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2023/Sep/19
New EABO Document Available: Required Occupancy Documents Checklist
As stated in the November 2022 Practice Advisory, one of the ways the OAA helps support members is through collaborative relationships with others in the industry and their respective organizations. One example is the group known as Engineers, Architects and Building Officials (EABO).
One of EABO’s priorities is consistency of approaches and forms, which includes the development of standardized document templates on which the whole industry can rely. This includes the Owner Commitment to Have General Review Undertaken by Architect and/or Engineer form—an important template that has been adopted across the province.
EABO recently completed the development of a new customizable, industry-standard form — Required Occupancy Documents Checklist—that helps identify documents a municipality may require prior to granting occupancy. Earlier this year, the form was endorsed by OAA Council (with input from OAA’s Practice Resource Committee), and other constituent organizations that comprise EABO (i.e OBOA, LMCBO, City of Toronto, and ACEC-Ontario).
When used, this new template will be administered by the building department and should be completed by the applicant for permit. (The permit documents, of course, will be received from the appropriate sources/consultants.) Download a copy of the new template from the OAA’s Documents and Publications search engine.