International Existing Building Code
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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: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Working with the International Existing Building Code
Existing building stock: challenges and opportunities
Development of the Code
Chapter 1: Scope and Administration
Chapter 2: Definitions
Chapter 3: Provisions for All Compliance Methods
Option 1: prescriptive compliance method
Option 2: work area compliance method
Option 3: performance compliance method
Chapters 4 and 6
Repairs
Classification of work
Chapters 7-9: Alterations
Alterations levels 1, 2 and 3
Chapter 10: Change of Occupancy
Chapter 11: Additions
Chapters 12 and 14
Historic buildings
Moved or relocated buildings
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Certified Code Officials
6.5 Credit Hours (Building)
International Code Council
.65 CEUs (Building)
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It offers 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Pennsylvania.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an architect continuing education approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has approved HalfMoon Education as a continuing education provider for certified code officials. This course offers 6.5 credit hours, specifically related to Building.
The International Code Council has approved this event for .65 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity for construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
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 within 15 business days.
Speakers
Raymond Sinagra
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.Principal, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.Mr. Sinagra has more than 30 years of experience in all phases of architectural practice, from programming and design, through production of contract documents and construction administration. This experience includes award-winning design and project management positions in consultant, institutional and government organizations. Much of his architectural experience has dealt with renovations and adaptive use projects. Mr. Sinagra has extensive experience and insight involving the management, operation and maintenance of higher education and science and technology facilities, having designed many collegiate buildings and renovation projects, as well as having served on the staff in the facility departments of two major universities. Mr. Sinagra also has experience with the evaluation, design and renovation of transit facilities, public parks, civil infrastructure and historic structures. This experience serves him well at CEC, where he is overseeing the development of the AE services practice. In addition to his extensive building condition assessment experience, Mr. Sinagra has provided building design, building forensic studies, ADA analysis and compliance design, expert testimony and building code analysis and compliance.