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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-107 - Stop valves and check valves

Current through July 10, 2024
If a boiler may be closed off from the heating system by
				  closing a steam stop valve, there shall be a check valve in the condensate
				  return line between the boiler and the system. If any part of a heating system
				  may be closed off from the remainder of the system by closing a steam stop
				  valve, there shall be a check valve in the condensate return pipe from that
				  part of the system.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-108 - Feedwater connections

Current through July 10, 2024
Feedwater connections shall be independent of any water
				  column, gage glass or gage cock connections and shall be made to the condensate
				  return pipe or reservoir of the condensate return pump, or direct to the
				  boiler, but shall not discharge directly against surfaces exposed to the direct
				  radiant heat of the fire. There shall be a stop and check valve in the
				  feedwater line near the boiler.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-109 - Return pump

Current through July 10, 2024
Each condensate return pump, where practicable, shall be
				  provided with an automatic water level control set to maintain the water level
				  within the limits of two gage cocks.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-110 - Repairs and renewal of fittings and appliances

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever repairs are made to fitting or appliances, or it
				  becomes necessary to replace them, the work must comply with the requirements
				  for new installations contained in section
				  29-232-81.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-111 - Separation clause

Current through July 10, 2024
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
				  provision or exemption of these regulations is declared unconstitutional or
				  invalid for any reason, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portion
				  or provisions hereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-112 - Materials

Current through July 10, 2024
No boilers shall be installed in the state unless they
				  conform with the provisions of Section II of the latest edition of the American
				  Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, entitled
				  "Materials," and with addenda and amendments thereto.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-113 - Nondestructive examination

Current through July 10, 2024
No boilers shall be installed in this state unless they
				  conform with the provisions of Section V of the latest edition of the American
				  Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, entitled
				  "Nondestructive Examination," and with addenda and amendments
				  thereto.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-114 - Recommended guidelines for the care of heating boilers

Current through July 10, 2024
No boilers shall be installed in the state unless they
				  conform with the provisions of Section VI of the latest edition of the American
				  Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, entitled
				  "Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Heating Boilers," and with addenda and
				  amendments thereto.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-115 - Recommended guidelines for the care of power boilers

Current through July 10, 2024
No boilers shall be installed in the state unless they
				  conform with the provisions of Section VII of the latest edition of the
				  American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code,
				  entitled "Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers," and with
				  addenda and amendments thereto.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 232 - Boiler Design, Construction, Installation, Repair, Use and Operation › Electric Wiring › Section 29-232-116 - Welding and brazing qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
No boilers shall be installed in the state unless they
				  conform with the provisions of Section IX of the latest edition of the American
				  Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, entitled
				  "Welding and Brazing Qualifications," and with addenda and amendments
				  thereto.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-1b - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 29-251-1b to
				  29-251-12b,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Appeal" means a hearing held as a
				contested case;
(2) "C&S
				committee" or "committee" means the Codes and Standards Committee;
(3) "Chairman" means the Codes and Standards
				Committee member elected in accordance with section
				29-251-6b of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(4) "Committee member" means a member of the
				Codes and Standards Committee appointed to the committee in accordance with
				section
				29-251
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(5) "Contested case" shall have the meaning
				ascribed to it in section
				4-166 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes;
(6)
				"Exemption or variation" means a modification of the State Building Code or the
				State Fire Safety Code in accordance with sections
				29-254
				and
				29-296
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, respectively;
(7) "Accessibility modification" means a
				variation of or exemption from any provision of the State Building Code
				relating to the accessibility to, and use of, buildings and structures by
				persons with disabilities as set forth in subsection (b) of section
				29-269
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(8) "Historic modification" means a set aside
				for historic buildings as set forth in section
				29-259
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(9) "Meeting" shall have the meaning ascribed
				to it in section
				1-200
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Outside qualified individual" means a
				person appointed by the chairman of the Codes and Standards Committee to assist
				a subcommittee as set forth in section
				29-251-7b of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(11) "Subcommittee chairman" means a Codes
				and Standards Committee member appointed by the committee chairman to serve as
				chairman of a subcommittee; and
(12) "Subcommittee member" means a Codes and
				Standards Committee member appointed by the chairman to serve on a
				subcommittee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-2b - Purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The objectives and purposes of the Codes
				and Standards Committee shall be as set forth in Chapter 541 of the Connecticut
				General Statutes.
(b) To accomplish
				the objectives and purposes referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the
				Codes and Standards Committee may use any consultants it may deem necessary or
				desirable, provided that the committee shall not obligate the Department of
				Public Safety for any expenditures for this purpose unless and until such
				expenditures have been approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-3b - Committee office and records

