CDMP/BCC Building Inspector Training: Final Report

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

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.

4.0 Recommendations

5.0 Travel Costs

The following were the travel costs for the site visits made as part of the training course:

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:

6.0 Appreciation

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.

7.0 Sessions Reports

The following is a listing of the details of the training sessions with the names of the resource persons included.

Day 2	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Health and Environmental perspective)	Tuesday September 28, 1999	15	Carl Clarke Certificate, Public Health Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Development of standards; qualifications for performance; reporting and accountability.

Day 2	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Health and Environmental perspective)	Tuesday September 28, 1999	15	Sylvan Catwell MSc, Water Pollution Control BSc, Environmental Engineering (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Health Services regulations (building regulations.)

Day 2	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Planning perspective)	Tuesday September 28, 1999	15	William Bain BA (Hons.) (Town Planner in private practice)
Presentation
Discussion on features of Planning Acts.

Day 2	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Role of the building inspector in control of construction and developments (Planning perspective)	Tuesday September 28, 1999	15	William Bain BA (Hons.) (Town Planner in private practice)
Presentation
Discussion on features of Planning Acts.

Day 3

Day 3	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Use of Building Codes	Wednesday September 29, 1999	15	Jeffrey Headley MSc, Environmental Management BSc, Civil Engineering (Chief Environmental Engineer)
Presentation
Regulatory, control, and enforcement

Day 3	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Use of Building Codes	Wednesday September 29, 1999	15	Carl Clarke Certificate, Public Health Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Reasons for codes, standards.

Day 3	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Use of Building Codes	Wednesday September 29, 1999	15	Jeffrey Headley MSc, Environmental Management BSc, Civil Engineering (Chief Environmental Engineer)
Presentation
Implementation of codes

Day 3	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Use of Building Codes	Wednesday September 29, 1999	15	Jeffrey Headley MSc, Environmental Management BSc, Civil Engineering. (Chief Environmental Engineer)
Presentation
Implementation of codes

Day 4

Day 4	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Use of Building Codes	Thursday September 30, 1999	14	Carl Clarke Certificate, Public Health Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Standards as they relate to structures, stone

Day 4	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Use of Building Codes	Thursday September 30, 1999	15	Carl Clarke Certificate, Public Health Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Standards as they relate to structures, timber

Day 4	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Use of Building Codes	Thursday September 30, 1999	15	Carl Clarke Certificate, Public Health Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Lighting, natural and artificial, ventilation

Day 4	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Use of Building Codes	Thursday September 30, 1999	15	Andrew Hutchinson BSc, C.ENG, MICE, MBAPE (Consulting Engineer)
Presentation
The role of Building Codes. Alternatives to Building Codes: competition, standards.

MODULE 2 - SESSIONS

Day 5

Day 5	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Site layout and land use	Friday October 1, 1999	15	Mark Cummins Master of City Planning (MCP) (Chief Town Planner)
Presentation
Site planning considerations

Day 5	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Site layout and land use	Friday October 1, 1999	15	Mark Cummins Master of City Planning (MCP) (Chief Town Planner)
Presentation
Site planning considerations.

Day 5	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Site layout and land use (drainage consideration)	Friday October 1, 1999	15	Charles Yearwood BSc (Hons.) Physical Planning and environmental Resource Certificate, Water Management (Senior Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Storm water management and site plans.

Day 5	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Site layout and land use (drainage consideration)	Friday October 1, 1999	15	Charles Yearwood BSc (Hons.) Physical Planning and environmental Resource Certificate, Water Management (Senior Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Storm water management and site plans.

Day 6

Day 6	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Drainage	Monday October 4, 1999	14	Charles Yearwood BSc (Hons.) Physical Planning and environmental Resource Certificate, Water Management (Senior Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Drainage system off/on-site, catchment area; runoff

Day 6	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Drainage	Monday October 4, 1999	15	Charles Yearwood BSc (Hons.) Physical Planning and environmental Resource Certificate, Water Management (Senior Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Downstream flooding and erosion, , rainfall data, flood hydrological assessment.

Day 6	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Site layout and land use	Monday October 4, 1999	15	Mark Cummins Master of City Planning (MCP) (Chief Town Planner)
Presentation
Preliminary site analysis

Day 6	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Site layout and land use	Monday October 4, 1999	15	Mark Cummins Master of City Planning (MCP) (Chief Town Planner)
Presentation
Factors affecting site layout

Day 7

Day 7	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Access Roads	Tuesday October 5, 1999	15	Charles Yearwood BSc (Hons.) Physical Planning and environmental Resource Certificate, Water Management (Senior Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Function of roads and linkages. Horizontal, and vertical control of roads.

Day 7	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Access Roads	Tuesday October 5, 1999	15	Charles Yearwood BSc (Hons.) Physical Planning and environmental Resource Certificate, Water Management (Senior Technical Officer, Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Techniques of road design; road construction

Day 7	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Site layout and land use	Tuesday October 5, 1999	15	Mark Cummins Master of City Planning (MCP) (Chief Town Planner)
Presentation
Physical development plan – land use map

Day 7	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Site layout and land use	Tuesday October 5, 1999	15	Mark Cummins Master of City Planning (MCP) (Chief Town Planner)
Presentation
Physical development plan – land use map

Day 8

Day 8	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Water Supply	Wednesday October 6, 1999	15	Sylvan Catwell MSc, Water Pollution Control BSc, Environmental Engineering (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Hydrological cycle. Surface and groundwater treatment.

Day 8	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Water Supply	Wednesday October 6, 1999	15	Sylvan Catwell MSc, Water Pollution Control BSc, Environmental Engineering (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Risk factors to drinking water quality. Source water protection.

Day 8	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Sewerage	Wednesday October 6, 1999	15	Carl Clarke Certificate, Public Health Certificate, Occupational Health & Safety (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Sewerage systems: primary treatment, septic tanks, filters.

Day 8	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Sewerage	Wednesday October 6, 1999	15	Sylvan Catwell MSc, Water Pollution Control BSc, Environmental Engineering (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Physical characteristics, chemical characteristics, bacterial and other microorganisms.

Day 9

Day 9	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Sewerage	Thursday October 7, 1999	13	Sylvan Catwell MSc, Water Pollution Control BSc, Environmental Engineering (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant)
Presentation
Wastewater treatment, classification.

Day 9	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Persons
Session 2	Sewerage	Thursday October 7, 1999	15	Sylvan Catwell MSc, Water Pollution Control BSc, Environmental Engineering (Senior Environmental Engineering Assistant) Patrick Fergusson Associate, Environmental Technology - Water Treatment
Presentation
Inspection of wastewater plants. Demonstration of physico-chemical examination of pH, dissolved oxygen and chlorine residual samples.

Day 9	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Plumbing	Thursday October 7, 1999	15	Elton Catline Higher National Certificate (HNC) (Instructor at Polytechnic)
Presentation
Hot and cold-water plumbing; back flow prevention.

Day 9	Module 2
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Plumbing	Thursday October 7, 1999	14	Elton Catline Higher National Certificate (HNC) (Instructor at Polytechnic)
Presentation
Hot and cold-water plumbing; back flow prevention. Water storage tanks.

MODULE 3 - SESSIONS

Day 10

Day 10	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Coastal, hurricane and earthquake damage	Friday October 8, 1999	15	Tony Gibbs BSc DCT(Leeds), CEng (Consulting Structural Engineer)
Presentation
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
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Hurricane and earthquake resistant construction	Friday October 8, 1999	15	Richard Grazette BSc, Civil Enginering (Head of Civil Engineering at College)
Presentation
Building authority approval. Roof to wall connections; wind code.

Day 10	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Site Visit	Friday October 8, 1999	15	Richard Grazette Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
A tour of Port St. Charles Marina Development was conducted by Mr. Peter Johnson, project manager

Day 10	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Site Visit	Friday October 8, 1999	15	Richard Grazette Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
A tour of Port St. Charles Marina Development was conducted by Mr. Peter Johnson, project manager

Day 11

Day 11	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction	Monday October 11, 1999	14	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Slides on hurricane destruction to buildings in the Caribbean. Discussion on causes of damage and destruction of buildings.

Day 11	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction	Monday October 11, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Materials used in reinforced concrete, admixtures. Quality control and concrete placement.

