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    building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings...
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  • A model building code is a building code that is developed and maintained by a standards organization independent of the jurisdiction responsible for enacting...
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  • The Uniform Building Code (UBC) was a building code used primarily in the western United States. The UBC was first published in 1927 by the International...
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    International Code Council (ICC), also known as the Code Council, is an American nonprofit standards organization sponsored by the building trades, which...
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  • National Building Code of Canada is the model building code of Canada. It is issued by the National Research Council of Canada. As a model code, it has...
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  • The Florida Building Code (FBC) is a set of standards designed by the Florida Building Commission for the construction of buildings in the US state of...
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  • The California Building Standards Code is the building code for California, and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). It is maintained...
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    Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) is a body that writes Australia's standardized building requirements, including the National Construction Code (NCC)...
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  • Canada) Code green stage 1: partial evacuation to a safe area within the building Code green stage 2: complete evacuation of the building Code grey: shelter...
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  • Nepal Building Codes (NBC) are a set of a technical documents developed by The Department of Urban Development and Building Construction under the Ministry...
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    Building occupancy classifications refer to categorizing structures based on their usage and are primarily used for building and fire code enforcement...
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  • Seismic codes or earthquake codes are building codes designed to protect property and life in buildings in case of earthquakes. The need for such codes is...
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    United States building energy codes are a subset of building codes that set minimum requirements for energy-efficient design and construction for new and...
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  • of the NEC, even when the local code was not updated. In the United States, anyone, including the city issuing building permits, may face a civil liability...
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    enforceable codes include but are not limited to: Building code - enforced by building inspectors from the municipal building department Fire code - enforced...
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  • Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) was established in 1991 (originally called the Building Standards and Guidelines Program)...
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  • intelligence features directly into the coding environment. It is a fork of Visual Studio Code with additional AI features like code generation, smart rewrites and...
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    evacuation of the occupants in the event of fire". The International Building Code specifies, "In places of assembly, the seats shall be securely fastened...
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    International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is a building code created by the International Code Council in 2000. It is a model code adopted by many states and...
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  • of freezing and thawing. Building codes take frost depth into account because of frost heaving, which can damage buildings by moving their foundations...
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    Code". Sucuoğlu, Haluk. "New Improvements in the 2019 Building Earthquake Code of Turkey". "Turkey earthquake: Anger at building standards grows"...
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    constructed buildings are used in modular construction projects. PMC can have as many stories as building codes allow. Unlike relocatable buildings, PMC structures...
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  • Building officials of developed countries are generally the jurisdictional administrator of building and construction codes, engineering calculation supervision...
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    WTO-TBT enquiry point for India. It is a comprehensive building code for regulating the building construction activities across the country which was first...
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    newspapers included stories titled "New Petitions Against Tax" and "Building Code Under Fire." These phrases have become running jokes among B movie fans...
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    public buildings, etc.). Residential construction practices, technologies, and resources must conform to local building authority's regulations and codes of...
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  • Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen Code) is Part 11 of the California Building Standards Code and is the first statewide "green" building code in the...
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    On 14 June 2016 Sohel Rana and 17 others were indicted for violating building code in the construction of Rana Plaza. In August 2016 the trial was postponed...
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  • prevention or building construction features that are normally a function of fire prevention codes and building codes". The Life Safety Code was originated...
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    Building Code (IBC) Section 510.2. Some sources instead attribute the name to the wood framing of the upper construction; the International Building Code...
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