Course Description
Are you ready for the next edition of the BC Building Code (BCBC), or thinking of building small-scale multi-unit housing projects? Registered Building Official, Ken Kunka, will walk you through key changes for BCBC 2024 that come into effect on March 8, 2024. The webinar will cover a discussion on existing and potential challenges.The webinar will include a review of the following:
- General Overview of Code changes
Specific Code changes
. Accessibility (3.8.2 – 9.5.2.3.)
- Specific Loads (9.4.2.)
- Required Guards (9.8) – window protection
- Fire Protection (9.10) – mezzanines, fire separations, firestopping and spatial requirements
- Fire Department access, Fire flows and Fire Suppression (NFPA) changes
- Radon provisions (9.13) Depressurization rough-in, (9.25) air barriers
- Footings & Foundations (9.15)
- Framing (9.23)
- Heat Transfer, Air Leakage, & Condensation Control (9.25)
- Roofing & Cladding (9.26, 9.27) – changes to ICF
- Interior Cladding & Ceiling Finishes (9.29)
- Overheating (9.33 + 6.2.1.1)
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9.37) – local regulations
Who should attend?
Persons involved in the sale, design and construction of residential and commercial buildings, including trades and suppliers.
Presented by Ken Kunka RBO