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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Apply building codes accurately to design and execute building envelope repairs, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Diagnose the root causes of structural deterioration and implement effective solutions to mitigate future damage.
• Draft, negotiate, and utilize comprehensive repair contracts to manage projects from start to finish while protecting your interests.
• Proactively safeguard your position in repair negotiations and project management, upholding your rights.
• Confidently resolve disputes related to construction contracts, utilizing arbitration, mediation, or other alternative dispute resolution methods.

Description
Residential building repair and assessment for multi-unit and single-family homes is rapidly growing. Professionals in this industry must understand the intricacies of building structures, materials, and design codes that govern repair work. With a focus on practical applications, this course equips participants with essential tools to evaluate repair needs, ensuring that the building code is applied correctly while meeting the unique demands of older or damaged buildings.

Participants will learn to assess and repair key structural elements, including building envelopes, masonry, window systems, and exterior insulation finishes (EIFS). Understanding building code legislation, application, and compliance alternatives is given special attention. You'll also explore how to prevent costly repair errors that could lead to further damage or legal complications. By addressing critical elements like construction liens, repair contracts, and dispute resolution, participants will be able to manage repair projects more effectively and confidently.

This course will also cover advanced topics such as assessing and repairing structural wood framing, foundations, and concrete, ensuring that participants can handle complex repair scenarios. With a focus on multi-unit and single-family buildings, participants will leave with the ability to prevent poor-quality repairs and mitigate risks associated with building deterioration and contract disputes. By the end of the course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to confidently manage building repair projects and protect your interests throughout the process.

Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for professionals involved in assessing, repairing, and maintaining residential buildings, including engineers, architects, designers, and building inspectors. It is especially beneficial for project managers and contractors overseeing building repair projects and ensuring work complies with relevant building codes. Owners and managers of multi-unit and single-family residential buildings will also find value in understanding the repair process and navigating contract disputes, ensuring their properties are maintained to high standards.

Additionally, legal professionals, construction managers, and consultants in the residential building sector will benefit from insights into building code applications, construction liens, and dispute resolution processes. Whether directly involved in the repair process or managing projects from an administrative perspective, this course provides the essential knowledge needed to handle complex repair projects confidently and protect your interests in the construction and repair industry.

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Syllabus

Day I

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes, and Assessment Methods

Building Permits for Repairs

• Application of building code legislation
• Application of the regulations: the building code
• Alternatives to the building code and regulations applicable to building repair

Alternatives to the Building Code and Regulations

• Compliance alternatives
• Building material evaluation commission authorizations

What Parts of the Code Govern Your Building?

• What is a residential building
• What parts of the building code apply
• What are the building code differences and similarities between new construction and repair?
• How have the changes in the 2006 Building Code changed the application of the Building Code to building repair

Code Part 9: Building Structures

• Application of the building code
• Foundation settlement, heaving, and leakage assessment, and repair
• Structural wood framing failure assessment and repair

Code Part 4 and Code Part 5: Building Structures

• Application of the building code
• Assessment, repair, and monitoring of structural concrete: results of a double-blind study

Day II

Code Part 9: Building Envelope

• Application of the building code
• Assessment and repair of brick veneer and windows
• Ice dams and pitched roof design

Multi-Unit Building Envelope: Masonry Veneer and Flashing

• Application of the building code
• Failure assessment and repair of brick failures
• Development of new clay brick materials standard for improved freeze-thaw durability
• Thermal expansion and contraction control

Multi-Unit Building Envelope: Exterior Insulation Finish Systems (EIFS)

• Examples: Failure assessment and repair of field; applied systems and panel systems
• Application of the building code failures: Has the building code failed us

Multi-Unit Window Systems: Time for a Change?

• Assessment and repair of condensation, air leakage, and water leakage
• Application of the building code
• Energy performance of windows
• Low and gas-filled insulating glass
• Framing design and location in the wall
• Retrofit options payback

Day III

Components of Repair Contracts

• Forms of contract
• Parties to a contract
• Payments and holdbacks
• Approvals and certificates for payment

Performance of the Contract

• When is a contract complete
• Who decides if a contract is complete
• What about deficiencies

The Construction Lien

• Application to building repairs
• Trust provisions
• Expiry, preservation, and perfection of liens
• Discharge of liens

Contract Disputes

• Avenues to resolution
• Construction liens and legal action
• Alternatives
• Arbitration and mediation agreements
• ADR process

Questions and Answers, Feedback on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Instructor

Martin Gerskup, B. Arch, OAA, MAIBC and MRAIC

Martin has over 35 years of experience and is the president of BEST Consultants Martin Gerskup Architect Inc. He specializes in the field of investigative architecture and building science with particular emphasis on the resolution of problems affecting the building envelope. Martin is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) and has served in various capacities on the Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC) Board of Directors from 1991 to 1997.

He was president of OBEC from 1993 to 1994, a member of the council for the OAA from 2003 to 2005, and a member of the ULC Thermal Insulation Committee. During his tenure on the council at the OAA, Mr. Gerskup was Chair of the Discipline Committee while also serving on the following committees: Practice Committee, Registration Committee, Public Interest Review Committee, Communications Committee, and the University Liaison Task Group.

In addition to authoring and presenting many technical papers on the subject of building science, Mr. Gerskup taught as an assistant adjunct professor and tutor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design from 1999 to 2001 and at the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Ryerson University in 2002.