In Part 3, Russell Thornburg, Building Code Consultant & Instructor, discusses Building Code Compliance and Enforcement. One of the things that's important is finding out what the building code is intended for. What is its intention? What does it do for us? It's to keep us healthy. It's to provide safety. It's to provide general welfare. It's to take care of the property...

In Part 2 Russell Thornburg, Building Code Consultant & Instructor, discusses the Evolution of Building Codes and Standards. To start with, we're going to discuss Building Codes, which are a set of rules defining how buildings can be designed and constructed to a minimum level of safety. They are not a phenomenon of the modern world. Rather, they have been around for centuries...

Hello, my name is Russell Thornburg, and I have been in this construction business for a very long time. I've been a homeowner. Not only that, I've been a contractor, a contractor that fell. I busted up. Then I became somewhat into the inspection department. There I started playing the game. Now, what kind of game did I have to play? Well, becoming a homeowner and a contractor had to figure out what was going on...