Agenda

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Monday April 24, 2023 | 8:30 am – 3:25 pm EDT

 

Presented by Jack Boekhout

 Agenda Highlights

  • Course Description
    • New Jersey changes in most of the chapters of the International Building Code 2021
  • Goals and Objectives to be Explained
    • items in the code that may often be overlooked
    • understanding of the significant changes to save time and confusion
  • Recent changes at the DCA website, availability of the UCC
  • 2021 Codes adopted by NJ
  • Significant Changes to the 2021 IBC
    • changes to definitions and how they affect other code sections
      • nailable substrate, penthouse, occupied roofs, puzzle rooms, ect.
    • Energy Storage Systems (ESS) – changes in types and location in the codes
    • Use group changes both by code and New Jersey
    • Changes to
      • atriums
      • parking garage requirements including mechanical access type
      • I-2’s including corridor doors, care suite exiting
      • fire walls – changes in applications
      • ambulatory care
      • play structures
  • Story above grade plane review 
    • Exercises in grade plane and height and area demonstrated
  • NJ Changes to height and area Chapter 5, including the new method to determine frontage
    • NJ Changes to 504.3, 504.4, 506.2 and new tables 506.3.3 and 506.3.3.1
  • Area Modification Examples
    • Projects to review showing how to apply the calculations
  • Hybrid 507-distance to lot line with new table 506.3.3.1.

  • Changes to table 508.4
    • impact to separated uses and sprinklers vs rated separation.
    • mass timber protection
  • Live work unit changes
  • Incidental uses, changes to ESS – moved to IFC
  • Additional information for ESS
  • Stairway construction in platform buildings
  • Changes to Table 601
    • addition of new types of heavy timber buildings
  • Type IV buildings changes explained
    • IV-A, IV-B, IV-C AND HT
    • secondary and primary structural components – attachments and fireproofing
  • Fire protection changes
    • Table 705.5 replaces 602
    • separations of ESS
    • enclosures of exit passageways
    • fire partitions and support
  • Smoke barrier walls; hospital pass throughs; shafts, top of enclosures; protecting shafts and voids; changes to opening protectives, double walls, fire dampers, protection for mass timber
  • Chapter 9, Sprinklers, Standpipes, Alarms ect.
    • upholstered mattress protection minimum square feet; distilled spirits; parking garages; changes to height of structure for 13R systems; corridor and balconies – code override to NFPA 13R
    • Standpipes in Parking Garages; Manual alarms group S
    • Fire Alarm notification; audible signal strength, smokeproof enclosure (pressurized stair); fire command center requirements
  • Chapter 10 Egress
    • Common path of travel, exception; egress from occupied roofs, single exit stories, stairway lighting, elevators to occupied roofs, refuge areas increased size; I-2 doors, door projections and opening forces for all, locks and latches – changes for exterior locked in spaces; dead end corridors; school locking, Stairway landings; egress through intervening spaces, new exceptions to exit access stairs, social stairs, emergency escape openings
  • Accessibility
    • Changes to IBC by New Jersey
    • Changes to IBC by ICC vehicle charging station requirements in the IBC chapter 11 (scoping)
    • Significant changes to the A117. 1-2017 *Buildings will have to get bigger!
      • turning, turns both circular and T type, clear floor space, door approaches, stair contrast, windows, showers, outdoor sidewalks and more
  • Chapters 12-14
    • insulation of unvented attics; vapor diffusion ports; portions of energy deleted by New Jersey; Efficiency Dwelling Units; vapor retarders, metal composite, material cladding (MCM), vinyl siding changes to fastening
  • Chapter 15
    • Parapet walls coping
    • Ballasted roofs
    • Requirements for parapets
  • Chapter 16
    • Construction requirements in wind zones (roof example)
    • Changes to Risk Category III
    • New Jersey Bulletin 19-1
    • Dead and Live Loads; table 1607.1; anchorage for fall arrest; fixed ladders; stack rooms, seating, sidewalks etc.
    • Snow map changes; soils uplift; raid loads; flood hazard documentation
    • Special Inspections – concrete; glass block; Mass Timber; deep foundations; storage racks; firestops in R
    • Garage door labeling requirements and pre-construction load tests
    • Glazed openings wind protection
  • Chapter 18: deep foundation splicing; pile caps and frost protection at exits
    • Piles
    • Chapter 19 Concrete Tolerances
    • Chapters 21 Adobe Masonry Mention (not extensive review)
    • Chapters 22 Steel – brief summary of changes
    • Chapter 23 Wood – Fire retardant testing; truss bracing, more mass timber requirements; Wind loads and roof edges; fastener changes – major increase in fasteners for rim joists and sheathing; cripple walls; rafter ties.
  • Chapter 31 – Intermodal shipping containers
  • Chapter 33 – Fire protection during construction
  • Other sections with changes
  • Review

 

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Credits

Professional Engineers:
6.0 PDHs

Architects:
6.0 HSW CE Hours

AIA:
6.0 LU|HSW

International Code Council:
.6 CEUs (Building)

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.0 PDHs for professional engineers and 6.0 HSW continuing education hours for licensed architects in New Jersey.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers and architects via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2) and §69.6(i)(2)). 

 The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.0 HSW LUs (Sponsor No. J885). Only full participation is reportable to the AIA/CES. 

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Speakers

Jack A. Boekhout

Owner, Jack A. Boekhout Consulting, LLC, New Jersey

Mr. Boekhout offers private consulting work. He is a building and accessibility codes consultant for architects, contractors, developers, engineers, and attorneys. Mr. Boekhout has been educating and presenting seminars for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs and Rutgers University for the past 30 years.

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Course Title: Significant Changes to the 2021 IBC Emphasis on New Jersey Adoption

Delivery Method: Live Online

Course Description: This six-hour course identifies and explains the significant changes made to the 2021 International Building Code by the International Code Council and by New Jersey in their adoption of the code. Changes of focus include but are not limited to definitions, energy storage systems, types of buildings, fire protection, accessibility, snow map, and frost protection at exits.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to identify changes to definitions and understand how they affect other code sections, changes in types and location of energy storage systems, and New Jersey changes to height and area in Chapter 5.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to explain IBC 2021 changes to fire protection, Type IV buildings, and table 601 (fire-resistance rating requirements for building elements).

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to analyze accessibility requirements and changes by New Jersey and the International Code Council.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to discuss Chapters 12-14, with a focus on insulation, vapor retarders, metal composite material cladding, vinyl siding and changes to fastening.

LUs: 6.0 (Pending)                                                                                             LU Type: LU|HSWs.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with code compliance concepts

Advance Preparation: None

Program Level: Intermediate

Course Expiration Date: 

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Streamable MP4/PDF Price: $329.00