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June 9, 2025 Chapter Meeting

Bearing Pin Piers

Please join us as we dive into Bearing Pin Piers as an Alternate to Conventional Concrete Deck Footings, presented by Roger Axel.

Bearing pin piers have been around for a long time but few contractors, as well as building departments, have had much exposure to their use for deck footings/foundations. This class outlines the history of the bearing pin pier system as an alternate method of providing a footing/foundation system for supporting construction projects. This removes the need for extensive excavation for installing traditional concrete footings for decks.

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May 19, 10am-12 pm Final Meeting for final voting on the Model Low Energy and Carbon Code

The Energy Code Board will meet next Monday, May 19, 2025 from 10:00am - 12:00pm MT. During this meeting, the Board will be considering remaining proposals to modify the Model Low Energy and Carbon Code, which will result in the development of the final draft of the model code. This meeting will be the final Board meeting prior to final voting on the Model Low Energy and Carbon Code, which will occur in Meetings 29 (5/27/25) and 30 (5/30/25). You can find details for the meeting in the Meeting 28 agenda.

Members of the public interested in attending the meeting can register via Zoom or livestream the meeting on CEO's Youtube page. The links to register for the remaining meetings of the Board can be found in the  Model Low Energy and Carbon Code meeting schedule.

If you have any questions regarding Meeting 28, the Energy Code Board, or the Model Low Energy and Carbon Code, please reach out to Adam Berry (adam.berry@state.co.us).

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Sawn Lumber Grade Marks and Alternatives to Grade Marks

 

Sawn Lumber Grade Marks and Alternatives to Grade Marks

A grade mark is the most common way of identifying important structural properties and quality of sawn lumber in accordance with US DOC PS 20 American Lumber Standard.

Occasionally, state legislation is proposed that would create an exception to grading and grade marking of sawn lumber, allowing the use of locally-sourced, sawn lumber in residential construction or an associated accessory structure. The law seldom goes into detail on how the lumber grade is to be assigned or how to ensure that the material is locally-sourced, leaving it to the building official to deal with the challenges of permitting use of unmarked lumber of potentially unknown origin to meet intent of the code in terms of quality and safety. 

Often, the laws are unnecessary, since the International Residential Code (IRC) has provisions for use of sawn lumber that has no grade mark. Section R502.1.1 of the 2021 IRC allows the use of a certificate of inspection issued by a recognized lumber grading or inspection agency in lieu of a grade mark:

“R502.1.1 Sawn lumber. Sawn lumber shall be identified by a grade mark of an accredited lumber grading or inspection agency and have design values certified by an accreditation body that complies with DOC PS 20. In lieu of a grade mark, a certificate of inspection issued by a lumber grading or inspection agency meeting the requirements of this section shall be accepted.”

Identification of sawn lumber conformance to requirements of US DOC PS 20 American Lumber Standard, either by grade mark on each individual piece or through a certificate of inspection, is fundamental to safe use in accordance with the code. Without knowing the grade of sawn lumber, the IRC prescriptive designs, including the span tables based on structural properties of graded sawn lumber, cannot be used and engineered designs cannot be performed due to lack of design values.

The American Lumber Standards Committee (www.alsc.org) has contact information of recognized lumber grading and inspection agencies throughout the country. These agencies can help identify local grading services that are able to issue a certificate of inspection for sawn lumber that is not grade marked.

 

 

 

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Important Request to local Building Departments

 

The Division of Housing's Building Codes & Standards Section which regulates modular construction state-wide is making an urgent request for your consideration. Please review the first attachment for specific details. During this unprecedented time, we ask for your assistance in helping move forward modular construction projects occurring in your jurisdiction in order to help house Coloradans faster.

We have created some flexibility in our process as we work to address our staffing shortage (please see second and third attachments). We ask you to accept this temporary alternative process to help address Colorado's housing crisis by allowing the site work for modular construction to also begin with a third-party plan review approval in place as we work to review and approve all modular construction plans and get our approved set of plans out to ensure safety and code compliance.

 

Thank you for your consideration and please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.

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Maulid Miskell

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