COMMITTEES
BUILDING PERFORMANCE & REGULATIONS 2021
The Building Performance and Regulations Committee (BP&R) reviews issues affecting building performance and current building codes. The committee is most concerned with regulations and ordinances that affect architectural practice and is the primary venue for evaluating pending or newly enacted revisions to the building code.
The committee’s aim is to provide the most up to date analysis of issues that effect building performance and will continue to evaluate and discuss all new building code regulations and revisions.
UPCOMING EVENTS
02.24.21
Research and Resources for Implementing Mass Timber
We will be presenting the risks of mass timber from the client side and learned efficiencies from recent project experience.
PAST EVENTS
01.13.21
New Code Provisions for Tall Timber Structures in CA
Following a brief discussion of history and motivators, this presentation will introduce the new IBC and CBC tall wood code provisions, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.
Chair
Robert Crawford, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, EDAC
Vice-Chair
Zinayda Reyes, AIA, NCARB
Committee Liaison
Will Wright, Hon. AIALA
CREDITS
PHOTO: Banner: Maria Kuzminskaya
