Seismic Design of RC Structures using UBC and ACI provisions



BUILDING CODE - AUTHORITY

- State legislature has sole authority to enact and enforce building codes.

- State may choose to delegate a portion of this power to constituent local government units, such as cities.


BUILDING CODE

- Enacted by a state or local government’s legislative body to regulate construction within its jurisdiction.

- Minimum acceptable requirements necessary to preserve public health, safetyand welfare in the built environment.

- Primary application to new or proposed construction.



APPLICABILITY OF STATEWIDE BUILDING CODE

- Buildings based on construction methods such as factory-manufactured buildings,

- All construction except single-family dwellings,

- A single or narrow aspect of building construction such as fire safety,

- All construction.



ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

- Local government responsibility, subject to varying degrees of state agency supervision and oversight.



MODEL BUILDING CODES

- State and local governments adopt model building codes, rather than relying on custom-drafted building codes.



MODEL CODES

- Originally promulgated by:

the National Board of Fire Underwriters,

later to become American Insurance Association

- New editions at approximately 10-year intervals.

- Withdrawn in 1984.


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