Current through July 10, 2024
The office of the C&S committee shall be at the
				  Department of Public Safety, 1111 Country Club Road, P. O. Box 2794,
				  Middletown, Connecticut 06457-9294. Committee records shall be maintained at
				  the same location.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-4b - Membership

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Members of the Codes and Standards
				Committee shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Safety in accordance
				with section
				29-251
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Resignations from the committee shall be
				in writing and transmitted to the chairman, who will then cause them to be
				forwarded to the Commissioner of Public Safety accompanied by a request to
				appoint a new member of the specific discipline required by section
				29-251
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-5b - Officers and their duties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The officers of
				the C&S committee shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman and a
				secretary elected from the committee in accordance with Section
				29-251-6b of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The chairman shall preside at all
				meetings of the committee and shall perform the duties normally conferred by
				parliamentary usage upon such officers. The chairman shall have the authority
				to appoint subcommittees, call special meetings and perform such other duties
				as may be prescribed by Sections
				29-251-1b
				to
				29-251-12b,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(c) The chairman may participate in
				discussions of matters properly before the C&S committee and may vote
				thereon.
(d) The vice-chairman
				shall act for the chairman in his or her absence and may perform the duties
				prescribed for that office.
(e) The
				secretary shall keep the minutes and records of the C&S committee and
				shall, with the assistance of such Department of Public Safety staff as is
				available, prepare the agenda of regular and special meetings under the
				direction of the chairman, provide notice of all meetings to committee members
				at least one week prior to such meetings, attend to the correspondence of the
				C&S committee, and perform such other duties as are normally carried out by
				the secretary.
(f) In the absence
				of the secretary, the chairman shall appoint a secretary pro tem.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-6b - Election of officers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An annual
				organization meeting shall be held at the regularly scheduled December meeting,
				at which time officers shall be elected and rules and procedures reviewed.
				Officers shall be elected by a majority vote of the members present. A quorum
				for this meeting shall consist of two-thirds of the appointed
				membership.
(b) Nominations shall
				be made from the floor at the annual organization meeting and election of the
				officers specified in subsection (a) of Section
				29-251-5b
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall follow immediately
				thereafter.
(c) A candidate
				receiving a majority vote as specified in subsection (a) of this section shall
				be declared elected. Each such officer shall serve for a term of one year,
				beginning on January 1 or until his or her successor takes office. No officer
				shall serve in the same position for more than three years
				consecutively.
(d) Vacancies in
				offices shall be filled by regular election procedures as specified in this
				section and the member so elected to office shall serve until the next annual
				organization meeting.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-7b - Meetings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Meetings of the C&S committee shall
				be held once in each month, except in July, in accordance with a schedule
				adopted at the annual meeting of the committee and filed with the Secretary of
				the State, or with proper notice, upon the call of the chairman. Special
				meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman. Unless otherwise specified,
				meetings shall be held in the office of the committee.
(b) Meetings of subcommittees shall be
				scheduled at the call of the chairman of the subcommittee.
(c) A minimum of one-half of the members of
				the committee shall constitute a quorum, and the number of votes necessary to
				transact business shall be a majority of those members present and voting. The
				notice of any special meeting shall specify the purpose of such meeting and no
				other business may be considered except by affirmative vote of two-thirds of
				the members of the C&S committee present and voting.
(d) The chairman shall appoint, as a minimum,
				the following subcommittees to assist in the orderly process of the purposes of
				the committee as set forth in Section 29-251-2a of the Regulations of
				Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) Codes
				Amendment Subcommittee; and
(2)
				Ethics and Procedures Subcommittee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-8b - Order of business

Current through July 10, 2024
The order of business at regular meetings shall be:
(1) Call to order;
(2) Attendance;
(3) Approval of minutes of previous
				meeting;
(4)
				Communications;
(5) Reports of
				subcommittees;
(6) Old
				business;
(7) New
				business;
(8) Reports of hearing
				panels;
(9) Good of the order;
				and
(10) Adjournment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-9b - Proposed amendments to the State Building Code

