The Code adds an enforcement mechanism to a standard. A standard alone has no enforcement. Codes can also modify standards by adding or subtracting specific items.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Ron Greenman <[email protected]> wrote: > When a standrad is adopted as part of a code it is enforceable. For > instance, the building code in washington is Chapter 19.27 of the Revised > Code of Washington (RCW) and includes IBC, IRC, UPC, UMC, NEC, etc. and many > other documents (NFPA XX, ASME XX, ANSI XX, to name a few) by adoption, > plus amendments. All are code and enforceable including adopted standards > (13, 13R & 13D among them). Unadopted documents of any type are > non-enforceable and informational only. > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Todd Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A Code has enforcement; a standard does not. >> >> >> At 07:16 PM 8/11/2011, you wrote: >>> A little aside relative to something Craig said. I think "code trumps >>> standard" is a misnomer when the code references the standard as >> applicable >>> as the IBC does in 903.??? relative to 13. 13 then becomes a part of the >>> code by reference. I also think that if IBC says you can do something >> (i.e.: >>> have a partial system in a building that would otherwise not require >>> sprinklers) then THAT trumps a sub-paragraph in a portion of code >> (903.???) >>> that would only be applicable in full if the building were required to be >>> sprinklered. I think John's passage from the commentary pretty much >> supports >>> that interpretation. I'd still be leery and keep that passage handy (like >> in >>> the contract documents) against future possibilities. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 2:38 PM, John Drucker <[email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> From the 2009 IBC Commentary, