objective-based codes

Canadian version of the US performance based building code (performance-based building codes and standards)

Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes

CCC (Canadian Codes Centres):

The National Building Code of Canada (NBC), the National Fire Code of Canada (NFC), the National Plumbing Code of Canada, the National Housing Code of Canada and the National Farm Building Code of Canada are prepared and maintained by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC):

The National Building Code of Canada (NBC), the National Fire Code of Canada (NFC), the National Plumbing Code of Canada, the National Housing Code of Canada and the National Farm Building Code of Canada are prepared and maintained by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) and are published by the National Research Council (NRC). They are recommended model codes which may be adopted by an appropriate authority.

In Canada, where it is called an objective-based building code; this is scheduled for publication in 2003.

ASTM

"provides a global forum for the development and publication of voluntary consensus standards for materials, products, systems, and services"




ISO: International Standards Organization

"a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from more than 140 countries, one from each country. to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity."

difficulty

Building codes obstacle or opportunity?, by Goetzl, A. and D. B.McKeever, 1999

alternative construction methods

Dealing with alternative construction methods through performance based building codes, by Benge, C., 1999

performance-based code: development overview

Developments in performance-based building codes and standards, by Foliente, G. C., 2000

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Objective-based codes for wood frame construction, by Lepper, M. and Jones, E., 2000

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Objectively speaking, by Archer, J. W. and J. Gallagher, 2001

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Relation between objective and sub-objectives, division A, by CCE, 2001