There's just a few days left to take advantage of early registration rates for Educode 2012. Early registrants save $50 on per day/sessions and $200 for the full week.
EduCode 2012 features highly specialized courses for working professionals, including architectural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, structural, fire protection, code enforcement and leadership topics essential for building design, expanding your skills, and earning and maintaining certifications and other credentials.
IAPMO provides the instructors for the plumbing and mechanical courses – below are the classes offered this year:
Drain, Waste and Vent Provisions and Sizing Session 8
This seminar provides an overview of: sizing of drainage and vent systems, cleanouts, slope and change of direction of drainage flow, use of joints, drainage fixture units, installation and sizing of building sewers, sumps and sewage ejectors, indirect waste piping, chemical waste, steam and hot water drainage, condensers and sumps, vent terminations, island and combination waste venting. Further discussion will focus on the most common yet similar provisions in both codes that have caused confusion and errors during the process of plan review and inspections. Emphasis will be placed on the proper intent, interpretation, and application of the drain, waste and vent provisions of both codes.
2009 UPC Horizontal and Vertical Wet Venting
This session will discuss both horizontal and vertical wet venting and the requirements governing the installation of those systems. The discussion will also cover the proper functioning, use, and installation of these two venting options, providing a step by step guide to venting of the bath groups.
Plumbing Alternatives — Mini Sessions Session 70
This presentation will discuss three topics: 1) The alternate sizing methodology for water piping; 2) Alternative gas piping systems and; 3) Fat, oil and grease (FOG) systems. Participants will utilize Appendix L of the 2009 UPC, the basics of the gas pipe sizing provisions, properties of natural gas, gas pipe sizing methods for black steel systems, copper tubing systems, and CSST systems. The class will also discuss the provisions regulating FOG disposal systems, with the major focus placed on the significant code changes impacting FOG systems, equipment and sizing.
Mechanical Alternatives — Mini Sessions Session 71
This class will discuss four topics: 1) The provisions of the 2009 UMC Part II Kitchen Hoods; 2) Type I and II Clothes Dryers and Exhaust ducts; 3) Fuel burning appliances located in bedrooms and; 4) Converting wood burning fireplaces to gas. This class will assist participants to understand the options available for design of kitchen hoods, grease ducts, Type 1 & 2 clothes dryers and their exhaust ducts, the new UMC requirements and potential hazards of fuel burning appliances installed in sleeping areas and the UMC provisions that are applicable to the conversion of wood burning fireplaces to gas fireplaces.
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