3 Hour Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code for Professional Engineers (2021 Edition)

3 Hour Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code for Professional Engineers (2021 Edition)

✅ 3 Hours | 50-Minute CE Hours | Only $39 | Online Final Assessment | Instant Emailed Certificate | 100% Online & Self-Paced

Earn 3 of the 16 continuing education hours Virginia professional engineers need each renewal with a practical guide to the 2021 Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code for engineers, online for $39. The course is designed to meet the criteria in 18VAC10-20-683, and its hours can count toward Virginia's 16-hour requirement, which sets no mandatory topics.

Enroll online and study on your own schedule. Log in and out anytime without losing progress. The course uses Virginia's 50-minute hour and ends with a short online final assessment. Pass it and your certificate is emailed instantly. Virginia has no provider reporting for engineers, so you keep your certificate and attest to your hours when you renew.

✅ Course Details

• Course Name: 3 Hour Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code for Professional Engineers (2021 Edition)
• Board Pre-Approval: Not approved by any regulatory body, and none is required. Virginia has no pre-approval process for PE continuing education (see the note below)
• Course Length: 3 hours (3 Virginia 50-minute hours, 2 hours 30 minutes of timed study)
• Category: Virginia professional engineer continuing education: the 2021 Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code
• Format: 100% online, self-paced self-study
• Final Assessment: Online final assessment: 70% to pass, up to 3 attempts
• Price: $39
• Certificate: Emailed instantly when you pass
• Reporting: No provider reporting in Virginia. You keep your certificate and attest to your hours at renewal
• Access: 6 months from purchase
• Support: Call or text 1-800-698-2770 or email 1stchoicece@gmail.com

This course is not approved by the Virginia Board or any other regulatory body, and it does not need to be. Virginia has no pre-approval process for professional engineer continuing education providers or courses. Instead, 18VAC10-20-683 sets the criteria an activity must meet, and you confirm your hours when you renew.

✅ Who Should Take This Course?

• Virginia-licensed professional engineers renewing their license
• Engineers reinstating a Virginia PE license who need hours completed in the two years before applying
• Professional engineers licensed in several states who also hold a Virginia license
• Structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineers who design Virginia buildings
• Engineers who prepare permit documents or statements of special inspections
• Engineers who want online, self-paced CE they can finish on their own schedule

✅ Does This Course Satisfy the Virginia Requirement?

This 3-hour course is designed to meet the criteria Virginia uses for continuing education activities, including a concluding assessment for self-study. It provides 3 of the 16 hours generally required for each Virginia professional engineer renewal.

It does not satisfy the full 16-hour requirement by itself. You will need 13 more hours from other activities, such as the other courses in our 16-hour Virginia PE package.

This course is not approved by the Virginia Board or any other regulatory body, and it does not need to be. Virginia has no pre-approval process for professional engineer continuing education providers or courses. Instead, 18VAC10-20-683 sets the criteria an activity must meet, and you confirm your hours when you renew.

✅ Virginia PE Continuing Education Requirements

Virginia professional engineers must complete 16 hours of continuing education during the two-year license period immediately before their license expires. The same rule applies to architects, land surveyors, and landscape architects licensed by the APELSCIDLA Board.

• Total hours: 16 hours every two years
• Required topics: None. Content must relate to your practice and may include project management, risk management, ethics, and public health, safety, and welfare
• Hour definition: 50 contact minutes equal one hour
• Online self-study: Accepted when the sponsor provides a concluding assessment and completion documentation. Virginia sets no cap on online hours
• Carryover: None. Extra hours do not count toward the next renewal
• Reporting: No provider reporting. You attest at renewal and keep records for three years after your license expires
• Audits: If selected, you must send documentation within 21 calendar days
• Reinstatement: 16 hours completed in the two years before the Board receives your reinstatement application
• Waivers: The Board may grant exemptions or reduce hours for certified illness or undue hardship

How this course helps: This 3-hour course provides 3 of the 16 hours Virginia PEs need each renewal. It applies toward the general total, because Virginia sets no subject categories. You still need 13 more hours to complete your renewal.

