BSA-VT 2011 Annual Meeting

Tentative Agenda

7:30-8:00     Registration/breakfast .

8:00-8:45     Business meeting, election of 2012 Board, and induction of 2012 Board

8:45-9:45     Alan Brown, Advance Testing Co. — Model Program for Special Inspections

   Break for 15 minutes

10:00-11:00  Alan Brown — Duties of the Special Inspector

   Break for 15 minutes

11:15-12:00  Sam Francis, American Wood Council — An Introduction to the American Wood Council

   Lunch

12:30-1:30  Sam Francis — Putting the Wood Frame Construction Manual to Work in Vermont

1:30-2:30  Dottie Harris — Current Events at ICC and Developments to Watch

   Adjourn

   Golf?

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Our Speakers

Alan Brown

Alan is Vice President of Advance Testing Company in Enfield, NH and lives in Wilder, VT.   A native of Vermont, Alan has an AAS degree in Architectural Engineering from Vermont Technical College.  He has worked in the construction materials testing and inspection field for over 25 years.

He holds certificates of Special Inspection through ICC in Reinforced Concrete, Masonry, Structural Steel, and Fireproofing and has a Master of Special Inspection designation. He holds various certifications through ACI, ASTN, AWS, PCI, and NETTCP.  Alan is particularly interested in promoting and enforcing Chapter 17 (Special Inspections) of the IBC.

Advance Testing Company is a consulting construction materials testing laboratory that has been providing service to its clients since 1984. Advance Testing Company provides both field inspection and laboratory analysis of all construction materials for commercial, private, and public organizations. Advance Testing currently manages its work out of three primary offices located in New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Sam Francis

Sam Francis is American Wood Council's Northeast Regional Director.  He is a Certified Building Official and has nearly 20 years of experience as a building code official. He served on the Ohio Construction Industry Certification Board and the National Construction Code Inspector Certification Program Test Preparation committee. Sam has been very active with model code organizations, serving on various committees with BOCA, ICC and NFPA as well as several state committees in the Northeast.  Internationally, he has been a

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 member of the Technical Advisory Group representing the United States to the International Standards Organization (ISO).  He was the U.S. representative to the Technical Committee 92, Subcommittee 4: Fire Safety Engineering.  He has taught extensively on subjects closely related to codes and code development throughout the United States and Canada. Sam is the author of numerous articles and publications on various building regulation subjects.

At their 2006 annual banquet, the Eastern States Building Officials Federation (ESBOF) presented a Special Service Award to Sam "for his years of unselfish, untiring, and dedicated service to the members of ESBOF, which has provided invaluable assistance in achieving [its] goals.

Dottie Harris

Dorothy M. Harris is currently employed by the International Code Council, Inc. as the Vice President, State & Local Government Relations.  In this capacity, Ms. Harris has supervision of six Government Relations Managers with responsibility and oversight of twenty-five states, in the implementation and support of the International Codes. 

Prior to her current position, Ms. Harris served as Deputy Secretary of State for Local Government and Community Services at the New York State Department of State.  Ms. Harris was responsible for the oversight of five Divisions within the Department of State: Coastal Resources; Code Enforcement and Administration; Community Services; Fire Prevention and Control and Local Governments.  Ms. Harris also served as the Chairperson of the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council and the New York State 911 Board and represented the Secretary of State on the New York State Disaster Preparedness Commission.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Harris served as Assistant Secretary of State in the Department of State, Director of Legislative Affairs for Governor George E. Pataki, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department, Committee Analyst and Director of the Task Force on Catastrophe Insurance of the New York State Senate Insurance Committee, and Legislative Assistant in the New York State Assembly.

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IBC Special Inspections and Wood-Frame Construction:  Understanding and Complying with IBC Requirements

Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:30am to 3:00pm

Join us for our 3rd Annual Meeting at

 Lake Morey Resort!