International Existing 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: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 5:00 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
Change of occupancy classification
Means of egress
Code compliance for building elements
Chapter 11: Additions
Heights and areas
Structural requirements
Chapters 12 and 14
Historic buildings
Moved or relocated buildings
Credits
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
Certified Code Officials
7.0 Credit Hours (Building)
International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Building)
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It offers 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects and 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Pennsylvania.
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, 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 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885).
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has approved HalfMoon Education as a continuing education provider for certified code officials. This course offers 7.0 credit hours, specifically related to Building.
The International Code Council has approved this event for .7 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
Wendy Talarico LEED AP
Ms. Talarico is an ICC-certified energy/green code plan reviewer and consults with architects and engineers throughout the Northeast to provide continuing education on a range of subjects from codes to building science. She is an instructor for Urban Green/New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s “Conquering the Code”, an 8-hour energy code class in New York State. Ms. Talarico was a member of the engineering outreach team for the Brick Industry Association, and she is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor for such publications as Architectural Record and This Old House. Her areas of expertise include building energy, sustainability issues, and codes, including the IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, IEBC, and the IgCC.