
September 28 - October 1, 2025
Annual Meeting &
Training Sessions

TECHNICAL SESSION CALENDAR
Monday September 29, 2025
Risk Management Tips for Municipal Building Departments

1:40 PM
Marianne Brown & Alison Orr
Orr Brown Consulting Engineers Ltd.
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Spatial Separation

1:40 PM
Jeremy Bender
Senez Co
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The Single-Stair Conundrum

1:40 PM
Laura King
NFPA
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Plumbing Inspections and code changes - "The good, the bad, and the ugly"

3:30 PM
Andrew Quattrociocchi
Quattro's Corner
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Inspecting Wood Trusses and Engineered Wood Products: A Practical Guide for Building Officials

3:30 PM
Steve Henwood, Mauricio Quijada, Katy Ransom, Wes Reid
Phoenix Building Components
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Tuesday September 30, 2025
Fire Stopping - Pipe Penetrations
Kevin Yong-Ping
IPEX

8:30 AM
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GFRP reinforcing in concrete structures and slabs
Gene Latour
VROD

8:30 AM
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Earthquake Loading - Calculation Breakdown
John Este

8:30 AM
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Navigating Applicable Law
Gerald Moore & Devon Staley
RSM Building Consultants

10:30 AM
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Archistar - AI session
Dr. Benjamin Coorey
Archistar

10:30 AM
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Trax CheckMate: Introducing AI-driven Permit Application Completeness Checking
Azam Khan
Trax Codes

1:40 PM
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From Plans to Performance: Navigating Engineered Wood in the OBC
Hailey Quiquero & Gerald Moore
Wood Works & RSM Building Consultants

1:40 PM
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OBC 2024 - HVAC Updates
Niss Feiner
HRAI

1:40 PM
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Panelization & off-site Construction methods
Mike Phillips
OSWA

3:30 PM
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Helical Piles - Code Compliancy, Installation, & Applications
Saad Qoq
Postech Screw Piles

3:30 PM
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ICC-ES Canada - Supporting Construction innovation in Canada
David Beauchamp
ICC Evaluation Service Canada

3:30 PM
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Wednesday October 1, 2025
Breaking Ground: Navigating Part 2 for Large Farm Buildings under the 2024 OBC
Bram Van den Heuvel & Tyler Griffith
Canadian Farm Builders Association / Tacoma Engineering

8:30 AM
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Radon and New Homes - Addressing lung cancer risk at the start
Pam Warkentin
C-NRPP / CARST

8:30 AM
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Acceptable Performance - What is it?
Jeremy Bender
Senez Co

8:30 AM
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Assessing OBC Compliance in Modular Construction Projects
Gerald Moore
RSM Building Consultants

10:30 AM
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Effective Retrofit Design Using Stone Wool: A Building Science Approach
Ali Al-Janabi
Rockwool

10:30 AM
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Promises, Pitfalls, and Practicaleities: Navigating AI in Building Inspections and Reviews
Aubrey LeBlanc & Leslie Wright
Cloud Permit

10:30 AM
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Legal Corner
Leo Longo & John Mascarin
Aird & Berlis Lawyers

1:40 PM
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Part 8 Sewage Systems - What Regulators Need to Know
Bill Goodale & Anne Egan
Tatham Engineering / Tiny Township & R.J. Burnside

1:40 PM
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And the Award goes to…Understanding the Value of a Home Building Label
Joe Vaccaro
EnerQuality

1:40 PM
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Ministry Updates
James Ross, Chetan Mistry & Andrea Taylor
MMAH

3:30 PM
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