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How reliable are the building codes?
Most aspects of building construction - electrical wiring, heating, sanitary facilities - represent a potential hazard to building occupants and users. Building codes provide safeguards. Although no code can eliminate all risks, reducing risks to an acceptable level helps.
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Who needs building codes?
We all do - whether in our homes, offices, schools, stores, factories or places of entertainment. We rely on the safety of structures that surround us in our everyday living. The public need for protection from disaster due to fire, structural collapse and general deterioration underscores the need for modern codes and their administration.
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What is a building code?
Practically, it is the government's official statement on building safety. Technically, it is a compendium of laws and ordinances setting minimum safety standards and arranging them in a systematic manner (codified) for easy reference. It embraces all aspects of the building construction - fire and structural items as well as the plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems.
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How reliable are the building codes?
Most aspects of building construction - electrical wiring, heating, sanitary facilities - represent a potential hazard to building occupants and users. Building codes provide safeguards. Although no code can eliminate all risks, reducing risks to an acceptable level helps.
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Why inspect a building during construction?
It is the only way to verify independently that code compliance has been achieved. Did you know that before you moved into your home, office or factory, an average of ten inspections has been made to verify conformity to minimum standards affecting electrical safety and sanitation as well as structural and fire and the like?
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