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				The State Building Inspector shall provide each member of the C&S committee
				with a copy of any proposed amendment to the State Building Code. The proposed
				amendment shall be distributed so as to be received by each member at least two
				weeks before any meeting for the consideration of the proposed
				amendment.
(b) Proposed amendments
				selected for adoption shall be processed in accordance with section
				29-254
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) Proposed amendments shall be in writing
				in a form acceptable to the committee. They shall be referred, as soon as
				received, to the Codes Amendment Subcommittee. The Codes Amendment Subcommittee
				shall report to the committee at the direction of the chairman.
(d) The State Building Inspector or his or
				her designee shall have the right to comment on any proposed change or
				amendment at any time during discussion on or consideration of the proposal. He
				or she may be present at C&S committee or subcommittee meetings during
				deliberations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-10b - Proposed amendments to the State Fire Safety Code

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The State Fire Marshal shall provide each
				member of the C&S committee with a copy of any proposed amendment to the
				State Fire Safety Code. The proposed amendment shall be distributed so as to be
				received by each member at least two weeks before any meeting for the
				consideration of the proposed amendment.
(b) Proposed amendments shall be in writing
				in a form acceptable to the committee. They shall be referred, as soon as
				received, to the Codes Amendment Subcommittee. The Codes Amendment Subcommittee
				shall report to the committee as directed by the chairman.
(c) The State Fire Marshal or his or her
				designee shall have the right to comment on any proposed amendment at any time
				during discussion on or consideration of the proposal. He or she may be present
				at C&S committee or subcommittee meetings during deliberations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-11b - Appeals, exemptions or variations

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any appeal to
				the committee shall be assigned to a panel of not fewer than three committee
				members. The decision of the panel shall be the decision of the C&S
				committee.
(b) In appeals to the
				committee under the provisions of section
				29-309
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, the committee shall first refer the appeal
				to the State Fire Marshal for review. The State Fire Marshal shall be asked to
				review the appeal for resolution by modification under the provisions of
				section
				29-296
				of the Connecticut General Statutes or by any other administrative or technical
				means pursuant to regulations adopted under authority of section
				29-292
				of the Connecticut General Statutes. The State Fire Marshal may gather such
				additional information and conduct such inspections as may be necessary before
				the appeal moves forward.
(c) For
				the purpose of determining the time limit for the committee to render a
				decision on an appeal, the hearing shall be deemed concluded upon receipt of
				the record required in Section
				29-251-12b of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(d) Regulations of the Department of Public
				Safety concerning Procedures for Hearings, sections
				29-2-1
				to
				29-2-9,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall apply to
				appeals before the C&S committee, as appropriate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251 - Procedure of the Codes and Standards Committee › Codes and Standards Committee Procedure › Section 29-251-12b - Record, transcripts

Current through July 10, 2024
In any appeal hearing, a full and complete record of the
				  testimony, documentary evidence and proceedings on every appeal shall be made,
				  but need not be transcribed unless there is a further appeal or upon the
				  request of any party or the committee. When a record is transcribed, it shall
				  be made available to the requesting party upon payment of the reasonable costs
				  of preparing such transcript.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251c - Assessment of Education Fee › Section 29-251c-1 - Determination of education fee to be assessed against applicants for building permits by the state building inspector and municipal building officials

