2015 International Building Code Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am
Morning Session 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own) 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session 1:30 – 5:00 pm
A Brief History of Modern Code Development
Effective use of the IBC
Chapter 1 – Scope and Administration
Modifications and alternatives to code compliance
Requirements for permitting
Chapter 3 – Use and Occupancy Classification
Chapter 4 – Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and Occupancy (Summary Only)
Chapter 5 – General Building Heights and Areas
Table 503 – What’s changed?
Mixed use and occupancy
Chapter 6 – Types of Construction
Chapter 7 – Fire and Smoke Protection Features
Exterior walls
Fire walls
Fire barriers
Fire partitions
Smoke barriers
Smoke partitions
Chapter 8 – Interior Finishes
Chapter 9 – Fire Protection Systems
Chapter 10 – Means of Egress
Chapters 11, 16, 17 & 34
Accessibility
Structural design
Special inspections
Existing buildings
Credits
Architects
6.5 Contact Hours (HSW)
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
International Code Council
6.5 Contact Hours
Building Performance Institute
1.86 CEUs
Contractors
Voluntary Continuing Ed.
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states, including Maine engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Maine.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Building Performance Institute has approved it for 1.86 CEUs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Code Council has approved this event for 6.5 contact hours (.65 CEUs) in the specialty area of Building.
This seminar also offers a continuing education opportunity for contractors, but it has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.