International Existing Building Code & Wisconsin Amendments

Chris is a licensed Wisconsin Architect and began his career in architecture in 1981 after graduating from The School of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He has worked in traditional architectural offices of varying size, a design-build firm, and corporate architecture in Dallas, Texas and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1993, his career path pivoted from architectural design to code official as a plans examiner and, later, as the manager of Milwaukee’s Development Center until his retirement from the City of Milwaukee in 2017. During that time, he participated in the Wisconsin Commercial Code Council just prior to, and for several years after, the adoption of the ICC codes by the State. He also served on the Existing Building and Change of Occupancy Code Council and was involved with the adoption of the ICC Existing Building Code in Wisconsin. Chris has taught building code classes at Milwaukee School of Art and Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, as well as University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee architecture students, and to building inspectors and plans examiners at the City of Milwaukee. Chris currently is the principal at CR Design providing code consultation and preliminary code plan review services and assistance to architects, developers, building owners, and business operators as they navigate their way through plan approval and building permit processes. His experience on both sides of the plan review desk has provided a balanced and in-depth understanding of the building regulatory process and requirements. Beside Building Codes, Chris is passionate about Historic Preservation and Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings.