About this course:

This building code course helps you review and develop your understanding of the parts of the Ontario Building Code dealing with houses. Based on the House Syllabus, the curriculum focuses on Division B, Part 9, of the Code as well as Supplementary Standards SB-1, SB-3, SB-7, and SB-12.

This online course contains literatures, handouts, vides, slides pictures, illustrations and quizzes. The course will provide you free code book recourses in electronic formant.  These free versions many not be the up-to-date version. It is encouraged that student shall porches the hard copy of current Ontario Building Code.

In this course, we will follow the construction procedure to build a house and demonstrate how to implement the OBC requirements in to the design. It is intended to help the participant understand the requirements of the OBC that apply to all Houses as defined in the OBC as a detached house, semi-detached house, townhouse or row house.

While this course will emphasize the Ministry of Municipal Affairs exam syllabus for Houses, participants must have a basic understanding of the OBC and requirements contained therein in order to be successful when taking the Ministry BCIN exams.

The topics covered in this course will be:
– Basics of Structural Design Requirements,
– Stairs, ramps, handrails and guards
– Spatial Fire Protection
– Sound Control
– Excavation
– footing and foundation wall construction
– Damp proofing, waterproofing and Soil Gas control
– Drainage
– Footings and foundations
– Attic and Roof Spaces
– ICF Walls
– Wood Frame Construction
– Heat transfer, air leakage and condensation control
– Energy efficiency for part 9 residential

Course length: total 10 classes. Each class will be 3 to 4 hours.

Course Duration: 26 weeks. Within 26 weeks (half year), you can join the online class any time any where. You can repeat the lessons as much as you want!