2021 IBC Essentials (Online Live)
2024-05-07 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
This class focuses on the basic concepts of the 2021 International Building Code® (IBC®). These concepts provide a basis for the correct utilization of the code. A clear understanding of the identified requirements allows the code user to apply the IBC in specific situations and helps to build an understanding of the intent of the code when asked to make a judgment on code compliance. This class will also help the code user to correctly locate code requirements. It will also provide a basis for the correct use and application of the code as well as to begin to develop a procedure for applying them. It will address the organization of the code and how it relates to the IBC family of International Codes (I-Codes).
The following publication is included with this course:

2021 International Building Code® Essentials (IBC®)

Price: $198.00
Member Price: $165.00
9:00 a.m. CT

Rigid Diaphragm Analysis with Hand Calculations
2024-05-08 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
This webinar will give explanation of the rigid diaphragm method with an example. It will also show how to calculate rigidity and the center of rigidity. This webinar will discuss the infinitely rigid assumption and the use of semi-rigid diaphragms. Are these two actually any different in the “real” world.
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11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT

2021 Commercial Building Inspector B2 Certification Test Academy (Online Live)
2024-05-13 09:00 - 2024-05-15 17:00 (America/Chicago)
The commercial building inspector test academy is designed to assist you with taking the B2 Certification Exam. The test academy will cover in detail the topics of the exam. Throughout the academy you will be given an opportunity to answer questions that reference the exam resources. The topics that will be covered: general administration; building planning; footings and foundation; floor construction; wall construction and coverings; roof/ceiling construction and public safety and special construction of the commercial building inspector certification exam. An exam voucher will be issued upon completion of the Academy.
The exam is open book and candidates may use references during the exam. It is mandatory that each participant have the referenced noted as Required for the training:

Included – B2 Certification Test Academy Booklet
Required – 2021 International Building Code® (IBC®):
Required – ACI 318-19: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary or Concrete Manual: Based on the 2015 IBC and ACI 318-19

Classes will be held on Monday through Wednesday:

Monday – Required login to online classroom meeting.
Tuesday – Required login to online classroom meeting.
Wednesday – Required login to online classroom meeting and Vouchers for the exams will be issued and are valid for 1 year.

Price: $1,195.00
Member Price: $995.00
9:00a.m. CT

Part 1 – Fundamentals of Retaining Wall Structural Design
2024-05-14 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
Part 1 will cover structural design fundamentals for a variety of retaining wall types. It will address fill walls, such as cast-in-place concrete cantilevered walls and mechanically stabilized earth walls; and cut walls, such as soldier pile walls and soil nail walls. It will address both IBC and AASHTO design methodologies, and will cover the basics of wall seismic design. It will also present guidelines for selecting the optimal retaining wall type from the available systems.
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11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT

ICCPC Meeting
2024-05-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the development of the new ICCPC standard.
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10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. CT

Part 2 – Fundamentals of Retaining Wall Structural Design
2024-05-16 11:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
Part 2 will focus on cast-in-place concrete cantilevered wall design, and will go into greater detail than Part 1. It will go through examples of design calculations, step-by-step, for both IBC and AASHTO methodologies. The examples will discuss the different assumptions and design criteria that can be used in retaining wall design, and how those different assumptions and criteria can impact the final design. It will also address design elements such as fall protection, vehicle barriers, soil backfill specifications and wall drainage.
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11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT

Panel: Celebrating a "Mission Possible"
2024-05-16 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | 200 Massachusetts Ave NW, Penthouse, Washington, DC 20001, 200 Massachusetts Ave NW, Penthouse, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Join the Code Council and FEMA on May 16 from 4:00-5:00 PM ET for a Building Safety Month panel recognizing the second anniversary of the White House’s National Initiative to Advance Building Codes, the progress made to date, and the progress still remaining. The event will feature federal, state, and local partners discussing the National Initiative, and the “Mission Possible” of expanding adoption of resilient codes in hazard prone and underserved communities in the face of growing disaster risks.
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Watch livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPTMT8CrzFs

International Code Council 2024 Building Safety Month DC Reception
2024-05-16 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | South Penthouse, 250 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington DC, 20001, United States
Please join us for a reception celebrating Building Safety Month and the 2nd second anniversary of the White House National initiative to Advance Building Codes! Building Safety Month is an international campaign that takes place in May to raise awareness about building safety. This campaign reinforces the need for the adoption of modern, regularly-updated building codes, and helps individuals, families and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures. The reception is free and will follow Congressional gift/ethics rules.
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Parking: 200 Massachusetts Ave NW Garage (located on 3rd Street NW) / Open to public $20 to park for full day
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET

Coffee with the Sustainability Membership Council
2024-05-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago)
Join the Code Council’s Sustainability Membership Council for a casual coffee hour the third Friday of every month from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST.
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Center for Hydrogen Safety's Hydrogen Training Day
2024-05-20 08:30 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Hampton Inn Tropicana, 4975 S. Dean Martin D, Las Vegas, NV, 89118, United States
Discover the essential safety skills needed to navigate the dynamic hydrogen market. The Hydrogen Safety Training Day offers three courses designed to empower you with practical knowledge:
1. Gaseous Hydrogen: Safety Considerations (2 hours – 8:30am to 10:30am) CEUs: 0.2
2. Vent System Designs (2 hours – 11:00am – 1:00pm) CEUs: 0.2
3. NFPA 2 Hydrogen Technologies Code Training (4 hours – 2:00pm – 6:00pm) CEUs: 0.4
Learn more and register here.

UN Global ABC Brainstorming Labs
2024-05-21 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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8:00 P.M. ET

International Building Safety Day
2024-05-22 00:00 (America/Chicago)
International Building Safety Day is a special day dedicated to promoting and celebrating building safety and the benefits it provides to the health and welfare of people worldwide. This year marks the first time a day has been set aside to focus on the critical issue of international building safety. This day serves as a poignant reminder to governments, communities and all stakeholders within the built environment to uphold the importance of building safety.
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NIBS Building Innovation Conference
2024-05-22 00:00 - 2024-05-24 00:00 (America/Chicago) | Capital Hilton, 1001 16th St NW, Washington DC, 20036, United States
There’s no other event that brings together this unique set of individuals – government agencies, contractors, the private sector, architects, scientists and more – to improve the built environment. The conference will cover three topic areas in the built environment with expert-led sessions. Earn AIA LU credits, ICC credits, and certificates of attendance for conference attendance.
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Design for Fire Resistance Using the International Building Code
2024-05-22 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
The presentation will cover the basics for determining minimum fire resistances for buildings using the 2021 International Building Code. Course material presented includes determining what minimum fire resistances are required for structural elements based on occupancy and type of construction, and code recognized methods to document compliance. The learning objectives are:
Participants will learn how to determine the minimum required fire resistances for a building based on occupancy and use of different materials used to construct the building.
Participants will receive instruction on the fire resistance requirements for key building elements including the structural frame, floors, roofs and exterior walls.
Participants will gain a working knowledge of the various methods recognized Chapter 7 of the IBC for meeting the required fire resistances of the building elements.
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11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT

2021 IBC Update - Structural Provisions (1 Hour Online Live)
2024-05-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
This class reviews and analyzes selected structural significant changes from the 2018 to the 2021 edition of the International Building Code (IBC). This presentation examines revisions to the IBC structural provisions, including loads, material requirements, special inspection and deep foundation design. The seminar assists building officials, plans examiners, inspectors and engineers in identifying specific structural code changes and understanding the reasoning behind the changes. The program is based on the ICC publication Significant Changes to the International Building Code, 2021 Edition.
The following publications are included/recommended to ensure success in the course:
• Recommended – 2021 International Building Code® (IBC®)
Price: $49
Member Price: $39
12:00 p.m. CT

UN Global ABC Brainstorming Labs
2024-05-22 21:00 (America/Chicago)
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9:00 P.M. ET

BMC Governing Committee meeting
2024-05-23 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
The ICC BMC Governing Committee will meet on this day and time.
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SMC Governing Committee Meeting
2024-05-24 12:30 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Agenda will be posted here prior to the meeting.
12:30-2:00 p.m. ET
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Meeting number (access code): 926 835 496

Global Membership Council Meeting
2024-05-28 08:00 - 09:30 (America/Chicago)
The ICC Global Membership Council (GMC) connects building safety professionals from outside the United States with US-based professionals who have an interest in advancing the cause of building safety internationally. May’s guest speaker, Neil Savery, will provide information on International Building Safety Day.
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8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. EDT

Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering
2024-05-28 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) in United States has had humble beginnings but has made huge strides over the past couple of decades. A majority of tall buildings in western United States are currently being designed using PBEE principles rather than prescriptive code procedures. Successful further development of PBEE requires close collaboration between researchers and practicing engineers. Currently PBEE is undergoing a very important transition from its first generation of methodologies to a new and fully probabilistic approach. For such a transition to be successful a number of research needs and practical requirements must be addressed in a timely and cooperative manner. These needs vary from meaningful definition of desired performance objectives, consequences of not meeting these objectives, dependable characterization of system and component level fragility specifications, meaningful representation of earthquake ground motions, improved understanding of the performance of structure and its contents, soil-foundation-structure interaction, and bridging the gap between and advancing both experimental research and our analytical capabilities. This presentation will briefly discuss these issues and provide examples of problems and solutions that the speaker has encountered in dealing with these needs. The provisions of the newly released LATBSDC Guidelines (scheduled for release on May 15, 2020) will be also discussed.
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11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT