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The education fee to be assessed as
			 required by subsection (b) of section
			 29-252a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and subsection (b) of section
			 29-263
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall be set annually by the Commissioner
			 of Public Safety, hereafter "the Commissioner," after the training and
			 education budget has been approved by the Code Training and Education Board of
			 Control as provided in subsection (b) of section
			 29-251c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The amount of such education fee for any
			 year shall be determined by estimating the total construction value of all
			 building permit applications that are anticipated to be filed in the state that
			 year, dividing the Commissioner's training and education budget total for that
			 year by that number, multiplying the result by 1,000, and then adding the fee
			 anticipated to be retained by the municipality for that year (the "municipal
			 retention fee"). Expressed as a formula, such calculation shall be performed as
			 follows: (Training and Education Budget/Total Construction Value of Building
			 Permit Applications x 1,000) + Municipal Retention Fee = Education Fee. The
			 resulting number shall be rounded to two decimal places and shall be expressed
			 in hundredths of a dollar per 1,000 dollars of construction value.
(c) The education fee assessment may be
			 adjusted downward or upward annually, as necessary, provided that any annual
			 increase shall not exceed four cents.
(d) In forecasting the total construction
			 value of building permit applications that may be filed in the next fiscal
			 year, the Commissioner shall consider the current year's value to date and may
			 consider forecasts of future construction activity from the Connecticut
			 Department of Economic and Community Development or such other sources as the
			 Commissioner deems reliable and appropriate.
(e) Prior to a final annual determination of
			 the education fee amount, the Commissioner shall afford all interested persons
			 reasonable opportunity to submit data, views or arguments regarding the
			 education fee, orally at a hearing or in writing.
(f) Once the amount of the education fee has
			 been determined, the Commissioner shall notify each municipal building official
			 of any necessary fee adjustment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 251c - Assessment of Education Fee › Section 29-251c-2 - Determination of education fee portion to be retained by municipal building departments for administrative costs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) After a budget
			 for training and education has been approved in accordance with subsection (b)
			 of section
			 29-251c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, each municipal building official may
			 provide the Commissioner of Public Safety with any documentation necessary to
			 demonstrate the municipality's need for a particular level of funding to defray
			 the costs of collecting and transmitting education fee proceeds to the
			 Department of Public Safety.
(b)
			 The Commissioner shall set the portion of the education fee to be retained by
			 each municipal building department at not less than one and not more than three
			 cents.
(c) Interested persons may
			 submit data, views or arguments regarding such portion to the Commissioner in
			 accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of Sec.
			 29-251c-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The Commissioner may consider
			 such data, views or arguments in determining the portion of the education fee
			 to be retained by each municipal building department.
(d) After the Commissioner determines the
			 portion of the fee that may be retained, each municipal building official shall
			 be notified of that amount.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-1b - Classes of licensure

Current through July 10, 2024
The classes of licensure are as follows:
(1) Building official;
(2) Assistant building official;
(3) Residential building inspector;
(4) Plan review technician;
(5) Mechanical inspector;
(6) Electrical inspector;
(7) Plumbing inspector;
(8) Heating and cooling inspector;
			 and
(9) Construction
			 inspector.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-2b - Building official duties, minimum qualifications and continuing education requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The duties and
			 minimum qualifications of a building official are as set forth in section
			 29-261
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Each building official shall attend a
			 minimum of ninety (90) hours of approved continuing education programs over
			 consecutive three-year periods.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-3b - Provisional building official appointments

