"A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for constructed objects such as buildings and non-building structures."
Learning and implementing city and state regulations and the appropriate international building codes is an essential part of designing buildings that are safe, effective, and compliant with legal requirements.
Building classification: The categorization of different types of buildings based on their use and occupancy, such as residential, commercial, industrial, educational or healthcare.
Fire protection and life safety codes: Codes that specify the minimum requirements for fire prevention, detection, and suppression systems, as well as emergency exits and lighting.
Accessibility codes and standards: Codes that ensure buildings are accessible to persons with disabilities, with requirements such as wheelchair ramps, elevators, and accessible bathroom facilities.
Structural design codes: Codes that outline the minimum requirements for the design and construction of building structures based on technical considerations such as load-bearing capacity, wind load resistance, and seismic activity.
Plumbing and mechanical codes: Codes that determine the minimum standards for plumbing and mechanical systems within buildings, including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), and piping systems for hot and cold water.
Electrical codes and standards: Codes that specify minimum standards for electrical systems, including the use of specific materials, proper grounding, and appropriate voltage levels.
Energy efficiency codes: Codes that are enacted to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, critical factors in minimizing the impact buildings have on the environment.
Building envelope codes: Codes that pertain to the design and construction of buildings' external shells, including roofs, walls, foundations, windows, and doors, and their contribution to the building's energy efficiency and weather resistance.
"Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council."
"The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and structures."
"For example, the building codes in many countries require engineers to consider the effects of soil liquefaction in the design of new buildings."
"The building code becomes law of a particular jurisdiction when formally enacted by the appropriate governmental or private authority."
"Building codes are generally intended to be applied by architects, engineers, interior designers, constructors, and regulators."
"Codes regulate the design and construction of structures where adopted into law, but are also used for various purposes by safety inspectors, environmental scientists, real estate developers, subcontractors, manufacturers of building products and materials, insurance companies, facility managers, tenants, and others."
"In the USA, the main codes are the International Building Code or International Residential Code [IBC/IRC], electrical codes and plumbing, mechanical codes."
"Fifty states and the District of Columbia have adopted the I-Codes at the state or jurisdictional level."
"In Canada, national model codes are published by the National Research Council of Canada."
"In the United Kingdom, compliance with Building Regulations is monitored by building control bodies, either Approved Inspectors or Local Authority Building Control departments."
"Building Control regularisation charges apply in case work is undertaken which should have had been inspected at the time of the work if this was not done."
"Building codes are generally intended to be applied by architects, engineers, interior designers, constructors and regulators but are also used for various purposes by safety inspectors, environmental scientists, real estate developers, subcontractors, manufacturers of building products and materials, insurance companies, facility managers, tenants, and others."
"Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council."
"Codes regulate the design and construction of structures where adopted into law, but are also used for various purposes by safety inspectors."
"For example, the building codes in many countries require engineers to consider the effects of soil liquefaction in the design of new buildings."
"The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and structures."
"The main codes are the International Building Code or International Residential Code [IBC/IRC], electrical codes and plumbing, mechanical codes."
"In Canada, national model codes are published by the National Research Council of Canada."
"In the United Kingdom, compliance with Building Regulations is monitored by building control bodies, either Approved Inspectors or Local Authority Building Control departments."