STR04 L01b - Building Codes, Standards, and Specifications
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This lecture addresses design documents that are used on a day-to-day basis by civil and architectural engineers. There are literally thousands of different codes, standards, and specifications addressing different aspects of civil and architectural engineering projects. This lecture starts off with a general discussion of what each of these documents is, what their intended purposes are, and how they’re developed. Then we’ll take a closer look at the documents that addresses the design and construction of buildings and other structures
0:00 Introduction
0:37 General Information
6:12 Building Codes
15:01 Standards
17:33 Specifications
19:30 Hierarchy