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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"building code"”.
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Impacts of lateral code changes associated with the 2006 International Building Code and the 2008 California Building Code
The 2008 California Building Code (CBC) will adopt the structural section of the 2006 International Building Code (IBC), which includes alterations to the procedure to determine earthquake design loading, and a drastic move to a complicated method to determine design wind pressures. The …
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The relationship between the Massachusetts' building code and construction cost escalation
… twenty years, four editions of the Massachusetts building code have been released; Massachusetts is currently governed by the 9 th edition. Since the 6 th edition was released in 1997, the code has expanded to include increased seismic requirements, improved fire prevention, and the energy stretch …
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The Interconnection between Net-Zero Building Code and Rental Housing Affordability in Massachusetts
… of the housing markets through net-zero energy building codes such as the new “Stretch Code” introduced in Massachusetts. In a quest to achieve declared targets on the “Environmental” front, the “Social” front sometimes gets sacrificed for instance the incremental cost of net-zero may be passed …
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Revision of European Building Code En1991 for Static and Dynamic Roof Loading by Volcanic Ash
… action (i.e., volcanic ash loads) to the building regulations to make existing and future European buildings more robust. The investigation uses a Multiphysics simulation approach. A mathematical model is developed to investigate the volcanic ash effects in the context of the EN1991 code. …
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Amending the building code of the city of New York: exploring forces that influenced change
… influenced changes (i.e., amendments) to the Building Code of New York City over an approximately one hundred and ten year period spanning from 1898, the year of the city’s consolidation, through 2008, the year of the major code amendment following September 11, 2001. Although the emphasis is …
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Spider web geometry inspires long span roof trusses
… gravity and lateral loads applied an ordinary building structure based on the current building code. Then, the web geometry of a Crytophora citricola's, or tent web spider's web is analyzed and optimized for structural efficiency under loading. The performance of this spider-inspired truss …
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Methodology for the Visual Inspection of Selected Engineered Wood Products and Connector Hardware for Prescriptive Non-Compliance at the Pre-Drywall Stage of Residential Construction
… manufacturer literature rather than in the building code. Although some home inspections include EWP prescriptive compliance, very little applied and academic literature addresses this practice. This lack of practical information and the lack of standardized inspection methods can result in …
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An Examination of Site Response in Columbia, South Carolina: Sensitivity of Site Response to "Rock" Input Motion and the Utility of Vs(30)
… and procedures prescribed in the IBC 2000 building code, particularly the use of average shear wave velocity in the upper 30 meters as an index for engineering design response spectra. Site specific subsurface models are developed for four sites in and near Columbia, South Carolina using …
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Exploring strengthening mechanisms for Class C and Class F fly ash in load bearing floor tile applications
… alternative to clay tiles that maintain the ASTM building code standards. Through experimentation, a fly ash tile was produced that consumes 99% less energy in the manufacturing process than commercial clay tiles. The final product is a fly ash tile composed of two classes of fly ash, water, and …
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Reliability and effect of partially restrained wood shear walls
… design of the most widely used residential building code in the United States, the IRC, allows the use of partially restrained wood shear walls to resist wind and seismic loads. Wind load is the most common controlling lateral design load for these structures. In contrast, the complimenting …
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Seismic retrofit of existing reinforced concrete moment resisting frame structures using diagonal prestressing
The national building code of Canada (NBCC) has been under constant evolution since its first issue in 1941. Over the years, knowledge related to structural engineering and more specifically seismic response has continued to evolve through research and field investigations. Recently, the 2005 NBCC …
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Análise de edifícios pelo método das estruturas equivalentes
… frame method for analysing reinforced concrete buildings which is described in the "ACI Building Code Requirements" (ACI-318-77) is suitable for analysing only the gravity loading. This paper adds the analysis of lateral load to the ACI concept. It also presents a new procedure, developed from …
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A Future for Housing
… then applies them in the design of an apartment building on a specific site. The project also touches on questions of what makes a living space desirable, namely the preservation of the tenant's individuality and the fostering of community, each of which is examined and applied through the …
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Lateral Strength and Ductile Behavior of a Mortise-Tenon Connected Timber Frame
… racking while reliably complying with ASCE 7-10 building code drift speci! cations, implying an increase in the ASCE 7-10 ductility factor (R) for wood frames when used as lateral force resisting elements. A secondary goal was to promote traditional heavy timber framing as a main structural …
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Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Structures
… the constraints developed according to the ACI Building Code (318-77) requirements. The objective function is the cost of the structure which is based on the costs per unit volume of the steel and the concrete. The constraints include the requirements such as flexural strength, shear strength, …
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Understanding Housing Supply under Stringent Energy-efficiency Regulations
… requires the adoption of the Stretch Energy Code for every municipality that is designated as a Green Community. This appendix to the base building code adds more stringent energy-efficiency requirements, such as including the HERS Index rating system in every new residential construction. …
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Manual for the Inspection of Wood Decks and Balconies
… is not common and often is unregulated or building codes do not appear to be widely enforced. With every failure, the need for a comprehensive inspection manual for residential wood decks and balconies becomes more apparent. Research was conducted on inspection techniques, common deck and …
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Building inspection with automated code compliance checking
Inspecting existing buildings for conformity with current regulations is often difficult to carry out for people lacking expertise in code compliance checking. The present research aims at developing an automated approach for the diagnostic of existing buildings during inspection. The proposed …
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Building Insurance
Over the past 350 years, the building insurance industry has been shaped by a series of major urban fires, each incrementally standardizing risk assessment and property valuation as financial products of risk management. In recent years, however, climate change has introduced unprecedented weather …
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Strategic Concessions: Negotiating Human Land Use to Serve the Habitat Needs of the Eastern Meadowlark
… Through analysis of storm water volumes, building code setbacks regarding waterways, habitat requirements of the Eastern Meadowlark and land volume manipulation, a solution to many obstacles facing community and species has been posited in this project: the Dianna Dayle River Walk.
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