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Imad Naffa Twitter tweets related to: Code, Discussions, Fire, Access, Ada and more. Search Results. Automated Code Checking. July 29, 2011 For the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry, regulatory code compliance can be one of the challenging aspects of design-build projects—due to the variations in building and safety codes across the country.

Automated Code Checking

However, a new automated code-checking tool could help. In January, FIATECH, www.fiatech.org, Austin, Texas, launched a new automated code-checking project, AUTOCodes, to demonstrate the ability to develop and deliver rule sets for the ICC’s (Intl. Code Council) Intl. Building Code. Search Results. Imad Naffa. Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter tweets related to: Code, Discussions, Bcdg, Architecture, Design and more. Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter tweets related to: Believer, Ada, Regulations, Access, Buildingcodes and more. Search Results. Foursquare. Imad Naffa (imadnaffa) Twitter tweets related to: Accessibility, Code, Discussions, Fire, Ada and more.

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EarthQuakes. International. Building code. A building code, or building control, is a set of rules that specify the minimum standards for constructed objects such as buildings and nonbuilding structures.

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The main purpose of building codes are to protect public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and structures. The building code becomes law of a particular jurisdiction when formally enacted by the appropriate governmental or private authority. Building codes are generally intended to be applied by architects, engineers, constructors and regulators but are also used for various purposes by safety inspectors, environmental scientists, real estate developers, subcontractors, manufacturers of building products and materials, insurance companies, facility managers, tenants, and others. Codes regulating the design and construction of structures where adopted into law. Eurocodes.

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