Small Residential Buildings Code Workshop
On August 13, 2019, the Department of Buildings and Homebuilders Association of Greater Chicago hosted a workshop that covered the key changes for new construction of small residential buildings in the modernized Chicago Building Code. Lew Wilson, Principal Emeritus of Sullivan, Goulette & Wilson Architects and chair of the small residential committee of the code rewrite and Carl Baldassarra, a Principal at Wiss, Janney Elstner and Associates in Northbrook, Illinois, who led the Fire Life & Safety Committee, joined Deputy Commissioner Grant Ullrich to highlight the ways in which the new code will change code requirements for small residential buildings.
The video of the full session is available below. The video is also available in segments on the Department of Buildings' YouTube channel.
VIDEO: "Using Chicago’s New Construction Codes for Small Residential Buildings"