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36 Hour Building Official Renewal Package | Minnesota

36 Hour Video & Audio Course 
This course fulfills 36 hours of your continuing education requirements for 2-year renewal cycle and is made up of the following courses:

  • 7 Hr Exploring the MN Residential Building Code (Includes 1 Hour Energy Code & 1hr Business Management)
  • 7 Hr Successful Site & Building Design
  • 7 Hr Construction Health and Safety Compliance
  • 7 Hr Weatherization and Renewable Energy
  • 7 Hr Code and Energy Efficient Building
  • 1 Hr Energy Efficient Building
  • Free Video Course:  Social Media for Contractors
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Description

7 Hr Exploring the MN Residential Building Code

Instructor:  J. MacDowell

This Course Covers:

  1. Energy Efficiency. Energy requirements for all aspects of energy uses in both commercial and residential construction, including heating and ventilating, lighting, water heating, and power usage for building systems not only provide a better quality of life, but also protect the environment. This chapter will help builders identify important considerations regarding energy conservation requirements in new home construction, and they will work through three case studies to get a sense of how to address these requirements in the field.
  2. Business Practices. It is important to maintain good business practices in your contracting business. This chapter will help aspiring builders understand the appropriate licensing requirements, applicable laws to follow when conducting business, and requirements for paying and hiring employees.
  3. Minnesota Rules. This chapter highlights code that builders must adhere to with Minnesota specific amendments and rules.
  4. Minnesota Residential Code. This chapter provides an overview of building code from the International Residential Code (IRC) book.
  5. Code from Trades. This chapter outlines code from the International Residential Code (IRC) that is applicable to various trades.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the need for alternate, energy-efficient means to the construction of residential buildings and identify new Energy Code requirements.
  • Describe standards and requirements related to licensing for residential contractors, remodelers, roofers, and manufactured home installers.
  • Determine employee classifications and employer requirements of state and federal workers’ compensation law.
  • Discuss Minnesota-specific requirements relating to the construction permitting process and prefabricated structures.
  • Interpret where to find Minnesota rules chapters within the IECC and IRC and explain what has been deleted, amended, and replaced.
  • Assess construction projects to make sure they meet the specifications of the IRC.

7 Hr Successful Site and Building Design

Instructor:  Wayde Hoppe

While land developers are seeking to maximize their land use and minimize their development costs, governmental regulations are applying pressures on budgets that can kill a project. Architects are being relied upon to steer site decisions and engineering professionals in order to produce cost-effective and functional designs that meet the myriad of growing municipal requirements. In this 3 hour, fully narrated course you will learn to navigate your entire team through the challenges and pitfalls of site development, all the time with an eye toward building design.

Developers of commercial, industrial and institutional buildings are driven by return on investment. Today’s building owners are savvy and they seek to balance the initial cost with the payback. Functionality, aesthetics, and methods of code compliance are each guided by financial investment and return. In this course, you will learn, from the foundation to the roof, from the appearance to the operation, from construction to maintenance, tried and proven methods for analyzing design decisions that will lead you to a greater reputation as a designer.

Most architects are familiar with the design process and are usually comfortable with at least one or more of the steps. However, what we learn in school needs to be coupled with the requirements of today’s many codes and regulations, the changes in material development, our client’s demand for a return on investment and the realities of construction budgets.

After completing this course,  you will be able to:

  • Understand the process of securing the appropriate information that will help to develop a scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Be able to develop a building program, including site selection, utilization, and wayfinding.
  • Outline at least one design strategy based on site standards and utility coordination.
  • Summarize the steps that must be taken to in order to move forward with approvals, bidding, and construction.
  • Be able to integrate design concepts with current codes and regulations.
  • Translate the intentions and goals of the customer into a safe and cost effective project.
  • Utilize current materials and goods to ensure proper construction practices.
  • Recognize the importance of meeting the client’s demand for return on investment.

This Course Covers:

SITE DESIGN

  • Securing Information
  • Programming and Site Evaluation
  • Site Selection, Utilization, and Wayfinding
  • Laying Out the Design
  • Site Standards
  • Utility Coordination
  • Preparing a Site Plan
  • Documents and Contract Administration

BUILDING DESIGN

  • Defining the Building Type & Ideal Building size
  • Initial Construction Budget
  • Code Analysis
  • Site Evaluation
  • Selecting Consultants
  • Defining the Structural System
  • Selecting the Best Foundation System
  • Creating an Envelope
  • Laying out the Floor Plate
  • HVAC, Plumbing & Electrical Systems
  • Selecting Your Materials
  • Specialty Materials & Design Services

7 Hr Construction Health and Safety Compliance

Instructor:  Jenny MacDowell

This Course Covers:

1. Controlling Hazardous Energy: This training program covers Lockout/Tagout procedures for the use of appropriate lockout or tagout devices designed to isolate or disable equipment in order to prevent unexpected start up or release of stored energy, causing injury to employees.

