CEA BUILDING CODES INTERNATIONAL
ZONING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Code process - answer-design process
- initial project research
- preliminary review
- appeals process
- construction documents
Permit process
- permit application
- plan review
- permit
Inspection process
- intermediate inspections
- final inspections
- certificate of occupancy
Prescriptive - answer-- tells you precise requirements
- ex. Height of handrail
Performance - answer-- specifies the goal, criteria, objective that should be met - but
does not provide specific description as to how that must be achieved
- used in conjunction with prescriptive codes
Multiple codes - answer-strictest
Building codes - answer-- stress construction requirements of entire buildings
- place restrictions on hazardous materials or equipment used within a building
- principal purpose:
- to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the people using these buildings
- includes: structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, life safety (egress), fire safety
(detection and suppression), natural light and air, accessibility standards, and energy
conservation
- frequently reference other codes and standards
Model building codes (nbc) - answer-boca national building code (nbc)
Published by building officials code
Administrators international (boca)
Model building codes (sbc) - answer-standard building code (sbc)
Published by the southern
Building code congress
, International (sbcci)
Model building codes (ubc) - answer-uniform building code (ubc)
Published by the international
Conference of building officials
(icbo)
Model building codes (boca) - answer-building officials code
Administrators international (boca)
Legacy codes - answer-nbc, boca, sbc, sbcci, ubc, icbo
Life safety codes - answer-- nfpa 101
- not a building code
- concentrates on broad topics of:
- removal or evacuation of all persons from a building
- occupancies
- means of egress
- fire protection
- used throughout the us and in several other countries
- used in one jurisdiction in every state
- adopted by at least 43 states in us
I-codes - answer-- ibc-intl. Building code
- iccpc-icc performance code for bldg./facilities
- ifc-intl. Fire code
- ipc-intl. Plumbing code
- imc-intl. Mechanical code
- iecc-intl. Energy conservation code
- igcc-intl. Green construction code: available 2012
- irc-intl. Residential code
- iebc-intl. Existing building code
Nfpa 5000 - answer--building construction and safety code
-c3-codes (comprehensive consensus codes)
-includes both prescriptive and performance codes
-(not widely used)
-no residential code
-primary focus npfa 101-life safety code
**key difference - chapters divided by occupancy type
Accessibility codes (ada: americans dis. Act) - answer-- note: the ada portion of the
2004 ada-aba guidelines
- is now the 2010 ada standards
- for comparison of accessibility publications
- comprehensive civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities
ZONING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
Code process - answer-design process
- initial project research
- preliminary review
- appeals process
- construction documents
Permit process
- permit application
- plan review
- permit
Inspection process
- intermediate inspections
- final inspections
- certificate of occupancy
Prescriptive - answer-- tells you precise requirements
- ex. Height of handrail
Performance - answer-- specifies the goal, criteria, objective that should be met - but
does not provide specific description as to how that must be achieved
- used in conjunction with prescriptive codes
Multiple codes - answer-strictest
Building codes - answer-- stress construction requirements of entire buildings
- place restrictions on hazardous materials or equipment used within a building
- principal purpose:
- to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the people using these buildings
- includes: structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, life safety (egress), fire safety
(detection and suppression), natural light and air, accessibility standards, and energy
conservation
- frequently reference other codes and standards
Model building codes (nbc) - answer-boca national building code (nbc)
Published by building officials code
Administrators international (boca)
Model building codes (sbc) - answer-standard building code (sbc)
Published by the southern
Building code congress
, International (sbcci)
Model building codes (ubc) - answer-uniform building code (ubc)
Published by the international
Conference of building officials
(icbo)
Model building codes (boca) - answer-building officials code
Administrators international (boca)
Legacy codes - answer-nbc, boca, sbc, sbcci, ubc, icbo
Life safety codes - answer-- nfpa 101
- not a building code
- concentrates on broad topics of:
- removal or evacuation of all persons from a building
- occupancies
- means of egress
- fire protection
- used throughout the us and in several other countries
- used in one jurisdiction in every state
- adopted by at least 43 states in us
I-codes - answer-- ibc-intl. Building code
- iccpc-icc performance code for bldg./facilities
- ifc-intl. Fire code
- ipc-intl. Plumbing code
- imc-intl. Mechanical code
- iecc-intl. Energy conservation code
- igcc-intl. Green construction code: available 2012
- irc-intl. Residential code
- iebc-intl. Existing building code
Nfpa 5000 - answer--building construction and safety code
-c3-codes (comprehensive consensus codes)
-includes both prescriptive and performance codes
-(not widely used)
-no residential code
-primary focus npfa 101-life safety code
**key difference - chapters divided by occupancy type
Accessibility codes (ada: americans dis. Act) - answer-- note: the ada portion of the
2004 ada-aba guidelines
- is now the 2010 ada standards
- for comparison of accessibility publications
- comprehensive civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities
