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Wisconsin Building Codes Report articles, April 2001
You can select the number of the title of an article of interest, or scroll down: 1. Public hearing and legislative comments on proposed building and fire codes are being considered; 2. Building, HVAC plan submittal kit also includes other program forms; 3. Initial draft of NFPA fire code released; 4. Fire sprinkler continuing education; 5. Brandt retired; 6. Fire Safety Consultant passed away; 7. "Is your municipality certified?" Review and inspection options for local authority; 8. Oak Creek leads the way as appointed agent; 9. Program "supervisors" have cooperative and specific duties; 10. Material Approvals; 11. Certified municipalities   1. Public hearing and legislative comments on proposed building and fire codes are being considered
Safety and Buildings Division staff met with advisory code councils in early March to continue consideration of public hearing comments and legislators' comments about the proposed adoption in Wisconsin of building and fire codes based on national model codes. The public hearings were held in January and a number of state legislators also have reviewed the code package proposal. The national model codes that are proposed for adoption as the basis for the Wisconsin code rule package are the International Building Code (IBC), the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the International Mechanical Code (IMC), the International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), and the International Fire Code (IFC). S&B projects being able to have the package adopted and in print by late summer of 2001. There is an anticipated block of time between the adoption and the effective date, to allow designers time to get current projects off the drawing boards, and for users to gain a sure knowledge of the new codes. An effective date is projected for July 2002. An analysis of the proposed rules and the draft rules themselves are available on the S&B WebSite, www.commerce.state.wi. us/SB/SB-HomePage. Paper copies also may be obtained without cost from Roberta Ward, Program Development Bureau, PO Box 2689, Madison, Wisconsin 53701, rward@commerce.state.wi.us, tele 608-266-8741, or 608-264-8777 (TTY). The ICC codes can be purchased from the following organizations:
-Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., 4051 West Flossmoor Road, Country Club Hills, IL 60478-5695, 708-799-2300, web page www.bocai.org;
-International Conference of Building Officials, 5360 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA, 90601-2298, 562-699-0541, web page www.icbo.org; and
-Southern Building Code Congress, Inc., 900 Montclair Road, Birmingham, AL, 35213-1206, 205-591-1853, web page www.sbcci.org. For more information, contact J.B. Smith, S&B Commercial Buildings Program Manager, 608-2660-0251, jsmith@commerce.state.wi.us.
   2. Building, HVAC plan submittal kit also includes other program forms
A revised 100-page "Building and HVAC Plan Submittal Kit" is now available from the Safety and Buildings Division. The kit not only contains forms, worksheets, and information for building project plan reviews, but also has forms for reviews for plumbing, POWTS, swimming pools, and elevators. The newly revised kit now also includes information about fire protection system plan reviews. The kit is available free of charge from the S&B Materials Distribution Section. Telephone 608-267-4405, or email phobbs@commerce.state.wi.us. The individual forms are also on the S&B WebSite, http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/SB/SB-DivForms.html. Plan review scheduling information is also on the WebSite, http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/SB/SB-DivDailyDoc.html. The fire protection system plan review service began March 1. Questions about fire protection system plan review, or code questions about fire protection systems may be directed to Keith Glaunert, 262-548-8604, kglaunert@commerce.state.wi.us, or Bill Sullivan 608-266-9643, wsullivan@commerce.state.wi.us. At this time there are no appointed agents for fire protection system plan review, but S&B is working towards partnering with municipalities and fire departments to have those local entities conduct the plan review on S&B's behalf.
   3. Initial draft of NFPA fire code released
Release was announced in February of a new fire prevention code, NFPA 1-Uniform Fire Code, developed by the Western Fire Chiefs Association and the National Fire Protection Association. According to the NFPA press release, "The first edition of the combined code is currently in the NFPA Fall 2002 cycle with a proposal closing date of June 8, 2001. A final document will be issued by the Standards Council in January 2003. The complete development cycle is available from NFPA's web site, www.nfpa.org. The document draft is available for downloading, and individuals can review and submit proposals online. For printed copies or CD-rom versions, please call NFPA's Standards Administration, 617-984-7249." More information on Wisconsin proposals to adopt building and fire codes is on the Safety and Buildings Division WebSite, http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/SB/SB-HomePage.html.
