Hi everyone,
I wanted to share the 2020 New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Firestop class schedule with anyone who wants to join us for a little fun.
There are three classes where you can find me this semester and they are all new. I have completely reformatted the 1705.17 Firestop Special Inspection Class. We will have a class on Firestop Common Problems. We will have a Learn and Burn, but you will only get one shot at this class.
1705.17- FIRESTOP SPECIAL INSPECTION
What does the class cover:
- When is special inspection required and when is it not?
- Who can do the work?
- What does the special inspector look at?
- What do they NOT look at?
- We will take the codes and standards and pull them together so you can apply them on your next project
- How do I know if the person on the site is capable and qualified?
We have completely revamped this class from the previous one, so it presents the information in a much more user friendly way. We hope you agree and we look forward to seeing you there.
Please know that this class is not designed to teach you HOW to do the work. That information can’t be jammed into a one day course. IMHO. This class covers just the basics to determine if you have the right person doing firestop special inspection on your team, or not.
Who is the class designed for:
Building Inspectors: Special Inspection of firestop is not currently something you can get a state approval for. Here is the Special Inspector Certification Handbook. As the document says, “There are eight separate types of Special Inspector certification each of which has its own requirements…” You will notice that firestop is NOT one of the 8. That means each individual jurisdiction is responsible for approving a special inspector. This class will help you do that.
Building Owners & Architects: Did you know that the architect, is responsible for reviewing the inspector and approving them, as well as reviewing and approving the inspection reports. We will get into that for both the AOR and the AHJ.
The classes will be held on April 7th in Mays Landing and May 6 in Budd Lake 2020
FIRESTOP- COMMON ISSUES
What does the class cover:
Hold on to your hat if you come to this class, because we have a WHOLE LOT of information to throw at you and then we have to pull it all back together so it makes sense before we are done. We will start the class with the basics, vocabulary, building codes and standards so we make sure everyone is on the same page. I know that sounds BOOORING right?!? It won’t be because in the middle of all this we will break into some magic tricks (I’m very serious about this!- MAGIC TRICKS that you will use on your job sites and people will wonder…”How’d they do that!”)
- If you are on a concrete project, you will have a few new tricks to review firestop
- If you have a hollow core concrete project, we are going to scare you a little (sorry…not sorry)
- If you are on a wood framed project we will go over some of the most common issues you want to keep an eye out for
- If you are on a Hambro style project (Concrete over metal deck with gypsum ceiling all part of the rated assembly), the magic trick will require more work, but I know you will be capable when we are done and you will be armed with a whole new way to look at firestop.
- Any type of construction will have gypsum walls so we will throw a bit of that at you as well.
If you come to this class, get a good nights sleep and a big cup of coffee. We are going to go fast all day long and you will look at firestop differently when we are done.
Who is the class designed for:
This class is great for anyone who ever looks at firestop. Facilities Managers, Building Inspectors, Arson Investigators, GC’s, any sub involved in firestop whether they self perform firestop or not, Insurance Investigators, Architects & Engineers and more. Don’t tell anyone but this is a fun class. Let’s just say, you won’t be in your seat the whole day.
The classes will be held on April 2 in Whippany, April 30 in Atlantic City Ballys, and May 7th in Waretown 2020
LEARN AND BURN!
I am so excited to bring this class to you and before I tell you about it I have to give a HUGE shout out to STI for hosting it for us. We could not do this without them. We can handle the learn part in any classroom or any job site, but the burn part we need their help. STI has a burn facility where they test their firestop through penetrations and rated joints and you get to see where it all happens, and how it happens. We have been talking about this for two years and we finally pulled all the pieces together.
I can’t wait to see you there!
What does the class cover:
You see this firestop smeared all over the place and some people wonder if it really works. This class you will get to see for yourself. We will put a gypsum wall on a furnace and BURN IT!!! Well, we will subject it to a mini burn. (Trust me you don’t want to sit there watching a wall for an hour…its almost like watching paint dry, but it smells worse!) So we will do an abbreviated burn test, complete with the hose stream test. (That part is impressive) We will talk codes and standards and a little about how to dig into a firestop submittal, because that is the key to getting the firestop right.
Who is the class designed for:
This is another class that would be great for anyone who ever looks at firestop. Are you a Facilities Manager, Building Inspector, Arson Investigator, GC, any sub involved in firestop, Insurance Investigator, Architect & Engineer and more. Join us for our LEARN AND BURN at STI in Somerville NJ on May 13th 2020!
If you want to register for any of these classes or see the other classes offer by Rutgers and DCA go to this link for more information.
If you have questions about firestop before the class, feel free to reach out to me. I am happy to help if I am able. SEE YOU IN CLASS THIS SPRING!