Canadian Codes Centre staff

Name Title and responsibilities
Philip Rizcallah A/Manager, Canadian Codes Centre
Anne Gribbon Team Coordinator - Commission
Secretary to the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes
Secretary to the Provincial/Territorial Policy Advisory Committee on Codes
Joanne Cousineau Finance and Events Coordinator
Ginette LaBelle Administrative Assistant
Frank Lohmann Team Coordinator - Housing and Small Buildings
Technical Advisor - Housing and Small Buildings
National Building Code Part 9: Housing and Small Buildings
Nedjma Belrechid Technical Advisor - Housing and Small Buildings
National Building Code Part 9: Housing and Small Buildings
Mihailo Mihailovic Technical Advisor - Housing and Small Buildings
National Building Code Part 9: Housing and Small Buildings
Jason Urquhart Technical Advisor - Housing and Small Buildings
National Building Code Part 9: Housing and Small Buildings
Morched Zeghal Team Coordinator - Building Services
Technical Advisor - Environmental Separation

National Building Code Part 5: Environmental Separation
National Building Code Part 9: sections related to the Building Envelope
Cathleen Taraschuk Technical Advisor - Structural Design, Earthquake Design
National Building Code Part 4: Structural Design
National Building Code Part 9: sections related to Structural Design for Housing and Small Buildings
National Farm Building Code
Diane Green Technical Advisor - Plumbing, Heating, Ventilating and Air-conditioning
National Building Code Part 6: HVAC
National Building Code Part 7: Plumbing
National Building Code Part 9: sections related to Plumbing and HVAC
National Plumbing Code
Heather Knudsen Team Coordinator - Energy
Technical Advisor - Energy Efficiency in Buildings

National Energy Code for Buildings
Elisabeth Girgis Technical Advisor - Energy Efficiency in Buildings
National Energy Code for Buildings
Patrique Tardif Technical Advisor - Energy Efficiency in Buildings
National Energy Code for Buildings
André Laroche A/Team Coordinator - Fire Safety
Technical Advisor - Fire Safety, Fire Protection

National Fire Code Parts 3 and 9: sections related to Fire Safety
National Building Code Parts 3 and 9: sections related to Fire Safety and Fire Protection
Marc Fortin Technical Advisor - Fire Safety, Use and Egress
National Fire Code Parts 2 and 6
National Building Code Parts 3 and 9: sections related to Fire Safety, Exiting and Barrier-free Design
Sefton Hyde-Clarke Technical Advisor - Fire Safety, Hazardous Materials and Activities
National Fire Code Parts 3, 4 and 5: sections related to Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods
National Building Code Parts 3 and 9: sections related to Fire Safety

Canadian provinces and territories have the authority to adopt the national model construction codes, change them to suit local needs, and enforce them. Contact the "authority having jurisdiction" (municipal or provincial/territorial building officials) for an official interpretation of building, plumbing, fire, farm building and energy code requirements in your province.

Codes Centre staff can provide opinions on the content of the national model codes.

Canadian Codes Centre
Telephone: 613-993-9960
Fax: 613-952-4040
Emailcodes@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca