Civil Engineering Seminar – Sponsored by ASCE - Implementation of Evaluation Reports For Emerging Construction Materials & Systems

ABSTRACT: This presentation will address the actual implementation of how evaluation reports help new technology enter into the building market place. Centering on Model Code organizations and how they generate evaluation reports all based on IBC Section 104.11, Criteria and other ANSI consensus code reference standards. Evaluation reports benefit the code official, inspector, building professional and manufacturer. The presentation will also address concepts of documentation necessary to prove code requirements and necessary follow up inspections and address some major pitfalls for the engineer of record in this process. The presentation will also examine how the Model code process exceeds ISO/IEC 17065 minimums.

BIO: Mr. Beck is the Vice President of Uniform Evaluation Services. He oversees all aspects of the building products ES program. Mr. Beck had more than 32 years of engineering experience, including 25 years with the International Code Council and its predecessor the Southern Building Code Congress International. Mr. Beck holds a BSME from the University of Alabama and is a Registered Professional Engineering in the states of Alabama, California and Georgia. He has certification by ICC as a Master Code Professional (MCP), Certified Building Official (CBO) and by the state of Florida as a Building Official and Plan Examiner.