Membership Council Steering Committee meeting
2024-05-28 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
The ICC Membership Council Steering Committee will meet on this day/time/
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ICC 605 Multi-Hazard Resiliency for Residential Construction (IS-MHRRC) Committee Meeting
2024-06-03 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
The purpose of this virtual meeting is for the IS-MHRRC committee to discuss the development of the new ICC 605 standard.
1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. CDT
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What Can Structural Engineers Do to Address the Problem of Floor Vibrations?
2024-06-05 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Floor vibrations are becoming an increasingly important design challenge as more buildings are constructed (or remodeled) to contain vibration-sensitive occupancies. Some examples are fitness gyms, dance floors, biotech research facilities, micro- and nano-scale manufacturing facilities, medical occupancies (such as MRI, CAT scan, and micro-surgery suites), and data centers. In addition, building owners and tenants have developed a heightened awareness of, and lower tolerance for, floor vibrations that can be felt by humans. Thus, as structural engineers, we are now frequently called upon to design, or renovate, buildings to meet specific floor vibration criteria. This presentation provides an overview of what is common practice for limiting floor vibrations. The following topics will be addressed during the web seminar:
Code Requirements: Does 2015 IBC Section 1604.3 help with floor vibrations?
Who uses ASCE 7-10 Appendix C (Serviceability Considerations)?
Structural vibration criteria
Equipment and methods used to make field measurements of structural vibrations, particularly floor vibrations
General approaches for vibration design (or evaluation) of floor systems, including practical limitations of some existing analytical methods
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11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Sustainability, Energy, & High Performing Buildings Code Action Committee Meeting
2024-06-05 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
2:00 pm- 3:00 pm EST
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Hydrogen Americas Summit
2024-06-11 - 2024-06-12 | Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, DC, 20004, United States
Having established itself as the premier gathering for the global hydrogen community in the Americas region, the Hydrogen Americas 2024 Summit & Exhibition will return to Washington D.C. on 11 – 12 June 2024.
Clean hydrogen has emerged as a crucially important tool to aid the decarbonization of hard to abate sectors in order to achieve energy security targets and net zero. As part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the 45V clean hydrogen production tax credit provides projects with a key financial incentive through CCUS.
Following the announcement of 45V alongside the 45Q tax credit, seen by some to be more practical due to there being no restrictive emissions requirements with calculations based entirely on carbon capture, questions remain over their applicability to certain projects based upon size and scale.
With a speaker line up packed with policy makers and key industry leaders from across the US and Americas, the Hydrogen Americas Summit provides the platform for these questions to be discussed at the highest level and for developers to understand the impact of these policies, making use of them in the most optimal way possible.
We have also extended our free-to-attend expo area to allow 4000 industry leaders from across the value chain to witness hydrogen in action, to participate in the popular H2-Tech Series and to meet 100+ hydrogen pioneers who will be showcasing their latest technologies, project developments and policies. Register your place today to connect with new business partners and exchange the latest insights to make your hydrogen project a reality.

Understanding the Principles and Procedures Behind ASCE 41
2024-06-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
The Standard for seismic retrofit and evaluation of existing buildings, ASCE/SEI 41, is required for the evaluation of all federal buildings as well as seismically vulnerable buildings targeted by some recently passed California ordinances. Although the Standard appears foreign to some design professionals used to the prescriptive force-based procedures developed for new building design, ASCE 41 provides clarification for many questions a design professional is confronted with in evaluating existing non-ductile buildings. This presentation highlights important issues with existing building evaluation not appropriately addressed by new building code. It then steps through the principles of using the ASCE 41 procedures and provides context for the various analysis sections.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PT
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A Structural Engineer's Primer for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
2024-06-13 12:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago)
Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) is the conceptual framework upon which ground motion intensity (i.e., spectral acceleration) is estimated for use in design throughout the United States. It is also used in site specific determination of ground motion for special projects or projects with poor site conditions. Determination of ground motion parameters is the realm of geotechnical engineers, however, structural engineers should have a working understanding of the underpinnings of PSHA to properly interpret both the design ground motion parameters and their structural analysis results. This seminar will provide a background in PSHA designed for structural engineers to develop an understanding of where critical design ground parameters are derived from.
12:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT
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Welding in Reinforced Concrete Construction
2024-06-19 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
While much less common than in structural steel, welding has many applications for steel reinforcement in cast-in-place and precast concrete construction. This webinar will cover welding of steel reinforcement in new and existing concrete construction, provide background on welding process requirements and the development of a PQR (Procedure Qualification Record) and WPS (Welding Procedure Specification), discuss design related requirements in ACI 318 and AWS D1.4, and address construction and special inspection requirements of the IBC.
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PT
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