Special Inspections under California Building Code Chapter 17 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 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 5:00 pm
Overview of Special Inspections
General program guidelines
Special inspector qualifications
Testing and inspection agency accreditation
Forms, schedules and agreements
Pre-construction meeting
Report distribution
Soil and Foundation Inspections
Existing soil conditions
Site preparation
Pile foundations
Pier foundations
Concrete and Masonry Construction Inspections
Concrete reinforcement
Concrete placement, testing and inspection
Curing concrete
Prestressed and precast concrete
Masonry mortar, joints and connections
Grout and grout placement
Masonry reinforcement
Steel Inspections
Shop fabrication
Welds
Tension and slip-critical bolts
Structural steel assemblies
Joint and connection details
Pre-engineered metal buildings
Wood Construction, Fire-Resistance and Exterior Insulation Inspections
Inspection of wood structural elements:
Wood fasteners and connections
Architectural wall panels
Wood trusses
Insulation inspections
Fire-resistant materials
Exterior insulation and finish systems
Smoke control
Seismic and Wind Resistance
Seismic requirements: inspections, tests, observations
Wind resistance: observations
Load Testing and Material and Test Standards
Discrepancies and Reports
Reports and discrepancy list
Resolving discrepancies
Reinspections
Final report
Credits
Architects
7.0 Non-Credit Contact Hours (CA)
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs
International Code Council
.7 CEUs – Building
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing education hours to architects (HSW) and 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in most states. This is a non-credit activity for California architects. Continuing education is not mandatory for engineer license maintenance in California.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
Architects and engineers seeking continuing education credit in all other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The International Code Council has approved this activity for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.
This course also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. Credit approval is not being sought in any state with a contractor 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 to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Neville Pereira
County of MontereyChief of Building Services and the Interim Deputy Director for the Resource Management Agency over Public Works, Parks and Facilities for the County of Monterey in California
Mr. Pereira is currently the chief of Building Services and the interim deputy director for the Resource Management Agency over Public Works, Parks and Facilities for the County of Monterey in California. As registered professional engineer in the state of California, he has spent the past 30 years of his career facilitating construction as a design engineer and city or county official. He is also currently ICC certified as a plans examiner, building inspector, accessibility specialist and building official. Mr. Pereira’s experience includes several jurisdictions including the County and City of Los Angeles, City of Glendale, City of Santa Monica, Temple City, and City of Pasadena, where he has served in various capacities ranging from plans examiner, to inspector, building official and city engineer. He was an adjunct professor for the College of the Canyons, teaching architecture, construction, and building codes. Mr. Pereira’s service to his profession includes several years on the Board of Directors, culminating in president of the Los Angeles Basin Chapter of ICC. He has served on the Administration Code Committee as vice chair of ICC’s Technology Advisory Group, and he chaired the Higher Education Task Group for the Building Official’s Membership Council. He currently serves on the CALBO State Licensing Boards Committee and is a commissioner on the Monterey County Commission on Disabilities. During the past 15 years of consistently attending ICC code hearings, Mr. Pereira has worked to raise the profile of the code official though building consistency, education, and participation of the membership.