2. Fall Protection: Falls are one of the most common types of serious injuries and deaths. Employers are responsible for maintaining a safe working environment, but when fall protection devices are impractical, personal fall protection equipment may be used. This course outlines the standard equipment use, maintenance and inspection requirements for harnesses, lanyards, lifelines, tethers and more.

3. Fire Safety: This course highlights standards related to fire safety, including prevention, types of fires, extinguishers and best practices.

4. Hazard Communication: In order to ensure chemical safety in the workplace, information about the identities and hazards of the chemicals must be available and understandable to workers. This course will outline employee Right-to-Know information, the Global Harmonizing System, Safety Data Sheets, and labels.

5. Personal Protective Equipment: Personal protective equipment, commonly referred to as “PPE”, is equipment worn to minimize exposure to a variety of hazards. Examples of PPE include such items as gloves, foot and eye protection, protective hearing devices (earplugs, muffs) hard hats, respirators and full body suits. This course will outline the most common forms of PPE used in the workplace.

6. Respiratory Protection: Respirators protect workers against insufficient oxygen environments, harmful dusts, fogs, smokes, mists, gases, vapors, and sprays. These hazards may cause cancer, lung impairment, diseases, or death. Compliance with the OSHA Respiratory Protection Standard could avert hundreds of deaths and thousands of illnesses annually. This course outlines the types of respirators available, proper fit, and inspection/maintenance requirements.

7. Energy Efficiency: Air Sealing in New Home Construction Even as technological innovation creates new construction possibilities, incorporating energy-efficiency into building projects can not only provide a better quality of life, but also protect the environment. This one hour course will help builders identify important considerations regarding air sealing in new home construction.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

  • Outline the appropriate use of lockout/tagout procedures.
  • Identify the standard use, maintenance and inspection requirements for fall protection equipment.
  • Describe standards and requirements related to fire prevention and safety in the workplace.
  • Summarize the Hazard Communication requirements outlined by OSHA
  • Understand how to effectively implement personal protective equipment as required by OSHA
  • Outline the types of respirators available, including how and when these devices must be used.
  • Identify considerations regarding air sealing in new home construction.

 

 


7 Hr Weatherization and Renewable Energy

Instructor:  Roger Peck

Building homes that are well protected from the weather should be a priority for any building professional.  The majority of problems stem from improper procedures and workmanship, but often the problem is found in the design of a home.  This course will explore factors that contribute to exterior shell failure and identify practical solutions that will preserve the integrity of the building envelope.

As technological innovation creates new construction possibilities, incorporating energy-efficiency into building projects can not only provide a better quality of life, but also protect the environment.  A comprehensive approach to resource and energy efficiency is the best method to achieve a resource and energy efficient building.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

  • Identify the components of the building as a system, its performance requirements, and how these features must be integrated to prevent building envelope failure.
  • Describe how a properly constructed building envelope will keep out weather related moisture and stop uncontrolled movement of energy due to loss of conditioned air.
  • Identify innovative design considerations incorporating energy efficient resources and components.
  • Evaluate the structural considerations when installing/mounting these new systems.

This course covers:

  • Why is There a Problem?
  • The Building Envelope System
  • Foundation Construction
  • Wall Construction
  • Roof Construction
  • Window and Door Installation
  • Ventilation System Installation and Requirements
  • Building Envelope Best Practices
  • Consumer Remedies
  • Wind Power
  • Solar Energy Use

7 Hr Code and Energy Efficient Building

Instructor:  Rodger Peck

Code: Students successfully completing this portion of the course will gain confidence in their ability to use and understand the current Minnesota Residential Code.  It’s important to recognize the fact that without a standard to meet, many buildings would simply be too dangerous and unsafe to occupy, or, too costly to maintain. The building codes, and the building officials that enforce them, are there to safeguard the health, safety, property, and public welfare of the residents of Minnesota.

Energy Efficient Building:  Even as technological innovation creates new construction possibilities, incorporating energy-efficiency into building projects can not only provide a better quality of life, but also protect the environment.  A comprehensive approach to resource and energy efficiency is the best method to achieve a resource and energy efficient building.  This chapter will help builders identify important considerations and then apply those principles to a specific project.

This Course Covers:

  • Introduction to the Minnesota Residential Code Book
  • Chapter 1300 Administration and Logic
  • Minnesota Revisions and Definitions
  • Planning – Design, Egress, Requirements
  • Structure
  • Wall Covering, Roofing and Exteriors
  • Energy Efficient Building – Energy costs, Environmental concerns, Site evaluation, Solar, Geothermal, LEED

 


1 Hr Energy Efficient Building

Instructor:  Rodger Peck

Even as technological innovation creates new construction possibilities, incorporating energy-efficiency into building projects can not only provide a better quality of life, but also protect the environment.  A comprehensive approach to resource and energy efficiency is the best method to achieve a resource and energy efficient building.  This one hour course will help builders identify important considerations and then apply those principles to a specific project.

This Course Covers:

  • Environmental Concerns and Implications
  • Evaluating the Site and Remediation Strategies: Building orientation, erosion, water
  • “Green” power generation: solar, performance, varying sources
  • Photovoltaic, geothermal, recycling, air quality, LEED Rating System

 


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