✅ When Do Virginia Professional Engineers Renew?

Virginia PE licenses are valid for two years from the last day of the month in which they were issued, and each renewal runs two years from the previous expiration date. DPOR mails a renewal notice before your license expires, but not receiving a notice does not excuse a late renewal.

You cannot practice with an expired license. If DPOR receives your renewal fee more than 30 days after expiration, a $50 late fee applies. After six months, you must reinstate instead of renewing, and the reinstatement fee is the renewal fee plus $200 for a license expired less than five years.

Your 16 hours must be completed before you renew, within the two-year license period that is ending.

✅ How to Renew Your Virginia PE License

1. Check your expiration date. Look up your license in DPOR's License Lookup or check your renewal notice.
2. Complete 16 hours. Finish them within your current two-year license period, without repeating the same course content.
3. Save your certificates. Download or keep the emailed certificate for each course.
4. Renew online or by mail. Use DPOR's Online Services portal, or return the renewal card or credit card payment form by mail or fax. DPOR does not process renewals by phone.
5. Attest to your continuing education. Renewing certifies that you completed the requirement. If you renew with DPOR's paper renewal form, follow its instructions for attaching CE evidence.
6. Pay the renewal fee. Pay the fee shown on your renewal notice or form.
7. Confirm your renewal. Check License Lookup for the new expiration date, and keep your certificates for three years after your license expires in case of an audit.

✅ What You Will Learn

• How the USBC is adopted, administered, and appealed in Virginia
• Permits, construction documents, and modifications under the Virginia Construction Code
• ASCE/SEI 7-22 loads and Virginia's tornado provisions for Risk Category III and IV structures
• Special inspections, geotechnical investigations, and existing buildings
• Fire protection, egress, MEP, energy, and accessibility coordination

✅ Course Content Overview

Hour 1 (50 minutes): USBC Framework, Administration, and the Registered Design Professional's Role

The USBC law, 13VAC5-63 and the 2021 edition, model code incorporation, permits and construction documents, modifications, and inspections and appeals.

Hour 2 (50 minutes): Structural Design, Loads, and Special Inspections

Structural information on drawings, ASCE/SEI 7-22, tornado loads, special inspections, soils and foundations, and the Virginia Existing Building Code.

Hour 3 (50 minutes): Fire and Life Safety, MEP, Energy, and Accessibility

Occupancy and construction type, fire protection systems, means of egress, MEP codes, energy conservation, and accessibility.

Final assessment: an online exam at the end of the course (70% to pass, up to 3 attempts).

✅ Other Virginia PE Courses

• 16 Hour Virginia Professional Engineer Continuing Education Online Renewal Package – $169
• 2 Hour Virginia Laws and Regulations for Professional Engineers – $29
• 2 Hour Engineering Ethics for Virginia Professional Engineers — Standards of Conduct and Case Studies – $29
• 3 Hour Risk Management, Contracts, and Professional Liability for Engineers – $39
• 3 Hour Engineering Project Management and Quality Control – $39
• 3 Hour Construction Site Safety for Engineers — VOSH, OSHA, Excavation, and Fall Protection – $39

✅ Why Choose 1st Choice CE?

• Designed for Virginia PEs: 50-minute hours, an online final assessment, and a certificate for your records
• Affordable: only $39
• 100% online and self-paced
• Log in and out anytime without losing progress
• Instant emailed certificate
• Money-back guarantee: we refund any course that the Virginia board does not accept
• Over 10 years of continuing education experience
• Support by phone or text at 1-800-698-2770 or by email at 1stchoicece@gmail.com

✅ Enroll Now

Ready to finish your Virginia PE continuing education? Enroll in the 3 Hour Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code for Professional Engineers (2021 Edition) for $39, then study on your own schedule. Questions? Call or text 1-800-698-2770 or email 1stchoicece@gmail.com.