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MEstan * i o _ _ _ _ i aaoamaraameceemmarecoancmpnazgren \! w c Te kssz es > 3 ,% f | | _ . To / July 6,2005 Ing IND E e code 6 Mary Ross collected two awards at the 2005 °/ ol _ _ _ _ ME eCc‘ _ Con\llsgfigog. She isfpifitUrEd above with Paul and Karen * ld F f l ® t f ; donors of the Johnâ€"Paul Is| i Scholarship. Mary also won the Woag}gr ’\\f\fon%o;a’ls Bul ers ee lmpac 0 Institute Award. uzes 2 e & pppomeap â€"mwemas . building code changes 8 m_ ~‘* W s by GINA GILLESPIE > e | 5 10y â€" * . 2 e sc The Independent ! \ C | 3 . g $ . â€" e $ ~â€".> * fhaoa It began as a means to _ Wt k 2. t wl ol H es m J strearnline procedures and < m e l [ ) ~~ ’“‘%,;fi;â€" #5 T â€" Cag Y improve the quality of buildâ€" + w § in "¢ 52t . j; # 1Â¥ «. ' «.( e ing construction in Ontario. \\6 | 1 °27 p,. tA T. y _ CR F % Y But Bill 124, which makes _( â€"_ _ ~WH IL 3f g?â€"';;‘ % ““E';‘;r’ W § changes to the Building Code _ (s>~ JA 10B S L. 3. C s x oxt p Act, 1992, is creating more _ |" _ Â¥ 2ifi B a ‘1 5+ Cramahe‘s Valerie Puffer earned two awards for her problems than solutions for [\ _ fi 11860 fa c# | 1. efforts. Mike Thompson presents her with the Brighton local builders and designers. _ | _ \-% i e ‘» 1O _ § 5 Rotary Service Above Self Award. She also won the W. The _ changes _ involve | . .i o UE E6. [ ~ M. Sprung Award for Math and Physics. mandatory qualifications for :‘f" ho iR % § 4 E. ‘;;rff_ 'T_';l & § peacs 7 & &\ is bluilding foffécials, certaig ,;f"__'g,' is s ; E :“L % y * eaes id i osst ) classes of designers an e se e ~Toal _ 1| wl td s ‘v-:l/'â€" y # t Registered Code Agencies k . â€"~ e‘ 3.!:?;%», E'“:“f’ Â¥nant â€" £5 â€" Y o E_ *) (RCAs), including a requireâ€" % s _ l € e g 9. e ; ment for professional indemâ€" _ |â€" .,, ~ es * . 8\ 7 C 9e es E 3 \<% nity insurance. t P _ D se t c 0 C Evet '»n a 4 What this means, inâ€"part, is _ | i. *A goritte. "â€"â€" _0 hi e . 395 ’ i+ that a builder who used to _ | sama i [ eR es o2 ES éi‘:z" is draw his or her own building C N@eL _ We s i Cns { 3& :‘:“:‘ 5 e plans must now take training Cindy Woods photo & g C through the Ministry of _ Rick Jones, chief building official for the \ ;E" \ | N\““\_C‘P“\ Affairs _ and Municipality of Brighton, says changes to the buildâ€" ~g | Housing (MAH) to become ‘jpg code will create hardships for local builders. m | registered and/or qualified. A C ‘ | Plans drawn up by an unregâ€" _ berland County in building in _ the timeframe remains tight \i Mele _ _ sw _____ _ _ S istered person will not be _ the last couple of years," says _ "Right now, all the builders § Sarah Kilpatrick brings home the Brighton and District approved for a building per Mr. Jones. "We‘re setting â€" are out building homes. It‘s s Chamber of Commerce Award. mit Despite years of creating _ records in our building stats, their gravy season. They suitable drawings, builders â€" and there‘s more of the same _ don‘t have time to go for a fe 443 and designers must now find _ coming for the future." oneâ€"week course," says Mr. y c yalll, the time and money to get _ For custom home builder _ Jones. Despite working for 13 °C t JP the required training. Len Kuipers, the new requireâ€" . years as a home inspector, 3 [ 2 ~H "No insurance company _ ments are an inconvenience, â€" having taken a multitude of S i _ Y .. | wanted to touch these designâ€" _ and will add to the cost of a _ courses over a 15â€"year period, § *i{}\ Y s j ers, because it‘s an unknown home, but he sees the and having a college educaâ€" “\, J f 2‘ es c c __ commodity, so they hike the _ changes as mostly positive. _ tion, Mr. Jones still requires 4 = 1‘3"" o s insurance up big time," says _ "Generally for the compaâ€" _ three or four courses himself j °T tA 0 & C | Rick Jones, chief building offiâ€" _ nies that do good work and _ to be awarded advanced staâ€" { _»: K C\ _4 d 4 cial for the Municipality of _ do proper design, it‘s not a . tus. A 7t . J ~ 37â€" nâ€"*%aas Brighton. "I found about four _ bad thing," he says. "It will _ Representatives from the & WB [ Oy 0 â€"0 ‘fl x designers that said Tm just _ take away from the people _ MAH will be at the Cobourg 3 ts 357 < Pn going to pack it up. I don‘t who don‘t work by paper, Lions Centre on Elgin St E. C ~i e 'Jt ‘â€"< & tm ‘_% 3 have enough business to pay _ and cash workers. Cost wise in Cobourg on July 14 at 7 C n e us \,& 1 the insurance‘ That means _ and time wise, it‘s a negative, _ p.m. to answer questions and >\’ iԤ "\ly Xl there will be fewer designers but as far as defining our address concens over the y s ‘T‘V {i 9k > K out there for people to use." _ competition, it‘s a positive." _ changes. :\’, Fibs. 3 > } . > ‘ With Brighton‘s smallâ€" _ As the July 1 deadline for _ "We want every person T ?" ~<@ o fie :.o i \ town charm sparking a buildâ€" _ obtaining the necessary qualâ€" _ affected to go there," says Mr. / m F7 i<< paal J ing boom, ]qasing people from _ ifications approached, twoâ€" Jones. "Havesquestions preâ€" MessA ~~0 . . j 4 .e E P the pool of qualified designâ€" _ thirds of the people remained _ formulated. We would like tigre ‘ ho {fi% §. + 3e ers will create hardship for â€" unqualified, prompting a everyone involved in the % fi;i yM . 1 oD _ e local builders. deadline extension to Jan. 1, _ building process to come on \Q) _ One last time â€" It was the last call for graduating _ "We are leading Northumâ€" â€"2006, Despite the extension, _ up and figure it out." NX members of Razzâ€"maâ€"Jazz. L2 L s o a e O P Nee um â€"