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 The duties of a provisional building official are as set forth in subsection
			 (a) of section
			 29-262
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The minimum qualifications that shall be
			 demonstrated prior to appointment as a provisional building official are as
			 follows:
(1) The appointee shall have had at
			 least five years of experience in construction, design or
			 supervision;
(2) The appointee
			 shall be generally informed regarding the quality and strength of building
			 materials;
(3) The appointee shall
			 be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements of building
			 construction;
(4) The appointee
			 shall be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements of design and
			 construction relating to accessibility to and use of buildings by the
			 physically handicapped;
(5) The
			 appointee shall be generally informed regarding good practice in fire
			 prevention;
(6) The appointee shall
			 be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements for light and
			 ventilation;
(7) The appointee
			 shall be generally informed regarding the accepted requirements for safe exit
			 facilities and other items of equipment essential for the safety, comfort and
			 convenience of occupants; and
(8)
			 Prior to appointment, a candidate shall have filed an application for licensure
			 as a building official with the state building inspector.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-4b - Assistant building official duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The duties and minimum qualifications of
			 an assistant building official are as set forth in subsection (a) of section
			 29-261
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Each assistant building official shall
			 attend a minimum of ninety (90) hours of approved continuing education programs
			 over consecutive three-year periods.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-5b - Residential building inspector duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The residential building inspector
			 performs the following duties under the direction of the building official or
			 the assistant building official:
(1) Reviews,
			 analyzes and evaluates preliminary and final construction plans of one-and
			 two-family detached dwellings and one-family townhouses and their accessory
			 structures for compliance with applicable codes adopted as a portion of the
			 State Building Code, referenced standards and other related regulations prior
			 to the issuance of building permits;
(2) Passes upon any question relative to the
			 mode, manner of construction or materials to be used in the erection, repair,
			 addition or alteration of one- and two-family detached dwellings and one-family
			 townhouses and their accessory structures pursuant to the provisions of
			 applicable codes adopted as a portion of the State Building Code and in
			 accordance with regulations adopted by the Department of Public
			 Safety;
(3) Requires compliance
			 with applicable codes adopted as a portion of the State Building Code; with all
			 regulations lawfully adopted thereunder; and with laws relating to the
			 construction, repair, addition, alteration, removal, demolition, integral
			 equipment, location, use, occupancy and maintenance of one-and two-family
			 detached dwellings and one-family townhouses and their accessory structures,
			 except as may otherwise be provided;
(4) Explains applicable codes and standards
			 to contractors, architects, developers, engineers, property owners and other
			 interested parties; and
(5)
			 Enforces the correction of violations of applicable codes and standards at the
			 scene of the installation by dealing directly with building owners, agents and
			 contractors to achieve compliance with such codes, referenced standards and
			 other related regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-6b - Plan review technician duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The plan review technician performs the
			 following duties under the direction of the building official or the assistant
			 building official:
(1) Reviews, analyzes and
			 evaluates preliminary and final construction plans for compliance with all
			 applicable codes, referenced standards and other related regulations prior to
			 the issuance of building permits;
(2) Explains codes and standards to
			 contractors, architects, developers, engineers, property owners and other
			 interested parties;
(3) Provides
			 assistance to inspectors for correct interpretation of plans and codes of a
			 difficult and complex nature; and
(4) Prepares and maintains reports, records
			 and correspondence relating to the review of plans.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-7b - Mechanical inspector duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The mechanical inspector performs the
			 following duties under the direction of the building official or the assistant
			 building official:
(1) Examines plumbing,
			 heating, refrigeration, ventilation and air conditioning construction
			 documents;
(2) Inspects
			 installations; and
(3) Enforces
			 correction of violations of plumbing and heating codes at the scene of the
			 installation by dealing directly with building owners, agents and contractors
			 to assure compliance with applicable codes, referenced standards and other
			 related regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-8b - Electrical inspector duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The electrical inspector performs the
			 following duties under the direction of the building official or assistant
			 building official:
(1) Examines electrical and
			 telecommunications construction documents;
(2) Inspects installations; and
(3) Enforces the correction of violations of
			 the electrical codes at the scene of the installation by dealing directly with
			 building owners, agents, and contractors, to assure compliance with applicable
			 codes, referenced standards and other related regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-9b - Plumbing inspector duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The plumbing inspector performs the
			 following duties under the direction of the building official or assistant
			 building official:
(1) Examines plumbing,
			 piping and fire suppression system construction documents;
(2) Inspects installations; and
(3) Enforces the correction of violations at
			 the scene of the installation, by dealing directly with building owners, agents
			 and contractors to assure compliance with applicable codes, referenced
			 standards and other related regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-10b - Heating and cooling inspector duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The heating and cooling inspector
			 performs the following duties under the direction of the building official or
			 the assistant building official:
(1) Examines
			 heating, refrigeration, ventilation and air conditioning construction
			 documents;
(2) Inspects
			 installations; and
(3) Enforces the
			 correction of violations of the heating codes at the scene of the installation
			 by dealing directly with building owners, agents and contractors to assure
			 compliance with applicable codes, referenced standards and other related
			 regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-11b - Construction inspector duties and minimum qualifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The construction inspector performs the
			 following duties under the direction of the building official or the assistant
			 building official:
(1) Examines documents of
			 building construction, alteration or repair
(2) Inspects installations for compliance
			 with applicable code requirements to ensure the safety of the
			 occupants;
(3) Investigates for
			 compliance with structural safety requirements; and
(4) Recommends to the building official
			 corrective actions associated with the enforcement of unsafe conditions in new
			 and existing installations, where warranted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 262 - Building Official Licensure › Section 29-262-12b - System of control and reporting re continuing educational programs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Members of each class of licensure
			 subject to the continuing educational requirements specified in sections
			 29-262-2b
			 and
			 29-262-4b
			 to
			 29-262-11b,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall submit proof
			 of successful completion of each such continuing educational program attended
			 to the Office of Education & Data Management (OEDM) within the Department
			 of Public Safety, or successor office.
(b) Individuals subject to the provisions of
			 subsection (a) of this section shall submit proof of successful completion of
			 each such continuing educational program attended to OEDM or its successor not
			 later than ninety (90) days after successful completion of the continuing
			 educational program, unless the individual's three-year training cycle expires
			 during the 90-day period. In such case, proof of successful completion shall be
			 submitted before such training cycle expires.
(c) Such proof of successful completion of a
			 continuing educational program shall be submitted on an application form
			 prescribed by OEDM or its successor. Applicants shall submit such documentation
			 as OEDM or its successor may require including, but not limited to, a
			 certificate of completion or transcript.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 276b - Standards for Testing of Construction Materials › Section 29-276b-1 - Standards and methods for the testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any person,
			 firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 engaged in the
			 testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies shall
			 utilize standards and methods for testing which conform with standards and test
			 methods approved by the American Society for Testing and Materials, the
			 American National Standards Institute, or any other nationally recognized
			 accreditation program for the testing and certification of construction
			 materials and structural members or assemblies.
(b) If any modification of standards and test
			 methods is necessary to render such standards and test methods appropriate for
			 local use, the professional engineer who shall certify such tests shall
			 describe such modification with specificity in each test report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 276b - Standards for Testing of Construction Materials › Section 29-276b-2 - Criteria for laboratory facilities for the testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each laboratory
			 operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of
			 Chapter 391 where the testing of construction materials and structural members
			 or assemblies is conducted shall be under the supervisory control of a
			 qualified professional engineer licensed in accordance with the provisions of
			 Chapter 391 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Each laboratory operated by any person,
			 firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 where the
			 testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies is
			 conducted shall utilize facilities, equipment and procedures which meet
			 standards and methods for testing approved by the American Society for Testing
			 and Materials, the American National Standards Institute, or any other
			 nationally recognized accreditation program for the testing of construction
			 materials and structural members or assemblies.
(c) The facilities of and the equipment
			 utilized in each laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation
			 licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 where the testing of construction
			 materials and structural members or assemblies is conducted shall be inspected
			 annually by the supervising professional engineer who shall determine that the
			 condition of both the facilities and the equipment is in conformance with the
			 requirements of the applicable standards and that the equipment is in
			 calibration. The supervising professional engineer shall maintain records of
			 the results of these inspections and shall provide the records to the Board of
			 Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors of the Department of
			 Consumer Protection upon the Board's request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 276b - Standards for Testing of Construction Materials › Section 29-276b-3 - Qualifications for persons performing testing of construction materials and structural members or assemblies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each
			 professional engineer licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 391
			 who has been designated to supervise the testing of construction materials and
			 structural members or assemblies for a testing laboratory operated by any
			 person, firm or corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 shall
			 be qualified for each separate area of inspection and testing of such materials
			 and members or assemblies either by having successfully completed at least one
			 course at an accredited institute of higher education or an accredited training
			 seminar in the specific subject matter of that testing procedure or by having
			 performed testing of construction materials and structural members or
			 assemblies in a testing laboratory for at least three years.
(b) The supervising professional engineer for
			 a laboratory facility operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed
			 under the provisions of Chapter 391 shall be responsible for the instruction of
			 the technicians performing tests in the laboratory as needed and shall provide
			 for the evaluation of the performance of each technician performing tests in
			 the laboratory on an annual basis. The supervising professional engineer shall
			 maintain records of the results of these evaluations and shall provide the
			 records to the Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
			 of the Department of Consumer Protection upon the Board's request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 276b - Standards for Testing of Construction Materials › Section 29-276b-4 - Conformance with the national voluntary laboratory accreditation program

