Jay Elbettar

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT JAY ELBETTAR

Formerly I I was the Southern California Building Safety Regional Manager for Interwest Consulting Group. Previously I was a regional Director at Charles Abbott Associates and Building Official for the City of Mission Viejo, California; Prior to that I was the Building Department Director for the City of Newport Beach, and the Building Official for the City of Glendale. I served as the President of the International Code Council and on the City of Newport Beach Building and Fire Board of Appeals. I was a past president of California Building Officials Association and the Orange Empire Chapter and served on the State of California Hospital Safety Board Safety Board and was a former Vice Chair of the Seismic Safety Commission. I was honored to be the recipient of the 2010 Gerald H. Jones Code Official of the year award from the International Code Council. And I received many honors and awards form industry organizations.I am a licensed Civil Engineer in California, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Tennessee, Nevada and Florida, a LEED Accredited Professional, an ICC certified Building Official, Plans Examiner, Commercial Building Inspector, CALGreen Plans Examiner and Building Inspector and a Certified Access Specialist (CASp). I have hands-on experience with building design and construction and an expert in Disabled Access and Building Codes. I am an ICC and CALBO instructor and taught code classes such as well as courses designed to help engineers prepare for licensing exams. I was an adjunct faculty at Coastline Community College.