1. Building Codes, Zoning Ordinances

2. The Designer of a building must make many choices before its design is complete and ready for construction.
What will give the required functional performance
What will give the desired aesthetic results
What is possible legally
What is most economical

3. There are many things that define how a designer will plan a structure
Zoning Ordinances
Building Codes
Fire Rating of Materials
Legal Constraints
Energy Efficiency

4. Zoning Ordinances Cities define ordinances Deal with fire codes
Where buildings can be placed on a site
Where sidewalks, curbs, parking lots, lights, etc can go.

5. Building Codes Local Government Defines them
Most based after BOCA – National Building Code
First thing building codes define is USE Groups
Second thing is Construction types
Other things is type of materials and mechanical system.

7. Type of Construction Type 1 and 2 Non Combustible Type 3
This includes structural frame bearing and non-bearing walls floor and roof construction and exterior walls
Type 3
Have to be non combustible of exterior walls and other building elements can be any material allowed by the code

8. Type of Construction Type 4 Type 5 Heavy Timber
Allows all building elements to be constructed of any materials allowed by the code.

9. Fire Rating of Materials
ASTM – American Society for testing and Materials
Establishes standards specifications for commonly used materials of construction
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
Organization that develops standards for many industrial products, such as aluminum windows and many of the mechanical components of buildings

10. Other Legal Constraints
OSHA-occupational Safety and Health Act
Controls the design of workplaces to minimize threats to the health and safety of workers

11. Energy Efficiency
R Value
U Value

12. CSI Master Format Construction Specifications Institute
Master format for organizing information about construction materials and components. It is used as the outline for construction specification for nearly all large construction projects and forms the basis on which trade associations and manufactures technical literature is cataloged.

13. CSI Primary Divisions General Requirements Site Work Concrete Masonry
Metals
Wood and Plastics
Thermal and Moisture Protection
Doors and Windows
Finish
Specialties
Equipment
Furnishings
Special Construction
Conveying Systems
Mechanical
Electrical

14. CSI Division Example Division 5 Metals 05120 Structural Steel
05210 Steel Joists
05310 Steel Decks
05400 Cold Formed Metal Framing
05725 Ornamental Metal Casting