Building code denotes a set of ordinances or rules which are associated with the standards intended to regulate the other aspects of the design, construction, alterations, materials and occupancy of the structures, which are essential enough to make sure the safety of people, their welfare which includes the resistance to damage and collapse.
But building code includes both technical and functional standards. They should incorporate the lessons and other international experiences, and that should be tailored to local or national circumstances. A systematic regime of enforcement which is critical but a supporting requirement for the effective implementation of building codes.
Building code mainly refers to the practice of developing, enforcing and approving the building codes, which are different from one another in different nations. In some, if the country building codes are generated and developed by the quasi-government standard organizations and government agencies, but later it is enforced across the country by the central government. Such codes are also known as the building codes.
Building codes are mainly intended to apply to the architects, engineers, designers, constructors and regulators. However, it is also used for various purposes by the safety inspectors, real estate developers, environmental scientists, tenants and others. Codes that regulate the design and construction of the structures which are adopted by the law.
Building codes have been in use since the ancient time. In the USA, the main codes are the IBC or IRC, electrical codes and others. Fifty states and the district of Columbia have adopted the I-codes at the state of the jurisdiction board. In Canada, national models are generally published. By the national research council of Canada.
