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BUILDING BYE

- LAWS &
CODES
PRACTICES
Various sources
including books,
journals and internet
have been used to
compile these
presentations. The
instructor by no
means claims its
sole procession.
Codes Practices
Introduction to Codes of Practice
Introduction to various building codes in professional practice
emphasizing the importance of codes and regulations to protect
public health, safety and welfare and to ensure compliance with
the local authority.

Application of Codes of Practice


• Understanding the applications of various codes as per various
building types.
• Conducting a comprehensive code search process and
• Representing the above analysis by preparing detailed code
data sheets as applicable in the domain which has been
chosen for the research.
Introduction to Building
Codes
· “Building codes are a series of
ordinances enacted by a state or local
governmental
entity, establishing minimum requirements that
must be met in the construction and
maintenance of buildings”.

· The government establishes requirements and


standards to protect people from unsafe living
and working conditions.

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PURPOSE OF
Codes
✓ Ensure public health and safety throughout a building.
✓ Most have come into play “after-the-fact” as a learning
experience from a major tragedy.
✓ They are primarily concerned with
✓ Construction requirements
✓ Hazardous materials or equipment used in the
building
✓ 75% of all codes and standards deal with fire
✓ Energy conservation
✓ Accessibility

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What is building
code?
✓A building code is a document containing standardized requirement for the
design & construction of most types of building.
✓ Codes regulate building construction & building use in order to protect the
health, safety & welfare of the occupant.
✓ Codes express all aspects of construction including structural integrity, fire
resistance, safe exists, lighting, electrical, energy conservation,
plumbing, sanitary facilities, ventilation, seismic design & correct use of
construction materials.
✓ Building codes classify standard by use & apply different standards to
each classification. For example, schools & office buildings are in separate
occupancy category with different performance requirement.

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What is building
code?
✓ The codes includes various aspect for regulation on design
& construction viz;
✓ For Planning Building/Development work
✓ For Structural Design
✓ For Constructional aspects
✓ For Building Services (HVAC, electrical, Acoustics, lifts etc.)
✓ Plumbing Services (Water supply, Sewerage, Drainage, waste
management)
✓ Landscaping, signs and outdoor display structures

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What is building
code?
✓ The purpose of all these building codes is to ensure
public safety, health & welfare as affected by
building construction.
✓ This purpose includes:
✓ Structural strength
✓ Sanitary equipment
✓ Light & ventilation
✓ Fire safety

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ACI Code Safety
Provisions for reinforced
buildings
• Structural members must always be proportioned to resist loads
greater than service or actual loads, in order to provide proper
safety against failure.
• In the strength design method, the member is designed to resist
the factored loads which are obtained by multiplying the factored
loads with live loads.
ACI Code Safety Provisions for
reinforced buildings
• Different factors are used for different loadings.
• As dead loads can be estimated quite accurately, their load
factors are smaller than those of live loads, which have a high
degree of uncertainty.
• Several load factor conditions must be considered in the design to
compute the maximum and minimum design forces.
• Reduction factors are used for some combinations of loads to
reflect the low probability of their simultaneous occurrences.
• Now if the ultimate load is denoted by U, the according to the ACI
code, the ultimate required strength U, shall be the most critical of
the following:
ACI Code Safety
Provisions for
reinforced buildings
• Basic Equation U = 1.2D + 1.6L:
• For flexure of tension controlled sections Phi = 0.9
• For shear and torsion Phi = 0.75
• For compression members with spiral reinforcement Phi = 0.70
• For compression members with laterla ties Phi = 0.65
• Building Code of Pakistan.pdf
Self-Assessment
• Question no 1. How codes and practices ensure safety of general
public?

• Question no 2. Find the building code used in vicinity of Hyd.


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