BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS

Part 1 Public Hearing (commencing at 1:00 PM)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The State Board of Building Regulations and Standards will hold a public hearing pursuant to the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 30A and Chapter 143, Sections 94 and 97, to hear testimony on code change petitions to:

8th Edition State Building Code- Residential Volume

and

8th Edition State Building- Base Volume

All petitions can be found at:

Notice of Public Hearing

Date and Start Time:May 14, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

Location and Directions:Ashburton Café, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108

-Enter front of One Ashburton Place

-Proceed through security screening

-Take elevator, stairs, or escalator down to the café level

-Proceed to the back of the building where the conference room is located

Information:Copies of the filed petitions/proposed Regulations are available for examination in the Office of the Board of Building Regulations and Standards, Room 1301, One Ashburton Place, McCormack State Office Building, Boston, MA 02108 and may also be viewed at Notice of Public Hearing All persons desiring to file written statements or arguments on any of these petitions must file same with Robert Anderson, Department of Public Safety / Board of Building Regulations and Standards, Room 1301, One Ashburton Place, McCormack State Office Building, Boston, MA 02108.

Part 2 Regular Meeting

BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS

AGENDA

Tuesday May 14, 2013, commencing after the public hearing

Ashburton Café, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108

Phone Number for Boston Office 617-727-3200

Rob Anderson, Chief of Inspections- Buildings - 617-826-5268 or 617-593-0086 (cell)

Tom Riley, Code Development Manager – 617-826-5250

Don Finocchio, Code Analyst – 617-826-5206

Mike Guigli, Technical Director – 617-826-5215

Website Address

The BBRS is comprised of eleven members representing a cross-section of the building design, construction

and regulatory communities. Statutorily, by Massachusetts General Law (MGL) c 143 § 93 the make-up of the BBRS includes:

A Representative from the building trades, a general contractor of 1 & 2 Family Homes, a general contractor of commercial and industrial buildings, a registered architect, a registered professional structural engineer, a registered professional mechanical engineer, a building official from a town, a building official from a city, a local fire chief and two ex-officio members, the chief of inspections for the Department of Public Safety or his designee and the State Fire Marshal or his designee. Current members of the BBRS are:

Current Make-up of the Board of Building Regulations and Standards

Alexander MacLeod,Chairman – Representing Registered Architects

Brian Gale, Vice-Chairman- Building Official from a Town

Robert Anderson- Chief of Inspections – Buildings, for the DPS

Richard Crowley – Representing Building Trades

Timothee Rodrique - Designee for Stephen Coan, State Fire Marshal, DFS

Kevin Gallagher – Representing Chiefs of Local Fire Departments

Jerry Ludwig – Representing Registered Professional Mechanical Engineers

Gary Moccia- Representing Registered Professional Structural Engineers

Thomas Perry – Building Official from a City

Stanley Shuman– Representing General Contractors of Commercial and Industrial Buildings

Harry Smith – Representing General Contractors of 1 & 2 Family Homes

The powers and duties of BBRS members are found in MGL c 143 §§ 93 through 100. General laws may be accessed by visiting

Old Business / Action / Owner
/ Meeting Minutes (when approved, minutes will be uploaded to the web):
Board vote requested on April 9, 2013 meeting minutes/action items. / 05/14/2013
Vote / MSG
/ Action Items From Previous BBRS Meetings:
  1. State forms forConstruction Control(Team met on Apr 30 and will meet again on May 15. Recommendation on revised documents and 780 CMR 107 to be available for the BBRS on June 11)
  2. NFPA 13 series 2013 code change proposals(Staff to file Chapter 9, 35, and 51red lines)
/ Update / TMR,
DF, MSG
/ 780CMR discussion and votes as necessary:
  1. Base Volume Chapter 1 (Final draft nearly complete and may include a state-wide Periodic Inspection Checklist, and will be available for BBRS review and/or vote on June 11)
  2. IECC 2012 Proposals (EAC met on May 7 and will meet again on June 5, Staff seeks BBRS vote on comment period to close on June 4, 2013. Staff also suggests that BBRS task EAC to review public comment in time for June 11, 2013 meeting.)
/ 05/14/2013
Vote / Staff
New Business / Action / Owner
1 / Approval of New Construction Supervisor Licenses
Total = 104issued for the month of April2013 / 05/14/2013
Vote / MSG
2. / Request for reinstatement of CSLbeyond the expiration period:
CSL Reinstatement for Antonio Loura CS-040651, Philip Farmer CS-016528, andMark Oleson CS-009259with medical justification. / 05/14/2013
Vote / MSG
3 / Special Qualifications for BBRS Consideration in Sitting for the CSL Exam / placeholder / MSG
4 / Building Official Certifications Committee (BOCC): BBRS review of the recommendations and impose the actions contained in‘BOCC_March_6_2013_meeting_minutes’ and ‘BOCC_April_3_2013_meeting_minutes’ / 05/14/2013
Vote / MSG for KS
5 / New applications for Concrete Test Labs: / placeholder / TMR
6 / New applications for Native Lumber producers: Allen Scott, Muskrat Sawmill, 46 East Howland Road, East Freetown, MA 02717 / 05/14/2013
Vote / TMR
7 / Other new business:
  1. BBRS review and vote on:
  1. ‘2013_04_Official_Interpretation_Emergency_Escape_and_Rescue_Opening(draft)’
  2. ‘2013_03_Official_Interpretation_Fire_Service_Access_Elevator_and_Lobby_Requirements (draft)’
  1. Staff seeks BBRS approval for the use of a Native Lumber stamp. Staff suggests that the stamp apply to the owner and that a new stamp is not required if the owner should change address.
  2. other
/ Statusand
05/14/2013
Vote / Staff

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