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IBC International Building Code (International Code Council Series) 2018 by International Code Council (ICC) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is IBC International Building Code (International Code Council Series) 2018 about?

This code applies to all buildings except detached one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses up to three stories. The 2018 IBC contains many important changes such as: Accessory storage spaces of any size are now permitted to be classified as part of the occupancy to which they are accessory. New code sections have been introduced addressing medical gas systems and higher education laboratories. Use of fire walls to create separate buildings is now limited to only the determination of permissible types of construction based on allowable building area and height. Where an elevator hoistway door opens into a fire-resistance-rated corridor, the opening must be protected in a manner to address smoke intrusion into the hoistway. The occupant load factor for business uses has been revised to one occupant per 150 square feet. Live loads on decks and balconies increase the deck live load to one and one-half times the live load of the area served. The minimum lateral load that fire walls are required to resist is five pounds per square foot. Wind speed maps updated, including maps for the state of Hawaii. Terminology describing wind speeds has changed again with ultimate design wind spee

Who reads IBC International Building Code (International Code Council Series) 2018?

Author

International Code Council (ICC)

Publisher

ICC (distributed by Cengage Learning)

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609837433

Category

nonfiction