Report submitted by Rawle Graham, BCC, Course coordinator
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Course Overview
3.0 Evaluations
4.0 Recommendations
5.0 Travel Costs
6.0 Appreciation
7.0 Sessions Reports
Week 1: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
Week 2: Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10
Week 3: Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 | Day 15
8.0 Appendix A: Course
Participants
9.0 Appendix B: Course
Materials
This report discusses the Building Inspectors Training Course, and presents the findings of the evaluations of the training modules and the overall training course, with some recommendations. A report on the activities of all the sessions of the training course is included.
This training course may be considered to have been satisfactorily conducted and the participants benefited from the training. This was supported by the responses to the evaluations the participants were asked to complete during and at the end of the training course. There were evaluations of the modules at the end of each module, and an overall evaluation of the training course. There was an early evaluation to determine if the arrangements and facilities were considered adequate. A special evaluation was done on the topic Building Codes, which was of greatest interest to most participants.
The training course was prepared, using the initial information provided, which said that some persons attending may have little training and experience of the technical issues involved in the building and development industry. However, the persons attending the training course ranged widely from somewhat experienced and qualified to very qualified in many Building, Development and related fields. This presented the greatest challenge to the prepared training schedule, and resulted in modifications of the initial training schedule to give greater emphasis to some topics and lesser emphasis to others. The area given greater emphasis was Building Codes, as this was the area of greatest interest to course participants.
There were visits to two different sites, which the participants felt would provide the broadest range of activities associated with Building Development. The sites were a coastal development and a housing development. Work is presently in progress at these sites, and they both had completed units as well as some units that were just started.
There were 15 participants who attended this training course, and they all received Certificates of Completion at the end of the course.
The range of presentations included demonstrations, site visits, slide presentations, overheads, and much discussion. The range of resource persons, was somewhat constrained by the existing high building and development activities going on in the country at this time. This was the reason stated by many resource persons from private practice and industry for their unavailability for presentations. This is reflected in the resource persons participating being mainly those from government institutions. This is not considered a disadvantage, but merely shows the perspective that was prevalent in the discussions.
Module 1: The evaluation of module 1 indicated that the participants considered
Module 2: The module 2 evaluation showed that
Module 3: Module 3 evaluation showed that
Training Course: The training course evaluation showed the following response to the questions below:
Venue: The training venue evaluation showed that the room and the supporting services and equipment were considered adequate for the training course.
Comments: The comments provided on the evaluation sheets showed that many participants felt that the course should be reduced to a 2-week course. This suggestion was taken up in the discussion to determine what topics could have been reduced or removed. There were no topics identified for removal, but a reduction of some topics was suggested, even though the topics suggested for reduction varied, with no one topic identified significantly more than others. The topic on Building Codes was the one topic that most persons felt they needed more time for.
Building Codes: This evaluation was done, as it was the topic that was most desired. The questions asked focused mainly on the extent to which building codes should apply. The majority of persons felt that all types of housing should be covered by the building codes. To the questions of alternatives to building codes, most persons felt that both "standards" and "competition" were not alternatives for providing quality.
The following were the travel costs for the site visits made as part of the training course:
Site visit to Port St. Charles Development |
$225.00 US |
Site visit to Cottage and Groves Housing Development | $175.00 US |
Total | $400.00 US |
I would like to mention here that there were requests for an extra three overseas participants to be included in the training course. These three persons were accommodated at Asta Beach Resort and they required daily transportation to the training venue. The costs for these arrangements have been received and are as follows:
Rooms for three persons | $4,220.27 US |
Room Tax | $316.53 US |
Breakfast for three persons | $304.70 US |
Food Tax | $45.71 US |
Total | $4,887.21 US |
Total for daily travel to training venue $105.00 US
I would like to express the appreciation of the Barbados Community College, and the Division of Technology in particular, to the Organization of American States for your confidence in us to conduct this Building Inspectors Training Course. We feel satisfied with the way things have gone, and with the expressions of satisfaction by the participants.
The following is a listing of the details of the training sessions with the names of the resource persons included.
MODULE 1 - SESSIONS
Day 1 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Directed by |
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Session 1 |
Opening |
Monday, |
19 |
Rawle Graham |
Presentation |
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Speeches by: Principal of Barbados Community College - Mrs. Norma Holder Director of Organization of American States - Mr. Wendell Goodin Consultant - Mr. Alwyn Wason. |
Day 1 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Building and Planning Laws |
Monday, |
15 |
George Browne |
Presentation |
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Importance of physical development plan in the planning
process. Processing of building applications. |
Day 1 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Building and Planning Laws |
Monday, |
15 |
Richard Gill |
Presentation |
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Planning legislation: principal act; development orders; regulations. |
Day 1 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Building and Planning Laws | Monday, |
15 |
Richard Gill |
Presentation |
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Planning legislation: principal act, development orders, regulations. |
Day 2 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Health and Environmental perspective) | Tuesday |
15 |
Carl Clarke |
Presentation |
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Development of standards; qualifications for performance; reporting and accountability. |
Day 2 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Health and Environmental perspective) | Tuesday |
15 |
Sylvan Catwell |
Presentation |
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Health Services regulations (building regulations.) |
Day 2 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Planning perspective) |
Tuesday |
15 |
William Bain |
Presentation |
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Discussion on features of Planning Acts. |
Day 2 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Planning perspective) |
Tuesday |
15 |
William Bain |
Presentation |
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Discussion on features of Planning Acts. |
Day 3 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Use of Building Codes |
Wednesday |
15 |
Jeffrey Headley |
Presentation |
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Regulatory, control, and enforcement |
Day 3 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Use of Building Codes |
Wednesday |
15 |
Carl Clarke |
Presentation |
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Reasons for codes, standards. |
Day 3 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Use of Building Codes |
Wednesday |
15 |
Jeffrey Headley |
Presentation |
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Implementation of codes |
Day 3 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Use of Building Codes |
Wednesday |
15 |
Jeffrey Headley |
Presentation |
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Implementation of codes |
Day 4 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Use of Building Codes |
Thursday |
14 |
Carl Clarke |
Presentation |
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Standards as they relate to structures, stone |
Day 4 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Use of Building Codes |
Thursday |
15 |
Carl Clarke |
Presentation |
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Standards as they relate to structures, timber |
Day 4 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Use of Building Codes |
Thursday |
15 |
Carl Clarke |
Presentation |
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Lighting, natural and artificial, ventilation |
Day 4 |
Module 1 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Use of Building Codes |
Thursday |
15 |
Andrew Hutchinson |
Presentation |
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The role of Building Codes. Alternatives to Building Codes: competition, standards. |
MODULE 2 - SESSIONS
Day 5 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Site layout and land use |
Friday |
15 |
Mark Cummins |
Presentation |
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Site planning considerations |
Day 5 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Site layout and land use |
Friday |
15 |
Mark Cummins |
Presentation |
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Site planning considerations. |
Day 5 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Site layout and land use (drainage consideration) |
Friday |
15 |
Charles Yearwood |
Presentation |
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Storm water management and site plans. |
Day 5 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Site layout and land use (drainage consideration) |
Friday |
15 |
Charles Yearwood |
Presentation |
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Storm water management and site plans. |
Day 6 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Drainage |
Monday |
14 |
Charles Yearwood |
Presentation |
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Drainage system off/on-site, catchment area; runoff |
Day 6 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Drainage |
Monday |
15 |
Charles Yearwood |
Presentation |
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Downstream flooding and erosion, , rainfall data, flood hydrological assessment. |
Day 6 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Site layout and land use |
Monday |
15 |
Mark Cummins |
Presentation |
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Preliminary site analysis |
Day 6 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Site layout and land use |
Monday |
15 |
Mark Cummins |
Presentation |
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Factors affecting site layout |
Day 7 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Access Roads |
Tuesday |
15 |
Charles Yearwood |
Presentation |
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Function of roads and linkages. Horizontal, and vertical control of roads. |
Day 7 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Access Roads |
Tuesday |
15 |
Charles Yearwood |
Presentation |
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Techniques of road design; road construction |
Day 7 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Site layout and land use |
Tuesday |
15 |
Mark Cummins |
Presentation |
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Physical development plan land use map |
Day 7 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Site layout and land use |
Tuesday |
15 |
Mark Cummins |
Presentation |
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Physical development plan land use map |
Day 8 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Water Supply |
Wednesday |
15 |
Sylvan Catwell |
Presentation |
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Hydrological cycle. Surface and groundwater treatment. |
Day 8 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Water Supply |
Wednesday |
15 |
Sylvan Catwell |
Presentation |
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Risk factors to drinking water quality. Source water protection. |
Day 8 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Sewerage |
Wednesday |
15 |
Carl Clarke |
Presentation |
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Sewerage systems: primary treatment, septic tanks, filters. |
Day 8 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Sewerage |
Wednesday |
15 |
Sylvan Catwell |
Presentation |
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Physical characteristics, chemical characteristics, bacterial and other microorganisms. |
Day 9 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Sewerage |
Thursday |
13 |
Sylvan Catwell |
Presentation |
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Wastewater treatment, classification. |
Day 9 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Persons |
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Session 2 |
Sewerage |
Thursday |
15 |
Sylvan Catwell Patrick Fergusson |
Presentation |
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Inspection of wastewater plants. Demonstration of physico-chemical examination of pH, dissolved oxygen and chlorine residual samples. |
