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CBOA will be offering a special meeting on On Wednesday January 11, 2012, CBOA will be hosting a Special Program on Disaster Management presented by The International Code Council.

Disaster Management for Code Officials

With special emphasis on field inspections and classifying building damage

Presenting the lecturer will be ICC instructor Christopher Laux AIA

It will be an all day meeting/program (6ceu’s) at the Aqua Turf 1-860-621-9337

Please note the date is the second Wednesday of January, not the third Thursday of the month.

For those interested in attending please see attached.

TO: Interested Parties

FROM: Louis J. Free, Chairman, Codes Amendment Subcommittee

DATE: September 15, 2011

SUBJECT: 2012 International CODE COUNCIL'S FAMILY OF CODES
code proposals will be accepted until MARCH 30, 2012

CBOA would like to thank co-authors David Jolly and Earl Dean for producing this narrative which certainly we could all benefit from reviewing. For those interested the document is available for members only under "File Library" titled "Building Permitting in Connecticut" under attachments.

Yes it's that time of year once again to renew your CBOA membership. Those members currently within our system should have received the renewal via e-mail. The renewal application can also be found on the home page under the "Membership" tab. Please print clearly when submitting your application to avoid computer connection and e-mail problems. Remember our first meeting is September 15th so please submit your application with payment ASAP.

Last fall the New England Concrete Masonry Association launched the 1st Annual NECMA Education Day & Tradeshow and offered more than 100 architects attending the opportunity to earn up to 4 AIA continuing education hours for an incredibly low registration fee. Also included in the low fee was the opportunity to meet with more than 25 exhibiting companies to discuss concrete masonry and hardscape products and how to enhance design projects with these durable and versatile products.

CBOA would like to congratulate this years recipients of our Educational Grant Program, each student was awarded $1000. on behalf of CBOA. This years recipients in no particular order are;

Kaitlyn Bell, Sponsor-David Bell
Stephanie Dombraski, Sponsor-Daniel Tierney
Katie Lind, Sponsor-Pam Lind
Caleb Rupert, Sponsor-James Rupert
Zachary Smith, Sponsor-Joseph Smit
Sarah Richter, sponsor Bill Connolly

CBOA will be offering the new ICC 2009 IRC and IBC at our next regular scheduled meeting for a special deal. The IRC will be available for purchase with a cost of $67.00 and the IBC for only $81.00 with no charge for tax or shipping when paying with a municipal check made out to CBOA. Those paying with a Non-municipal check will have to included sales tax, quantities are limited to 30 of each on a first come first serve basis.

A recently formed subcommittee including members of Building Code Training Coucil and Fire Code Training Council, is looking for feedback on a number of issues regarding training/ continuing education requirements and related topics.
As a member of this subcommittee, I am seeking comments from CBOA members regarding the following issues:

1) Training currently offered by ODEM: what you like, what could use improvement, suggestions regarding future course offerings and other thoughts you may have.