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The supervising professional engineer for
			 a testing laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under
			 the provisions of Chapter 391 shall certify when applicable that the laboratory
			 facility, its standards, its equipment, its test methods and the qualifications
			 of laboratory testing personnel conform to the standards, criteria and
			 qualifications required in Sections
			 29-276b-1,
			 29-276b-2
			 and
			 29-276b-3
			 of these regulations; but such laboratory's facilities, standards, equipment,
			 test methods and personnel qualifications shall conform at a minimum to the
			 standards, criteria and qualifications required by the National Voluntary
			 Laboratory Accreditation Program of the National Institute of Standards and
			 Technology.
(b) A testing
			 laboratory operated by any person, firm or corporation licensed under the
			 provisions of Chapter 391 need not obtain accreditation with the National
			 Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program, although such laboratory may use
			 its accreditation for performing given tests as a basis for certifying that the
			 laboratory may conduct those tests.
(c) If its supervising professional engineer
			 determines that a testing laboratory operated by any person, firm or
			 corporation licensed under the provisions of Chapter 391 does not meet the
			 requirements set forth in Sections
			 29-276b-1
			 through
			 29-276b-4(a),
			 inclusive, of these regulations, the engineer shall forthwith report the
			 deficiencies which he has found to the Board of Examiners for Professional
			 Engineers and Land Surveyors of the Department of Consumer
			 Protection.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-1a - The Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code: Title and Administration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Regulations
			 of the Department of Administrative Services, this section and sections
			 29-291a-2 a
			 to 29-291a-10a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and
			 their adopted standards, shall be known as the Connecticut State Fire
			 Prevention Code, hereinafter referred to as "the code" or "this code".
(1) Severability. If a section, subsection,
			 sentence, clause or phrase of this code is, for any reason, held to be
			 unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
			 portions of this code.
(2)
			 Validity. In the event any part or provision of this code is held to be illegal
			 or void, this shall not have the effect of making void or illegal any of the
			 other parts or provisions hereof, which are determined to be legal; and it
			 shall be presumed that this code would have been adopted without such illegal
			 or invalid parts or provisions.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-2a - Relationship to State Fire Safety and Building Codes