Day 9 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Plumbing |
Thursday |
15 |
Elton Catline |
Presentation |
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Hot and cold-water plumbing; back flow prevention. |
Day 9 |
Module 2 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Plumbing |
Thursday |
14 |
Elton Catline |
Presentation |
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Hot and cold-water plumbing; back flow prevention. Water storage tanks. |
MODULE 3 - SESSIONS
Day 10 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Coastal, hurricane and earthquake damage |
Friday |
15 |
Tony Gibbs |
Presentation |
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Slide presentation on coastal, hurricane and earthquake
damage in Caribbean Countries. Discussion included some causes of failures to buildings and structures. |
Day 10 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Hurricane and earthquake resistant construction |
Friday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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Building authority approval. Roof to wall connections; wind code. |
Day 10 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Site Visit |
Friday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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A tour of Port St. Charles Marina Development was conducted by Mr. Peter Johnson, project manager |
Day 10 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Site Visit |
Friday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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A tour of Port St. Charles Marina Development was conducted by Mr. Peter Johnson, project manager |
Day 11 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction |
Monday |
14 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Slides on hurricane destruction to buildings in the Caribbean. Discussion on causes of damage and destruction of buildings. |
Day 11 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
|
Session 2 |
Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction |
Monday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Materials used in reinforced concrete, admixtures. Quality control and concrete placement. |
Day 11 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Timber frame, walls, floor and roof construction |
Monday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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Timber construction, properties of timber, use of timber as a structural material |
Day 11 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Timber frame, walls, floor and roof construction |
Monday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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Availability of timber, timber preservation, laminated timber sections. |
Day 12 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
|
Session 1 |
Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction |
Tuesday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Reinforced concrete design. Bending moments and shear force. |
Day 12 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
|
Session 2 |
Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction |
Tuesday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Non-destructive testing of reinforced concrete structures
using Schmidt Hammer and Micro-Covermeter equipment Repair to reinforced concrete structures. |
Day 12 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Masonry wall construction |
Tuesday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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Structural provisions for walls in building code |
Day 12 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Masonry wall construction |
Tuesday |
15 |
Richard Grazette |
Presentation |
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Standards for concrete blocks |
Day 13 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction | Wednesday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Construction of reinforced concrete and timber structures to resist earthquakes. |
Day 13 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
|
Session 2 |
Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction |
Wednesday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Construction of reinforced concrete and timber structures to resist earthquakes. |
Day 13 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Building Codes |
Wednesday |
15 |
Jeffrey Headley |
Presentation |
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Monitoring Enforcement of Building Codes |
Day 13 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Building Codes |
Wednesday |
15 |
Jeffrey Headley |
Presentation |
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Monitoring enforcement of Building Codes |
Day 14 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Structural steel frame |
Thursday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Design and construction of steel structures. Design of bolted and welded connections in steel structures. |
Day 14 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Prefabricated buildings and proprietary systems |
Thursday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Design and construction of precast reinforced concrete elements. |
Day 14 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 3 |
Site Visit |
Thursday |
15 |
Rawle Graham |
Presentation |
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Visited housing development for concrete houses, timber houses, and starter houses. Mr.Ivan Sealy, from Ministry of Housing conducted the tour. |
Day 14 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 4 |
Site Visit |
Thursday |
14 |
Rawle Graham |
Presentation |
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Visited housing development for concrete houses, timber houses, and starter houses. Mr.Ivan Sealy, from Ministry of Housing conducted the tour. |
Day 15 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 1 |
Prefabricated buildings and proprietary systems |
Friday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Overview of Barbados Building Code. Review of topics covered |
Day 15 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Person |
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Session 2 |
Prefabricated buildings and proprietary systems |
Friday |
15 |
Philip Tudor |
Presentation |
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Overview of Barbados Building Code. Review of topics covered |
Day 15 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of participants |
Resource Persons |
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Session 3 |
Discussion and Evaluation |
Friday |
15 |
Richard Grazette and Rawle
Graham |
Presentation |
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Discussion to try to identify areas that may be shortened or
lengthened in the Training Course. Course evaluation questionnaires completed. |
Day 15 |
Module 3 |
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Name |
Date |
Number of persons |
Directed by |
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Session 4 |
Closing Ceremony |
Friday October 15, 1999 |
20 |
Rawle Graham |
Presentation |
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Overview of Building Inspectors Training Course by Rawle
Graham, Coordinator Remarks by Mrs. Norma Holder, Principal of Barbados Community College Presentation of "Certificates of Completion" to participants by Mr. Wendell Gooding, Director of Organization of American States, Barbados office. Vote of Thanks and remarks by Mr. Raphael Francis, participant from Dominica |
Surname |
First Name |
Country |
Cruz | David | Belize |
Francis | Raphael | Dominica |
Frederick | Cecil | Grenada |
Grant | Ron | Barbados |
Hannibal | Crofton | Grenada |
Herbert | Wade | Barbados |
Louis | Cosmos | St. Lucia |
Malcolm | Burkley | Turks and Caicos |
Mangal | Timothy | St. Lucia |
Moses | Urias | Dominica |
Didier Nicholas | Delia | St. Lucia |
Robinson | James | Belize |
St. Louis | Margaret Ann | St. Lucia |
Trotman | Cameron | Barbados |
Watters | Edward | Belize |
Materials prepared for, or presented in the training course are included in the hard copy of this report.