The State Building Code Technical Review Board (TRB) consists of 14 citizen members that are appointed by the Governor and represent various state organizations. The Virginia Society of American Institute of Architects is one of the organizations represented on the Board.
Kenneth Payne, Jr., AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Vice President of Quality Control, Risk Management, and Training at Moseley Architects was recently appointed by Governor Ralph Northam to represent Virginia AIA on the TRB. Kenney has over 31 years of experience in the architectural profession. He is dedicated to building safety, code development, and code education and has worked hard to build coalitions and consensus between the various industry groups involved in building construction and regulation. Kenney was the recipient of the “Award for Distinguished Achievement” from AIA Virginia in 2004, the “Jack A. Proctor Meritorious Service Award for Registered Design Professionals” from the Virginia Building and Code Officials Association in 2015 and a “Presidential Citation” from AIA Virginia in 2016. Read the Governor’s appointment letter.
The primary purpose of the TRB is to hear appeals from enforcement actions under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, the Virginia Industrialized Building Safety Regulations, the Virginia Manufactured Home Safety Regulations and the Virginia Certification Standards. The TRB also provides formal interpretations of code provisions for local code enforcement officials and makes recommendations to the Board of Housing and Community Development for future code amendments.
The Office of the Review Board is in the State Building Codes Office within the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Division of Building and Fire Regulation. For more information on the TRB visit
http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/index.php/va-building-codes/building-and-fire-codes/appeals.html
or contact the State Building Codes Office at (804) 371-7092 or sbco@dhcd.virginia.gov