offensive to-day. We are right next door to the USA and have our own
building codes. I think that calling it the International Building Code
was a bit of wishful thinking on the part of the code authors, maybe
even a little hubris was involved. Generally today most countries
except the small ones want to write their own codes in order to promote
use of their own materials, & because of local customs, & in order to
keep a bunch of university professors busy and use the local idiom.
Going against that trend is globalisation, where ISO standards are being
adopted more & more. However from my perspective these are really more
like a slot machine that allows you to put in whatever local standard
you want as long as it follows the ISO rules for organisation, e.g.
numbering, labelling, safety rules, wording (very important- a "guard"
here may mean something quite different in Burkino Fasso), clearances,
factors of safety or load factors and so on. So much for my rambling.
Gary
Gerard Madden, SE wrote:
> I'm Irish.
>
> Michel, what is the building code in Ireland?
>
> I await a response that could be construed as offensive by someone who
> is a professional on this international list who is not in the USA.
>
> HINT: Put a drunk reference in the building code or perhaps a Lucky
> Charms reference.
>
> If TY Lin worked in your office, would you write that?
>
> -g
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/10/07, *Michel Blangy* < mblangy@satco-inc.com
> <mailto:mblangy@satco-inc.com>> wrote:
>
> No really, and I believe it makes direct reference to the ASCF,
> ALSC, ACL, NBS, MSUC.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Gerard Madden, SE [mailto:gmse4603@gmail.com
> <mailto:gmse4603@gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:40 PM
> *To:* seaint@seaint.org <mailto:seaint@seaint.org>
> *Subject:* Re: Chinese Building Code
>
> Michel....c'mon dude...not cool.
>
> I was waiting for that to happen...
>
> -g
>
> On 5/10/07, *Michel Blangy* < mblangy@satco-inc.com
> <mailto:mblangy@satco-inc.com>> wrote:
>
> Isn't it the Imtermational Duilbing Cobe 2006?
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Michael Hemstad [mailto:mhemstad@mbjeng.com
> <mailto:mhemstad@mbjeng.com>]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 10, 2007 1:20 PM
> *To:* seaint@seaint.org <mailto:seaint@seaint.org>
> *Subject:* Chinese Building Code
>
> Can someone give me any guidance in obtaining a copy
> of a Chinese building code? Is there a national code,
> or regional or city codes? I appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Hemstad, P.E.
> MBJ
> Minneapolis, Minnesota
>
> **
> *Michael Hemstad, P.E.*
> **
> **
> *Meyer, Borgman and Johnson, Inc.*
>
> 12 South Sixth Street
> Suite 810
> Minneapolis, MN 55402
> (612) 338-0713 (main)
> (612) 604-3621 (direct)
> (612) 337-5325 (fax)
>
www.mbjeng.com <http://www.mbjeng.com>
>
>
>
>
> --
> -gm
>
>
>
>
> --
> -gm
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