Building Engineering Committee (BEC)

The BEC addresses business issues of member firms in the mechanical, electrical, structural, and other building-related disciplines.  BEC members partner with the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM), the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), the University of Massachusetts Building Authority, the State College Building Authority, the Board of Building Regulations and Standards and other agencies working on public procurement and project delivery for vertical design and construction.

Resource Materials (newest at the top)

December 8, 2023: Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters issues a new version of the 248 CMR 10.00: Uniform State Plumbing Code, effective 12/08/2023.

This is a redline markup of 248 CMR 10.00.

 

From DOER in February:  and Building Officials,

Updated Map of Stretch and Specialized code communities
The Green Communities Division maintains a map and table illustrating which towns and cities have adopted the Stretch energy code. This map is now updated to show both Stretch code adoption and Specialized opt-in code communities. The map is hosted on the Green Communities building code webpage here: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/building-energy-code.

Or download a PDF of the map and table directly at this link: https://www.mass.gov/doc/building-energy-code-adoption-by-municipality/download.

January  24, 2023: MA Stretch Code Update & New Specialized Code, DOER Overview with Paul Ormond
 
 
March 25, 2022: EO594: Leading By Example: Decarbonizing and Minimizing Environmental Impacts of State Government, Eric Friedman, Director, Leading by Example Program, MA Dept. of Energy Resources
 
April 23,2021 Member Briefing with DCAMM with Hope Davis, Deputy Commissioner for DCAMM’s Office of Facilities Management and Maintenance (OFMM) and Susan Ruch, Director of Environmental Services
 
From our November 20 and 23, 2020 Member Briefings on the Designer Selection Board (DSB) Autocene system, which ACEC/MA co-hosted with AIA MA:
From our August 2020 Meeting on UV-C and other HVAC technologies:
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Co-Chair

Nick Ferzacca, PE, LEED
Project Executive 
Architectural Engineers | now IMEG
10 Franklin Street, Suite 3B
Boston, MA  02110
(617) 542-0810 

Co-Chair

Daniel G. Tenney, III, AIA
Senior Project Manager / Lead Architect
Weston & Sampson
85 Devonshire Street, 3rd floor
Boston MA 02109
(617) 412-4480 x7714
 

Board Liaison

Nick Ferzacca, PE, LEED
Principal 
Architectural Engineers | now IMEG
63 Franklin Street, 5th Fl
Boston, MA  02110
(617) 542-0810 

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