   4. Fire sprinkler continuing education
-- "Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems," April 26, 2001, Oak Creek Fire Department. Seven credit hours for Commercial Building Inspectors. There is a fee. David Vandeyar. National Fire Sprinkler Assoc., 845-878-4207.
-- "Sprinkler Protection for Storage Occupancies," April 24, 2001, Pleasant Prairie Fire Department. Seven credit hours for Commercial Building Inspectors, Automatic Fire Sprinkler Contractors, Automatic Fire Sprinkler Contractors-Maintenance, and Journeyman Automatic Fire Sprinkler Fitters. There is a fee. David Vandeyar, National Fire Sprinkler Assoc., 845-878-4207.
-- "Advanced Sprinkler Protection for Storage Occupancies," April 25, 2001, Pleasant Prairie Fire Department. Seven credit hours for Commercial Building Inspectors, Automatic Fire Sprinkler Contractors, Automatic Fire Sprinkler Contractors-Maintenance, and Journeyman Automatic Fire Sprinkler Fitters. There is a fee. David Vandeyar, National Fire Sprinkler Assoc., 845-878-4207.
   5. Brandt retired
Richard Brandt, a Safety and Buildings Division Industrial Hygienist, retired March 2, 2001. He served for over 20 years, protecting the health and safety of public sector employees. His diligence in ferreting out indoor air quality problems greatly enhanced the quality of life for many workers in Wisconsin.
   6. Fire Safety Consultant passed away
Lyle's Smith's battle with cancer ended with his death February 22, 2001. Smith began as a Fire Safety Consultant with the Safety and Buildings Division on September 14, 1994, providing consulting services to the southeastern Wisconsin from the Waukesha S&B office. His co-workers and the people he assisted appreciated his abilities and gentle manner.
   7. "Is your municipality certified?"
Review and inspection options for local authority
by Henry Kosarzycki, S&B's Agent Monitor, 262-548-8615, hkosarzycki@commerce.state.wi.us
 For many years the simple question: "Is your municipality certified?" defined the local building review authority of municipalities in Wisconsin. Municipalities recognized as "Certified" were delegated authority to perform limited plan examination on behalf of the state plan review authority administered by the Safety and Buildings Division, as well as inspection of either those structures they reviewed, or inspection of all structures. Following a change to administrative rules last fall, S&B now permits greater flexibility in the options available to municipalities. Options now available to S&B's municipal partners: *First class cities authority,
*Second class cities authority,
*Certified municipality authority, and
*Appointed agents authority. The City of Milwaukee is currently the only "First Class City" in Wisconsin, a classification with delegated plan examination and inspection authority prescribed in statute and administrative rules. The first class status requires review and inspection of all buildings and structures within the city limits. Municipalities within a certain definition have a "Second Class City" designation. A second class city may request "expanded" plan review and inspection delegation of all buildings and structures located within the city limits. Representatives of proposed projects within those cities have the option to submit plans for review to the second class city or to S&B. At the moment, none of the dozen or so second class cities in Wisconsin have requested the expanded plan review delegation, although they have been "certified" cities in terms of building project authority. (Special delegation agreements the cities of Madison and Janesville have had with S&B served as outlines for the new "Appointed Agent" process noted below.) "Certified Municipalities" have been able to do plan review for new buildings not exceeding 50,000 cubic feet, for additions to existing buildings which will result in the total building volume not exceeding 50,000 cubic feet, and for alterations not exceeding 10,000 square feet. New rules in 2000 expanded the delegation to include review of additions to any commercial building up to 2,500 square feet with maximum roof spans of 18 feet and maximum wall height of 12 feet. Proposed projects can be submitted to either the certified municipality or to S&B. The category of "Appointed Agent" provides cities, towns, villages, or counties the flexibility to request from S&B the delegation of specific responsibilities. A municipality or county may request plan examination delegation based on construction classification, occupancy classification, or any combination of review parameters. Proposed projects can be submitted to either the appointed agent or to S&B. There is now one new "Appointed Agent," Oak Creek. See article on page 5. S&B now has in place a system for processing municipalities' requests to be "Appointed Agents." The appointed agent procedure also includes the flexibility to have delegation to a municipality inspection (while not doing plan review) of buildings and structures as an appointed agent of S&B. People interested in information about the delegation of various building plan review and inspection authorities may contact Henry Kosarzycki, S&B's Agent Monitor, 262-548-8615, hkosarzycki@commerce.state.wi.us. The division will be reformatting its listing in the WBCR of delegated authorities and will develop a new (hopefully) "friendly" WebSite listing. For specific code language concerning delegations, see Comm 50.21 and Comm 50.22.
   8. Oak Creek leads the way as appointed agent
The city of Oak Creek is the first municipality in Wisconsin which has been delegated an "Appointed Agent" of the Safety and Buildings Division. Following new rules adopted last fall in Comm 50.22, Oak Creek requested from S&B the authority to conduct expanded plan examination within the city limits. See article above. Under this delegation, S&B has authorized Oak Creek to perform plan examination of all buildings classified as construction types 5B (unprotected masonry), type 6 (unprotected metal frame), and type 8 (unprotected wood frame), simple span or pre-engineered framing, and not to exceed two stories in height. Oak Creek will continue to review alterations as prescribed under the city's delegation as a "Certified Municipality." Also, Oak Creek will continue to perform inspections of buildings and structures. Plan submitters of project within Oak Creek have the choice of either submitting projects to the S&B or the city of Oak Creek. For information, contact either Art Biesek, Commissioner of the Oak Creek Inspection Division, 414-768-6545 or Henry Kosarzycki, S&B Agent Monitor, 262-548-8615, hkosarzycki@commerce.state.wi.us.
   9. Program "supervisors" have cooperative and specific duties
There are staff in each of the three Safety and Buildings Division bureaus who share responsibilities for "supervising" the division's programs. While they are liaisons for cooperatively planning and implementing policies and processes, the Section Chiefs in the Bureaus of Integrated Services (IS) and Field Operations (FO) and the Program Managers in the Bureau of Program Development (PD) also have more specific duties. The section chiefs are personnel supervisors of bureau staff working in various programs. In IS those are (generally) consultation, plan review, evaluation, and support staff, and in FO (generally) inspectors, consultants, and support staff. Program managers are the leaders in program planning and development. Below, these chiefs and managers are listed by last name according to their program assignments. Feel free to contact these people in accordance with their duties as noted here. Full contact information is at right. Technical questions and incident-specific matters should be directed to staff listed on pages 10-11 of this WBCR. Program Name - Code Chpt(s). - Prog. Mngr. - IS Sect. Chief - FO Sect. Chief 1. Commercial Buildings - 50-62, 70, 75-79 - Smith - Kasper - Stevenson 57 subch. 2 & 69 - Smith - Rubio - Stevenson 2. Energy Efficiency - 63, 67 - Mattsson - Spalding - Stevenson 3. Fire Safety - 4,5,10,14,15,20-25,28 50-64,66,69,70,75-79 - Lippitt - Rubio - Graham 4. Mobile/Manufactured Homes - 27 - Swaziek - Jacobson - Ferris 5. Multi-Family Dwellings - 66 - Quast - Kasper - Stevenson 6. One and Two Family Dwellings - 20-25 - Swaziek - Kasper - Ferris 7. Rental Unit Energy Efficiency - 67 - Mattsson - N/A - Ferris 8. Soil Erosion Control -20-25, 65 - Quast - Kasper - Ferris 9. Structural Systems/Welding - 50-62 - Swaziek - Dobratz - Vacant 10. Gas Systems -11, 12, 13, 43 - Mattsson - N/A - Hertel 11. Boilers - 41-42 - Mattsson - N/A - Merkel 12. Electrical