Decorators & Designers Association of Canada Introduction to the Building Code for Designers 2024

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GUIDING YOU TO CODE COMPLIANT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Introduction to the Building Code for Designers

This manual will provide designers with a fundamental understanding of how the Building Code Act and the 2024 Ontario Building Code apply to the design of homes, home interiors, business interiors, retail interiors, home renovations, build-outs and make-overs. Relevant requirements of the Ontario Electrical Safety Code and the Occupational Health and Safety Act are also reviewed as well as case studies pertaining to legal responsibility for designers.

Anthony Boyko is a Manager of Building Code Inspections and Deputy Chief Building Official with the City of Markham. He has held positions of building inspector, architectural plans examiner and project manager with a combined Building Code regulatory experience of over 25 years. Anthony has actively contributed to technical manuals produced by various governmental bodies and was a member of the executive committee for the Canadian Commission on Construction Materials Evaluation. He is an Architectural Technologist, Certified Engineering Technician, Certified Municipal Manager, CDECA Educator member and part-time college instructor. Anthony is provincially qualified as a supervisor/manager and designer.