Introduction to Building Codes (California Specific) (Online Self-Paced)

This course is intended to provide a history, purpose and use of the California Building Code. Building Codes provide protections by limiting the potential hazards in a building and requiring certain design requirements to provide the occupants with a safe environment in which to live and work. Building Codes are sets of regulations adopted by governmental agencies to ensure that buildings are built in a safe manner. People have expectations that when they enter a building they will be safe from inherent dangers caused by natural or man-made disasters. This course will discuss how the Code supports those goals.