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Building Codes Final Exam questionswell answered to pass
The Code of Hammurabi - correct answer ✔✔"If the house falls & kills it's owner, then the builder shall
be put to death."
1st building law on record in the USA (year) - correct answer ✔✔1625
Building Codes originate from - correct answer ✔✔building tragedies
The Chicago Building Fire in 1871 sparked _______ 1875 - correct answer ✔✔Fire Building Codes -
developed to appease the National Board of Fire Underwrites (insurance)
1st model codes were written by - correct answer ✔✔Insurance companies' point of view to reduce fire
risks
IBC - correct answer ✔✔International Building Code - most widely adopted building code
ICC - correct answer ✔✔International Code Council; I-Codes; most widely adopted organization; uses
common-code format
NFPA - correct answer ✔✔National Fire Protection Association; C-3 Codes (Comprehensive Consensus
Codes); not as widely adopted; manual style (key chapters at beginning and end- divided by occupancy
type)
ICC-ES - correct answer ✔✔International Code Council - Evaluation Services - evaluates new materials,
methods of construction, and testing
LSC - correct answer ✔✔Life Safety Codes (not a building Code) - means of egress
, ASHRAE - correct answer ✔✔American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Commercial = 90.1
Residential = 90..2
DOE - correct answer ✔✔Department of Energy
enforces energy policy act (promotes energy efficiency)
ANSI - correct answer ✔✔American National Standards Institute (1981) - establishes method by which
standards can be developed
UL - correct answer ✔✔Underwriter's Laboratory - testing agency that approves products
NSF - correct answer ✔✔National Sanitation Foundation (food water air and the environment)
ASTM - correct answer ✔✔American Society for Testing and Materials
AHJ - correct answer ✔✔Authority-having jurisdiction
CGBSC - correct answer ✔✔California Green Building Standards Code
Green vs. Sustainable - correct answer ✔✔Green: describes attribute or multiple characteristic; "energy
efficient building" and a "low-emitting finish"
Sustainable: must meet 3 specific benchmarks: environmental responsibility, economic strength, and
social responsibility
LCA - correct answer ✔✔Life Cycle Assessment
Architectural Barriers Act - correct answer ✔✔Law in 1968; 1st legislation that addressed accessibility
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