and Lighting Systs. - 16, 73 - Hertel - Spalding - Graham 13. Elevators - 16, 73 - Hertel - Rubio - Merkel 14. Fire Protection Systems - 20-25, 28, 50-64, 66, 69 - Lippitt - Rubio - Graham 15. HVAC Systems - 63-64, 71 - Mattsson - Spalding - Stevenson 16. Plumbing Systems - 82 & 84 - Docken - Miller - Stanlick 17. POWTS and Platting - 83 & 85 - Kaminski - Johnson - Stanlick 18. Public Swimming Pools - 90 - Docken - Miller - Stanlick 19. Refrigeration Systems - Mattsson - Rubio - Hertel 20. Wisconsin Fund Admin. - 87 - Kaminski - Johnson - Stanlick 21. Amusement Rides and Attractions - 34 - Hands - Rubio - Graham 22. Explosive Materials - 7 - Hands - N/A - Graham 23. Fire Dept. Safety and Health - 30 - Hands - N/A - Graham 24. Manufacture of Fireworks - 9 - Hands - N/A - Graham 25. Mine Safety - 8 - Hands - N/A - Graham 26. Public Saf. and Cln Indr Air - 4, 32, 35 - Hands - N/A - Graham 27. Tramways, Lifts and Tows - 33 - Hands - Rubio - Graham 28. Credentialing - 5 - Quast - Jacobson - N/A 29. Fire Dept. Dues -14 - Lippitt - N/A - Cunningham 30. Fire Incident Reporting - 14 - Lippitt - N/A -Cunningham 31. Integ. Serv. Support and Credential Unit Super. - Jacobson 32. Integ. Serv. Madison Plan Entry Super. - Schultz 33. Integ. Serv. Mob/Manuf Homes Super. - Ganeshapillai 34. Field Serv. Support Super. - Cunningham 35. Field Serv. Permits/Invoices Super. - Anderson Contact info for S&B management team
FO = Bureau of Field Operations, IS = Bureau of Integrated Services, PD = Bureau of Program Development Sample email address: eanderson@commerce.state.wi.us Name - Title - Work - City - Work Phone - Fax Phone
 Anderson, Ellen - FO Permit/Invoice Super. - Madison - 608-266-7548 - 608-267-9723 Baldwin, Randy - IS Bureau Director - Madison - 608-267-9152 - 608-267-9566 Buchholz, Ronald - Deputy Division Admin. - Madison - 608-266-1817 - 608-266-9946 Corry, Michael - Division Administrator - Madison - 608-266-1816 - 608-266-9946 Cunningham, Tom - FO Support Superv. - Madison - 608-267-2497 - 608-267-9723 Dobratz, Steven - IS Section Chief - Shawano - 715-526-9019 - 715-524-3633 Docken, Lynita - PD Program Manager - La Crosse - 608-785-9349 - 608-785-9330 DuPont, Robert - PD Bureau Director - Madison - 608-266-8984 - 608-264-8795 Ferris, Brian - FO Section Chief - La Crosse - 608-785-9335 - 608-785-9330 Ganeshapillai, Malini - IS Mfg. Home Superv. - Madison - 608-266-5333 - 608-267-0592 Sample email address: dgraham@commerce.state.wi.us Graham, Dan - FO Bureau Director - Madison - 608-266-0056 - 608-267-9723 Hands, Eric - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-267-4434 - 608-264-8795 Hertel, Joseph - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-266-5649 - 608-264-8795 Jacobson, Mary - IS Section Chief - Madison - 608-266-8456 - 608-267-0592 Johnson, Brad - IS Section Chief - Green Bay - 920-492-5605 - 920-492-5604 Kaminski, Roman - PD Program Manager - Stevens Point - 715-345-5334 - 715-345-5269 Kasper, Tom - IS Section Chief - Madison - 608-267-7586 - 608-267-9566 Lippitt, John - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-266-1036 - 608-264-8795 Mattsson, Bernice - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-266-2725 - 608-264-8795 Merkel, Ulrich - IS Section Chief - Madison - 262-653-6880 - 262-653-7074 Miller, James - IS Section Chief - Madison - 608-266-8072 - 608-267-9566 Quast, James - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-266-9292 - 608-264-8795 Rubio, Tony - IS Section Chief - Waukesha - 262-548-8610 - 262-548-8614 Sample email address: jschultz@commerce.state.wi.us Schultz, Joshua - IS Plan Entry Super. - Madison - 608-261-8460 - 608-267-9566 Smith, James - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-266-0251 - 608-264-8795 Spalding, John - IS Section Chief - La Crosse - 608-789-4693 - 608-785-9330 Stanlick, Harold - FO Section Chief - Waukesha - 262-521-5065 - 262-548-8614 Stevenson, Mark - FO Section Chief - Green Bay - 920-492-5611 - 920-492-5604 Swaziek, Laurence - PD Program Manager - Madison - 608-267-7701 -608-264-8795
  10. Material Approvals
Per Comm 10.125, Comm 20.18, and Comm 50.19, the following have been issued material approvals in January through March 2001. The approvals are valid for a five-year period. Copies of the full approval are available from the Integrated Services Bureau, P.O. Box 2658, Madison, WI 53701-2658, 608-26-6546, mslusser@commerce.state.wi.us. -Gas Boiler, 960086-H (Revised), Slant-Fin Corporation, 100 Forest Drive, Greenvale, NY 11548
-Truss Connector Plates, 200087-N (Replaces 950072-N), Jager Industries, Inc., 8835 Macleod Trail S.W., Calgary, Alberta Canada T2H OM3
-Column Pads, 200064-O, Superior Walls by Skotzke Construction, N 1004 Tower View Circle, Greenville, WI 54942
-Gas Furnace, 200088-H, Amana Heating and Air Conditioning, 1810 Wilson Parkway, Fayetteville, TN 37334
-Vapor Barrier Paint, 200068-O (Revised), The Sherwin Williams Co., 11410 Alameda Dr., Strongsville, OH 44136
-Bleachers, 200089-B ( Replaces 950066-B), The Folding Bleacher Co., P.O. Box 320, Altamont, IL 62411
-I-Joists, 200079-W (Replaces 970096-W) (Revised), Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, 2706 Hwy 421 North, Wilmington, NC 28401
-I-Joist, 200090-W, Jager Industries, 6839 44 Street S.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2C 2C9
-Firestopping Products, 200081-G, Nelson FIRESTOP Products, 4041 S. Sheridan, Tulsa, OK 74145
-Steel Diaphragm Sheeting, 200092-O (Replaces 950061-O), Fabral, Inc., P.O. Box 4608, Lancaster, PA 17604-4608
-Air Heaters, 200082-H (Replaces 950012-H), The King Company, 227 Brownstown Rd., Bishopville, SC 29010
-Vapor Barrier Paint, 210003-O (Replaces 950006-O), Hallman Lindsay Quality Paints, 1717 N. Bristol St., Sun Prairie, WI 53590
-Wood Polymer Composite Lumber, 200085-O (Replaces 950025-O), Trex Company, 245 Capitol Lane, Winchester, VA 22602
-Waste Oil Boilers, Heaters, and Furnaces, 210000-H (Replaces 950039-H), Clean Burn, Inc., 83 South Groffdale Rd.
Leola, PA 17540
-Waste Oil Unit Heaters, 20086-H (Replaces 960055-H), Reznor, 150 McKinley Ave., Mercer, PA 16137
-Light-Transmitting Plastic and Safety-Rated Glazing Panels, 210001-L(Replaces 950043-L), CYRO Industries,25 Executive Blvd., Orange, CT 06477
 11. Certified municipalities
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