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ASTM International - ANSWER ✔✔Formerly, American Society for
Testing and Materials. An organization that promulgates standards for
testing, materials, and methods of building construction.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - ANSWER ✔✔An
organization that fosters the establishment of voluntary industrial
standards
Model building code - ANSWER ✔✔A code that is offered by a
recognized national organization as worthy of adoption by state or local
governments
, OmniClass Construction Classification System - ANSWER ✔✔The
trademarked name for a system of describing building information
encompassing a broad range of possible organizing criteria
UniFormat - ANSWER ✔✔The trademarked name for a system of
organizing building information based on functional relationships.
Master Format - ANSWER ✔✔The trademarked title of a uniform
indexing system for construction specifications, created by the
Construction Specifications Institute and Construction Specifications
Canada.
Life-cycle analysis (LCA), Cradle-to-grave analysis - ANSWER ✔✔A
comprehensive method of describing the environmental impacts of a
material or product, accounting for all phases of its life from original
resource extraction through final disposal or recycling; also called
cradle-to-grave analysis.
IRC - ANSWER ✔✔Used for 1 and 2 family homes and townhouses,
maximum 3 stories
IBC Type I - ANSWER ✔✔Most resistant, noncombustible materials,
1-3hrs
IBC Type II - ANSWER ✔✔noncombustible materials only