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| The 2006 International Building Code features time-tested safety concepts, structural, and fire and life safety provisions covering means of egress, interior finish requirements, comprehensive roof provisions, seismic engineering provisions, innovative construction technology, occupancy classifications, and the latest industry standards in material design. It is founded on broad-based principles that make possible the use of new materials and new building designs.
For every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such buildings or structures, the provisions of this code apply to their:
- Construction
- Alteration
- Movement
- Enlargement
- Replacement
- Repair
- Equipment
- Use and Occupancy
- Location
- Maintenance
- Removal and
- Demolition
Please note that detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings, such as townhouses, not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures are regulated under the provisions of the International Residential Code, which is available separately.
The 2006 International Building Code provides safety to firefighters and emergency responders during emergency operations and establishes the minimum requirements to safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare through the following:
- Adequate light and ventilation
- Energy conservation
- Means of egress facilities
- Safety to life and property from fire and other hazards attributed to the built environment
- Sanitation
- Stability
- Structural strength
Important changes to the 2006 International Building Code include:
- The minimum required number of accessible public entrances serving a building has been increased to at least 60% of all public entrances.
- Revised language in Section 1004.1 clarifies the procedure for determining design occupant load.
- A change to Section 1604.5 simplifies the seismic design provisions by eliminating Seismic Use Group and replacing it with Occupancy Category.
- Section 402.11 has been added to regulate playground structures in malls when they are greater than 10 feet in height and 150 feet in area.
- Section 406.1.4 has been revised to require that doors between private garages and dwelling units be self-closing.
- Section 507.11 has been added to address that Section 402.6 allows covered mall buildings to be unlimited in area.
- A new Section 509.8 allows Group B or M occupancy under an S-2 open parking garage to be considered as a separate and distinct building.
- Labeling requirements for fire-resistance-rated glazing have been added.
- New requirements have been added for tesing air leakage for penetrations in smoke barriers.
- Section 903.2.1.2 has been revised to lower the threshold for sprinklers for A-2 occupanices from 300 occupants to 100 occupants.
- Section 1003.2 has been revised to increase the minimum ceiling height to 7 feet 6 inches, which is consistent with Section 1208.2.
Solid vertical lines in the margins of the body of the 2006 International Building Code indicate where a technical change has been made from the requirements of the 2003 edition. Arrows are also added to indicate where a section, paragraph, exception or table has been deleted from the prior edition.
To view the complete Table of Contents for the 2006 International Building Code,
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The 2006 International Building Code is also available in spiralbound, looseleaf, on CD-ROM in your choice of Folio or PDF versions, or as part of the Complete Collection or the Designer Collection.
Commentaries and handbooks, study guides, extended indexes and tabs are also available for the 2006 International Codes. |
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