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The requirements of the Connecticut State
			 Fire Prevention Code shall not supersede the requirements of either the
			 Connecticut State Fire Safety Code (CSFSC) or the State Building Code
			 (SBC).
(b) Where any provision of
			 this code conflicts with or duplicates any provision of either the CSFSC or
			 SBC, the CSFSC or the SBC shall prevail.
(c) Where the CSFSC or SBC are silent on an
			 issue, the provisions of this code shall apply.
(d) No person shall remove or modify any fire
			 protection system installed or maintained under the provisions of the CSFSC or
			 the SBC, unless otherwise permitted by those codes. Buildings and structures,
			 and parts thereof, shall be maintained in a safe condition. Devices or
			 safeguards required by the CSFSC or the SBC shall be maintained in conformance
			 with the code edition under which installed.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-3a - Scope of this Code

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The scope
			 includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Inspections of permanent and temporary
			 buildings, processes, equipment, systems and other fire and related life safety
			 situations.
(2) Review of design
			 and construction plans, drawings, and specifications for life safety systems,
			 fire protection systems, access, water supplies, processes, and hazardous
			 materials and other fire and life safety issues.
(3) Fire and life safety education of fire
			 brigades, employees, responsible parties and the general public.
(4) New and existing occupancies and
			 conditions.
(5) Access requirements
			 for fire department operations.
(6)
			 Hazards from outside fires in vegetation, trash, building debris and other
			 materials.
(7) Regulation and
			 control of special events, including, but not limited to, assemblage of people,
			 exhibits, trade shows, amusement parks, haunted houses, outdoor events and
			 other similar special temporary and permanent occupancies.
(8) Interior finish, decorations,
			 furnishings, and other combustibles that contribute to fire spread, fire load
			 and smoke production.
(9) Storage,
			 use, processing, handling, and on-site transportation of flammable and
			 combustible gases, liquids and solids.
(10) Storage, use, processing, handling and
			 on-site transportation of hazardous materials.
(11) Conditions affecting fire fighter
			 safety.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police › 291a - Connecticut State Fire Prevention Code › Section 29-291a-4a - Authority Having Jurisdiction

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For the
			 purposes of the regulations adopted by reference pursuant to section
			 29-291a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)
			 shall mean the State Fire Marshal regarding the proper administration,
			 application, interpretation and modification of the requirements contained
			 within sections
			 29-291a-1 a
			 to
			 29-291a-1 0a,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The local fire marshal shall make the
			 initial determination concerning compliance with sections
			 29-291a-1 a
			 to 29-291a-10a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies,
			 except as expressly provided in the wording of a section or in subsection (c)
			 or (d) of this section. Upon request, the initial determination of a local fire
			 marshal may be reviewed by the State Fire Marshal.
(c) The State Fire Marshal shall make the
			 determination concerning compliance with sections 29-291a-1a to 29-291a-10a,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies on state-owned
			 property.
(d) Where this code
			 enables a local municipality or fire district to adopt a portion of this code
			 by local ordinance as permitted by section
			 7-148
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the local fire marshal having jurisdiction
			 shall be deemed the authority having jurisdiction. Any decision made by any
			 such authority pursuant to a local ordinance may not be appealed to the State
			 Fire Marshal.
(e) A decision of the
			 local fire marshal may be reviewed by the State Fire Marshal in accordance with
			 section
			 29-291d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.