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Contact Us:

101-E Mounts Bay Road
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Phone: (757) 253-6626
Fax: (757) 259-4038

Hours of Operation

8:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Monday-Friday

Inspector's Hours:
7:00 to 3:30 p.m.

Doug Murrow, AIA, CBO,
Director


Phones and E-mails

codecomp@
james-city.va.usResources

General Information

 

There are 65 inspections requested for today, Friday, May 09, 2008, plus 3 left over from yesterday. This is a light workload, especially for a Friday, and is probably a reflection of the thunderstorms moving through the area last night and this morning. LD Kemp, Wayne Metheny, Laura Kirkpatrick, and Scott Shuler are not in today.  We should complete all requested inspections today. Have a good weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2006 Uniform Statewide Building Code, USBC, has been posted to the Virginia Building Officials and Code Administrators (VBCOA) web page. You can follow the download instructions for copying these files to your computer. Please note that the USBC is in large part an administrative document that adopts and references the International Codes and the National Electrical Code. This new edition of the USBC is due to take effect on May 1, 2008.  Thanks to the staff at DHCD for providing this information. Go to http://www.vbcoa.org.

 

 

PLUMBERS PLEASE NOTE: Section P3002.2.1 of the IRC has been amended by the new USBC to require tracer wire for sewer lines discharging to public systems. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most significant change we are are aware of is a change to the National Electrical Code that requires grounding the electrical service panel to the reinforcing abar in the footing "where reinforcing steel is present."  One of the pieces of the rebar, connected to the rest of the rebar, must come out of the top of the footing in an indoor location that will be accessible during the remainder of the job. 


This piece of rebar must be spliced to the other rebar in the footing using normal steel tiewires.  The rebar must be connected  to the electrical service panel by a Minimum No. 4 Copper attached with an approved ground clamp.  The inspection for this must be done at the time of the footing inspection.  A sample display of this arrangement can be seen in the James City County Code Compliance Lobby. 

If you have questions about this, please contact one of the Electrical Inspectors at 253-6620. 

 

We anticipate going to new editions of the codes in March or April.

Contact:

Joe Basilone
253-6684

Tom Coghill's work schedule:

 

 

Please note that the effective date of the 2003 Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code was November 16, 2005.

 

  • Large Projects: April 30, 2008
  • Small Projects: April 21, 2008

 

Contact:

Tom Coghill
253-6626

Code Fact of Day

 

Residential Plan Review

This office is currently reviewing Residential Building Permit Application that were submitted:

 

Fasteners penetrating preservative-treated wood.

 

Residential Plan Review