South Dakota Building Officials ICC Code Officials Institute Program Seminar Description The goal of this seminar is to provide an overview of the fundamental means of egress requirements in the 2015 International Building Code® (IBC®). Objectives Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be better able to: j Describe each of the three parts of a means of egress. j Identify the fundamental means of egress design. j Calculate the occupant load and determine the required means of egress capacity and width. j Determine the required number of exit access doorways and exits for rooms and stories. j Determine the requirements for arrangement of the means of egress elements, including: the location of exit access doorways and exits, the exit access travel distance, the common path of egress travel, and any egress through adjoining spaces. j Determine the requirements for the design of egress elements, including corridors, stairways; exit passageway; and horizontal exits. j Determine the requirement for doors and doors hardware. j Determine the requirements for locations and amount of means of egress lighting and signage. j Evaluate the adequacy of a horizontal exit as part of a means of egress plan. j Evaluate the means of egress for assembly spaces. j Evaluate the adequacy of accessible means of egress.
including the IBC Handbook - Fire and Life Safety Provisions, and the Significant Changes to the International Building Code. Locations/Time Tuesday, March 29, 2016 in Rapid City 8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn Phone: 605-348-4000 A block of rooms has been reserved for March 28 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City. Thursday, March 31, 2016 in Sioux Falls 8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Best Western Ramkota Hotel Phone: 605-977-4501 A block of rooms has been reserved for March 30 at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel in Sioux Falls. Registration $75 for SDBO members and $95 for Non-Members. Registration is due by March 11, 2016. Registration form can be found under the SDML events section at www.sdmunicipalleague.org. Questions Ron Bell, Chief Building Official City of Sioux Falls Phone: 605-367-8673
Dave St. Pierre CodeWorks Phone: 605-718-4940
Speaker Douglas W. Thornburg, AIA, CBO, is the Vice-President and Technical Director of Product Development and Education for the International Code Council (ICC) where he provides leadership in the technical development and positioning of support products for ICC. In addition, Doug develops and reviews technical products, reference books and resource materials relating to the International Codes and their supporting documents. He was presented with ICC’s inaugural Educator of the Year Award in 2008, recognizing his outstanding contributions in education and training. In addition, he was the recipient of ICBO’s prestigious A.J. (Jack) Lund Award in 1996. A graduate of Kansas State University and a registered architect, Doug has over 33 years of experience in building code training and administration, including ten years with ICBO, and five years with the City of Wichita, Kansas. He is certified as a building official, building inspector and plans examiner, as well as in seven other code enforcement categories. Doug has authored a number of publications, FEBRUARY 2016
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