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2024 Spring Conference

Registration is open!

Code Administrators Association of Kentucky will host the 2024 Spring Kentucky Construction Code Forum

April 15-17, 2024 at Kentucky Dam Village Gilbertsville, Kentucky

Once again, CAAK will offer classes on a variety of topics. Our preliminary schedule is:

Monday, April 15, 2024

8am-9am    

  • Opening Session and Welcome

9am-4pm   

  • 2015 IRC/2018 KRC Residential Planning – Part 1 (6Hrs)
  • Sprinkler System Plan Review – NFSA (6Hrs)
  • 2015 IMC IFGC Combustion Air and Venting (6Hrs)

9am-12pm

  • 2015 Mixed Occupancy (3Hrs)

1pm-4pm

  • Exterior Wall and Opening Protections (3Hrs)

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

8am-4pm

  • 2015 IRC/2018 KRC Residential Planning – Part 2 (6Hrs)
  • 2015 IBC Performing Commercial Building Inspections (6Hrs)
  • Rough and Final Sprinkler Inspections (6Hrs)
  • New Building Inspector Orientation

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

8am-11am

  • 2015 IEBC Performance Compliance Method (3Hrs)
  • 2015 IRC Alternate Materials and Tested Methods (3Hrs)
  • Firestop: A Life Safety Issue (FS101), IBC/IFC Code Update (FS301), & Special Inspections (3Hrs)

Registration

Use the links below to access registration for our Spring Kentucky Construction Code Forum.  Online registration is preferred, or you can print the registration form below and return the form and payment to:

CAAK – Cora Dill

48 Burney Lane

Fort Thomas, KY  41075

If paying by credit card, please use the online registration.

If you have any questions, please contact Cora Dill, caakky23@gmail.com.

Online Registration

Print Registration Form

Accommodations

Attendees can receive a special rate on rooms through March 13, 2024.  You can reserve online or by calling the lodge at 270-362-4271 (enter 1). Our Group Code is 4002.

To make a reservation online, click the button below. Put in the arrival/departure date. Click on Special Rates. Put in Group Code 4002. Select which accommodation you want to reserve and enter the requested information.

Online Reservation for Kentucky Dam Village

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Lauren Wood elected to ICC Region V chapter board of directors

The Code Administrators Association of Kentucky congratulates Lauren Wood of LFUCG for election to the ICC Region V chapter board of directors. The election was held in a business meeting during ICC annual conference in St. Louis, MO.

The International Code Council is the leading global source of model codes and standards and building safety solutions that include product evaluation, accreditation, technology, training, and certification. The Code Council’s codes, standards, and solutions are used to ensure safe, affordable, and sustainable communities and buildings worldwide.

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Indiana Association of Building Officials to Offer Virtual Training Seminar

 Virtual Training Seminar (Zoom) 

Thursday, October 20th, 2022 
9:00am to 4:00pm ET

The Indiana Association of Building Officials is excited to offer this training seminar on behalf of ICC Midwest Region V. All proceeds from this course will be donated to support ICC Midwest Region V’s mission of creating a stronger and more unified network of building safety professionals across Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan. 

Legal Aspects of Code Administration 

Course Description: 

This virtual seminar will provide code officials with guidelines for administering the legal aspects of codes with regard to enforcement, prosecution, and maintenance. In this course participants will discuss historical consequences of ignoring the regulation of building construction and materials, and learn how to interpret and applying local government, state, and federal legislative laws, pertaining to the administration and enforcement of a building code. Participants will learn how to define and apply concepts which are legally important to the administration and enforcement of a building code and establish or document rules of procedure used before a board of building code appeals. By using the guidelines presented in the course, participants will learn how to effectively testify in a court of law. 

Instructor: Linda S. Pieczynski 

Linda S. Pieczynski is a former assistant state’s attorney and municipal prosecutor in DuPage County, Illinois. She devotes her legal practice to teaching and writing about the legal aspects of code administration including building, property maintenance, fire, and zoning codes. She conducts trainings nationwide for the International Code Council (ICC). She is the author of numerous code related books including The Building Process Simplified, The Residential Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, The Fire Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, The Building Official’s and Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, and The Property Maintenance Inspector’s Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints, all published by Cengage. She also has served as editor of revisions to the Legal Aspects of Code Administration published by ICC. 

CEU’s: This course has been approved for CEU’s with the states of Ohio, Kentucky, and Michigan. 

Cost: $100.00 Online payment is available at registration. 

Sign up here: https://www.iabo.com/event-4948084 

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Now Taking Scholarship and Award Applications

AWARDS

Nominations are being accepted for the CAAK Richard Prater Code Administrator of the Year and the John Payne Patron of the Year awards.

Nominations will be accepted through July 1, 2022.

Learn more and download the nomination forms here.

SCHOLARSHIPS

CAAK member’s children or grandchildren who are planning to attend an accredited institution of higher education this Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, located in Kentucky, are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 CAAK member scholarship.

Also – if you know of any full-time code related degree seeking student, that is currently enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education and will be returning this fall, are encouraged to apply for a $1,000 Code Related scholarship.

Annually, the CAAK scholarship committee may recommend to award up to four $1,000 scholarships for tuition assistance. Applicant requirements may be found on the CAAK website along with a description of all available scholarships.  Applications will be accepted through July 1, 2022.

Learn more and download the application here.

If you have any questions, contact Dale Spicer, Scholarship Committee Chairperson, via email at dspicer@kyhousing.org