{"id":22046,"date":"2013-09-20T16:57:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T16:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=846"},"modified":"2013-09-20T16:57:05","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T16:57:05","slug":"local-265-shares-smart-expertise-with-building-inspectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/local-265-shares-smart-expertise-with-building-inspectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Local 265 Shares SMART Expertise With Building Inspectors","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/illinois-building-inspectors.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-858\" style=\"margin: 5px;border: 2px solid black\" alt=\"illinois building inspectors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/illinois-building-inspectors-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Every two years, Local 265 in Carol Stream, IL, offers the Building Inspector Program, a day-long course that teaches building inspectors how to better inspect HVAC systems. This year, the demand was so great that Local 265 offered the eight-hour course four days in a row, educating about 100 building inspectors in HVAC basics. \u201cThe turn-out was phenomenal,\u201d said Dennis Moran, Local 265 Director of Training. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. We were getting party crashers, people from other counties\u201d outside of Local 265\u2019s area.<br \/>\nThe main goal of the course is to teach building inspectors how to properly evaluate HVAC systems for structural integrity. The program was started in 1994 in order to help inspectors do their jobs better and was in part a community-oriented initiative. After all, building inspectors help ensure that homes and neighborhoods maintain their value.<br \/>\nHowever, due to the demands of the job, the average building inspector is often, as Moran put it, \u201ca jack of all trades and master of none.\u201d The inspectors in the Local 265 area might be electricians, plumbers, or fire fighters. Typically, they are not sheet metal workers, so they are largely unfamiliar with duct design principles. Consequently, inspectors jump at the chance to address this gap in their knowledge: \u201cAll these building inspectors are dying for training,\u201d Moran emphasized. As an added incentive, the Building Inspector Program also counts as continuing education units (CEUs), a requirement for many building inspectors to maintain their certification.<br \/>\nAs for the course itself, Moran summed up its focus this way: \u201cWe\u2019re not teaching them code. They know the code. We don\u2019t. But we know heating and air conditioning.\u201d Moran and his fellow Local 265 instructors Joseph Carone, Tim Donovan, and David St. Peter have taken the base Building Inspector Program (BIP) offered by iTi and adapted it to the needs of their course. What they have produced is a hands-on learning experience that provides participants with a primer on HVAC basics and gives them a chance to get their hands a little dirty. Participants find out about duct design, airflow, proper fittings, and load calculations\u2014and they get to experience a duct blaster and a door blower test. Furthermore, they learn how to identify good and bad sheet metal construction through a physical comparison of different duct elements, like corners.<br \/>\nThe team spends time educating participants about \u201cgood, better, and best\u201d duct design, especially when it comes to energy consumption. Uninformed building inspectors can overlook duct design as a source of energy efficiency, so taking the time to inform them is crucial. Local 265\u2019s training emphasizes that \u201cbetter and best\u201d duct design is ideal.<br \/>\nThe training team also invites outside speakers to come in and discuss different elements of the sheet metal industry. This year, Jack Lagershausen from the Air Diffusion Council, which promotes the use of flex duct, presented on flex duct and duct connectors. Wally Kurzeja from Air Products Equipment Company, a local sheet metal supplier, discussed elements of Fire Life Safety systems, such as fire damper installation and inspection, as well as new designs and installation techniques. At the end of the course, participants get a complimentary handbook and a certificate of achievement. What Local 265 gets in return for its efforts are building inspectors who become walking, talking advertisements for SMART training and union expertise. \u201cThis is excellent PR for [the union],\u201d said Moran. \u201cWe show them what we train our people with, and they love it.\u201d<br \/>\nIndeed, comments from course participants demonstrate how impressed they are with the training. \u201cExcellent presentation, learned something from every speaker \u201c and \u201cvery informative and worthwhile, great job!\u201d are just a selection of the extremely positive feedback that the Local 265 training team receives. Some participants even call the course \u201cbetter than the ICC\u201d (the International Code Council) and praise the practical application aspect of the course: \u201cFinally some practical knowledge about the codes. The demonstrations were very helpful.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, what really pleases Moran and his fellow instructors the most is when building inspectors contact them for guidance on the codes. \u201cUsually, for four months [following the course], building inspectors, when they\u2019re not sure of something, they\u2019ll call us. They know we\u2019re well-trained and knowledgeable,\u201d Moran said. This is a tremendous validation of SMART expertise. The building inspectors are often the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) on a site, and they choose to contact Local 265 when they have questions. As Moran says, \u201cThese building officials know where they should go for the best opinion when they\u2019re out in the field.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information on the Building Inspector Program, please contact Dennis Moran at Dennis@smw265.org<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every two years, Local 265 in Carol Stream, IL, offers the Building Inspector Program, a day-long course that teaches building inspectors how to better inspect HVAC systems. 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