Day 11	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Timber frame, walls, floor and roof construction	Monday October 11, 1999	15	Richard Grazette BSc, Civil Enginering (Head of Building & Civil Engineering at College)
Presentation
Timber construction, properties of timber, use of timber as a structural material

Day 11	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Timber frame, walls, floor and roof construction	Monday October 11, 1999	15	Richard Grazette BSc, Civil Enginering (Head of Building & Civil Engineering at College)
Presentation
Availability of timber, timber preservation, laminated timber sections.

Day 12

Day 12	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction	Tuesday October 12, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Reinforced concrete design. Bending moments and shear force.

Day 12	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction	Tuesday October 12, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Non-destructive testing of reinforced concrete structures using Schmidt Hammer and Micro-Covermeter equipment Repair to reinforced concrete structures.

Day 12	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Masonry wall construction	Tuesday October 12, 1999	15	Richard Grazette BSc, Civil Enginering (Head of Building & Civil Engineering at College)
Presentation
Structural provisions for walls in building code

Day 12	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Masonry wall construction	Tuesday October 12, 1999	15	Richard Grazette BSc, Civil Enginering (Head of Building & Civil Engineering at College)
Presentation
Standards for concrete blocks

Day 13

Day 13	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction	Wednesday October 13, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Construction of reinforced concrete and timber structures to resist earthquakes.

Day 13	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Reinforced concrete frame, floors and roof construction	Wednesday October 13, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Construction of reinforced concrete and timber structures to resist earthquakes.

Day 13	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Building Codes	Wednesday October 13, 1999	15	Jeffrey Headley MSc, Environmental Management BSc, Civil Engineering (Chief Environmental Engineer)
Presentation
Monitoring Enforcement of Building Codes

Day 13	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Building Codes	Wednesday October 13, 1999	15	Jeffrey Headley MSc, Environmental Management BSc, Civil Engineering (Chief Environmental Engineer)
Presentation
Monitoring enforcement of Building Codes

Day 14

Day 14	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Structural steel frame	Thursday October 14, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Design and construction of steel structures. Design of bolted and welded connections in steel structures.

Day 14	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Prefabricated buildings and proprietary systems	Thursday October 14, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Design and construction of precast reinforced concrete elements.

Day 14	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 3	Site Visit	Thursday October 14, 1999	15	Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
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
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 4	Site Visit	Thursday October 14, 1999	14	Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
Visited housing development for concrete houses, timber houses, and starter houses. Mr.Ivan Sealy, from Ministry of Housing conducted the tour.

Day 15

Day 15	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 1	Prefabricated buildings and proprietary systems	Friday October 15, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Overview of Barbados Building Code. Review of topics covered

Day 15	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Person
Session 2	Prefabricated buildings and proprietary systems	Friday October 15, 1999	15	Philip Tudor MSc, Civil Engineering (Senior Engineer Ministry of Public Works)
Presentation
Overview of Barbados Building Code. Review of topics covered

Day 15	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Resource Persons
Session 3	Discussion and Evaluation	Friday October 15, 1999	15	Richard Grazette and Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
Discussion to try to identify areas that may be shortened or lengthened in the Training Course. Course evaluation questionnaires completed.

Day 15	Module 3
	Name	Date	Number of persons	Directed by
Session 4	Closing Ceremony	Friday October 15, 1999	20	Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
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

Appendix A: Course Participants

Appendix B: Course Materials

Materials prepared for, or presented in the training course are included in the hard copy of this report.

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

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

Building Inspector Training Course: Final Report

Course held at the Pomarine Hotel, Barbados
27 September-15 October 1999

Barbados Community College | Division of Technology

Organization of American States
General Secretariat
Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment

USAID-OAS Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
October 1999

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Course Overview

3.0 Evaluations

4.0 Recommendations

5.0 Travel Costs

6.0 Appreciation

7.0 Sessions Reports

Appendix A: Course Participants

Appendix B: Course Materials

Day 1	Module 1
	Name	Date	Number of participants	Directed by
Session 1	Opening	Monday, September 27, 1999	19	Rawle Graham (Coordinator)
Presentation
Speeches by: Principal of Barbados Community College - Mrs. Norma Holder Director of Organization of American States - Mr. Wendell Goodin Consultant - Mr. Alwyn Wason.

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