,
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I—Administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 CHAPTER 7 PEDESTRIAN
CIRCULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION . . 1-1 Section
PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 701 Means of Egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
Section 702 Accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 703 Transportation Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
PART 2—ADMINISTRATION
AND ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 CHAPTER 8 SAFETY OF USERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
Section Section
102 Administrative Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 801 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
103 Acceptable Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 802 Hazards from Building Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
803 Prevention of Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 804 Construction and Demolition Hazards. . . . . . . . . . .8-1
Section 805 Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 806 Emergency Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
202 Defined Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
CHAPTER 9 MOISTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
CHAPTER 3 DESIGN PERFORMANCE Section
LEVELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
901 Surface Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
Section
902 External Moisture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
301 Minimum Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
903 Internal Moisture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
302 Use and Occupancy Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
303 Performance Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 CHAPTER 10 INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT . . . . .10-1
304 Maximum Level of Damage to Be Tolerated. . . . . 3-3 Section
305 Magnitudes of Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 1001 Climate and Building Functionality . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
1002 Indoor Air Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
CHAPTER 4 RELIABILITY AND
1003 Airborne and Impact Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
DURABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
1004 Artificial and Natural Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
Section
401 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
CHAPTER 11 MECHANICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
402 Durability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Section
1101 Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning
PART II—Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Equipment (HVAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1102 Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
CHAPTER 5 STABILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
1103 Piped Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
Section
501 Structural Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
CHAPTER 12 PLUMBING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
Section
CHAPTER 6 FIRE SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
1201 Personal Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
Section
1202 Laundering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
601 Sources of Fire Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
1203 Domestic Water Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
602 Limiting Fire Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
1204 Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
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CHAPTER 13 FUEL GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 PART IV—Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-1
Section
1301 Fuel Gas Piping and Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 APPENDIX A RISK FACTORS OF
USE AND OCCUPANCY
CLASSIFICATIONS . . APPENDIX A-1
CHAPTER 14 ELECTRICITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Section
Section
A101 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-1
1401 Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
A102 Functional Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-1
CHAPTER 15 ENERGY EFFICIENCY . . . . . . . . . 15-1 A103 Use and Occupancy
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-1
Section
1501 Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
APPENDIX B WORKSHEET FOR ASSIGNING
SPECIFIC STRUCTURES TO
PART III—Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 PERFORMANCE
GROUPS . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-1
CHAPTER 16 FIRE PREVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 B101 Risk Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-1
Section
1601 Fire Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 APPENDIX C INDIVIDUALLY SUBSTANTIATED
DESIGN METHOD . . . APPENDIX C-1
CHAPTER 17 FIRE IMPACT Section
MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 C101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-1
Section
1701 Fire Impact Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 APPENDIX D QUALIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS FOR
CHAPTER 18 MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE . . . . 18-1 DESIGN AND REVIEW
OF PERFORMANCE-
Section
BASED DESIGNS . . . . APPENDIX D-1
1801 Management of People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
Section
D101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX D-1
CHAPTER 19 MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
Section
APPENDIX E USE OF COMPUTER
1901 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1 MODELS . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
Section
CHAPTER 20 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION,
E101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
ACCESS AND FACILITIES . . . . . . 20-1
E102 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
Section
E103 Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
2001 Emergency Notification,
Access and Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INDEX-1
CHAPTER 21 EMERGENCY
RESPONDER SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . 21-1 USER’S GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UG-i
Section
USER’S GUIDE TABLE
2101 Emergency Responder Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UG-iii
CHAPTER 22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS . . . . . 22-1
Section
2201 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
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PART I—Administrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 CHAPTER 7 PEDESTRIAN
CIRCULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
CHAPTER 1 SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION . . 1-1 Section
PART 1—SCOPE AND APPLICATION. . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 701 Means of Egress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
Section 702 Accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 703 Transportation Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1
PART 2—ADMINISTRATION
AND ENFORCEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 CHAPTER 8 SAFETY OF USERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
Section Section
102 Administrative Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 801 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
103 Acceptable Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 802 Hazards from Building Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
803 Prevention of Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1
CHAPTER 2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 804 Construction and Demolition Hazards. . . . . . . . . . .8-1
Section 805 Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
201 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 806 Emergency Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-2
202 Defined Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
CHAPTER 9 MOISTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
CHAPTER 3 DESIGN PERFORMANCE Section
LEVELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
901 Surface Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
Section
902 External Moisture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
301 Minimum Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
903 Internal Moisture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1
302 Use and Occupancy Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
303 Performance Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 CHAPTER 10 INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT . . . . .10-1
304 Maximum Level of Damage to Be Tolerated. . . . . 3-3 Section
305 Magnitudes of Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 1001 Climate and Building Functionality . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
1002 Indoor Air Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
CHAPTER 4 RELIABILITY AND
1003 Airborne and Impact Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-1
DURABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
1004 Artificial and Natural Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-2
Section
401 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
CHAPTER 11 MECHANICAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
402 Durability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Section
1101 Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning
PART II—Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Equipment (HVAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
1102 Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
CHAPTER 5 STABILITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
1103 Piped Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-1
Section
501 Structural Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
CHAPTER 12 PLUMBING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
Section
CHAPTER 6 FIRE SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
1201 Personal Hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
Section
1202 Laundering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
601 Sources of Fire Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
1203 Domestic Water Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
602 Limiting Fire Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
1204 Wastewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-1
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CHAPTER 13 FUEL GAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 PART IV—Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .APPENDIX A-1
Section
1301 Fuel Gas Piping and Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1 APPENDIX A RISK FACTORS OF
USE AND OCCUPANCY
CLASSIFICATIONS . . APPENDIX A-1
CHAPTER 14 ELECTRICITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
Section
Section
A101 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-1
1401 Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1
A102 Functional Statements. . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-1
CHAPTER 15 ENERGY EFFICIENCY . . . . . . . . . 15-1 A103 Use and Occupancy
Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX A-1
Section
1501 Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1
APPENDIX B WORKSHEET FOR ASSIGNING
SPECIFIC STRUCTURES TO
PART III—Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 PERFORMANCE
GROUPS . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-1
CHAPTER 16 FIRE PREVENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 B101 Risk Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX B-1
Section
1601 Fire Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 APPENDIX C INDIVIDUALLY SUBSTANTIATED
DESIGN METHOD . . . APPENDIX C-1
CHAPTER 17 FIRE IMPACT Section
MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 C101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX C-1
Section
1701 Fire Impact Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 APPENDIX D QUALIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS FOR
CHAPTER 18 MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE . . . . 18-1 DESIGN AND REVIEW
OF PERFORMANCE-
Section
BASED DESIGNS . . . . APPENDIX D-1
1801 Management of People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-1
Section
D101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX D-1
CHAPTER 19 MEANS OF EGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
Section
APPENDIX E USE OF COMPUTER
1901 Means of Egress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1 MODELS . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
Section
CHAPTER 20 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION,
E101 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
ACCESS AND FACILITIES . . . . . . 20-1
E102 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
Section
E103 Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX E-1
2001 Emergency Notification,
Access and Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INDEX-1
CHAPTER 21 EMERGENCY
RESPONDER SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . 21-1 USER’S GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UG-i
Section
USER’S GUIDE TABLE
2101 Emergency Responder Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1
OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UG-iii
CHAPTER 22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS . . . . . 22-1
Section
2201 Hazardous Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-1
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