety risks, etc.
2. M~TERIALS ..nd SERVICES(methods), extension of #1-UBC Stc. 7-7 Fire res-
istive ratings of cer"tein materiels.
3. .RCHITECTURAL APPLICATIONS-by ICBO staff Sr. Architect Woodward-RevIew
of desisn options & impact of site and building designs(site grading,
construction types, sprinkler system r"equir"ements,min. construction
requirements, use and acceptance of elternate materials end it's sourcEs,
calculating fir"e resistance, number" of exits, fIre resistence substitutions.
4- UBC AOMINISTRATION end PHILOSOPHY-by Brent Snyder CBO & regional staFF mgr.
Histcry of codes,acoption proccdures(including 5 step test of their validity,
purpose of codes, occupsnt related hazards, occupency classifications, &
types of conetruction, baslc concept of egress, code violations, unsafe
buildIngs or structures, right of entry, tests of elternete msterials,
Board of Appeels recourses).
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5. MEANS OF EGRESS-by Brent Snyder CBO stEFF, regional Manaser-Basic
concept of occupants having ccntrol of theIr egress(exception in I
occupancy) , once .ize of exiting end fire resistance .stæblished een
never be reduced. Very comprehenslce session on exiting.
~, ALTERNATE MATERIALS end METHODS-ny Perry De Hsvilend FAIA & John
Stevenson AIA-Cese studies of adventesea to owners, bldS' oFFici61s,
65 well as th architects, audience participation & dicussions.
7. use UPDATE-Brent Snyder CeO-Fire & life 5Efety provisions and meny
ether chenses especially in the c16ssifications of occupancies. The
1994 edition will be sweeping ch~nges including fermat to be more in
conformance with the other model codes.
a. WIND end EARTHQUAKE FORCES-(Engineering)by Tom Campbell PE ICBD stEFF-
Very comphrensive coverage For the beneFit of. Building OFFicials,
plen check staFF, and the desishn prafessianelsi Included ell update
of the changEs in the code on these matters. This session wes well attene~.
So much meteriel was covered in Five days thet it is impossible to outline
moet of it in this report. The EDUCATION MANUAL leys it ell out For the verioue
seminsrs.
This conFerence provided an erena of building, fire, industry end proFessional
education subjects in dealing wIth the totel spactrum of code epplications end
enForcement(design end orderly construction of buildings & structures). It
becomes epperent thet the responsibilitiee of the Building OFFlciÐl ere no
le6B than awesome, end in turn,the contractors enc designers. It should elso
go without saying that the conduct end Findings of the Appesls Boards should
Feir end to the highest .tenderds.
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ChaIrman Board of Appeels & Advisors