2020-051 - Amendments to Section 7-18 of Article II Building Code Chapter 7 - Buildings and Building Regulations - Revise the Local Amendment sot the 2015 International Building Code and the 2015 International Residential Code

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be em to ed by ft.,contractor. These special inspections and tests are in addition to the inspections identified by the Building Official that are identified in Section 110. Section 1704.2.1, Special inspector qualifications, shall be amended to read as follows: 1704.2.1 Special inspector qualifications. Prior to the start of construction and o,r upon request the, approved agencies shall provide written documentation to the rggjst@Eed„desirofessional in res onsible char a and the building official demonstrating the competence and relevant experience or raining of the special inspectors who will perform the special inspections and tests during construction. Experience or training shall be considered relevant where the documented experience or training is related in complexity to the same type of special inspection or testing activities for projects of similar complexity and material qualities. These qualifications are in addition to qualifications specified in other sections of this code. The registered design professional in responsible charge and engineers of record involved in the design of the project are permitted to act as the approved agency and their personnel are permitted to act as special inspectors for the work designed by them, provided they qualify as special inspectors. Section 1704.2.4, Report requirement, shall be amended to read as follows: 1704.2.4 Report requirement. Approved agencies shall keep records of special inspections and tests. The approved agency shall submit reports of special inspections and tests to the Building Official upon reauest, p and to the [Res} shall indicateregistered that work design orts spe ted or tested was or was not completedeted n con orrmance t approved construction documents. Discrepancies shall be brought to the immediate attention of the contractor for correction. If they are not corrected, the discrepancies shall be brought to the attention of the building official and to the registered design professional in responsible charge prior to the completion of that phase of the work. A final report documenting required special inspections and tests, and correction of any discrepancies noted in the inspections or tests, shall be submitted at a point in time agreed upon prior to the start of work by the owner or the owner's authorized agent to the building official. Section 1704.2.5.2, Fabricator approval, shall be amended to read as follows: 1704.2.5.1 Fabricator approval. Special inspections during fabrications Egquirpd by Section 1704 are not required where the work is done on the premises of a fabricator registered and approved to perform such work without special inspection. Approval shall be based upon review of the fabricator's written procedural and quality control manuals and periodic auditing of fabrication practices by an approved agency, or a fabricator that is enrolled in a nationally pcepted inseections oro ram At completion of fabrication, the o table or approved fabricator shall submit a certificate of compliance to the owner or the owner's authorized agent or the re istered design professional jn responsible ar+ e afcr submittal to the bu;;a;s GffiGial as cN •. `p”' ., c + 1704.5 stating that the work was performed in accordance with the approved construction documents. The certificate of c_ omrHance shall also be made available to the BuildingOfficial.gpgn regiuest. Section 2901.1, Scope, shall be amended to read as follows: [P] 2901.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter and the International Plumbing Code, shall govern the erection, installation, alteration, repairs, relocation, replacement, addition to, use or maintenance of plumbing equipment and systems. Toilet and bathing rooms shall be constructed in accordance with Section 1210. Plumbing systems and equipment shall be constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the International Plumbing Code. Private sewage disposal systems shall conform to the International Private Sewage Disposal Code. The provisions of this Cha tomer are meant to work ,i_n coordination with therovisions of Cha er 4 of the IITnternational Plumbin� Code. Should ani conflicts arise between the two_char tern„ the Build in,ga, Official shall determine which provision ar:pies. Section 2902. 1, Minimum number of fixtures, shall be amended to read as follows: 2902.1 Minimum number of fixtures. Plumbing fixtures shall be provided in the minimum number as shown in Table 2902.1 based on the actual use of the building or space. Uses not shown in Table 2902.1 shall be considered individually by the code official. The number of occupants shall be determined by this code. Amendments 14 2015 IBC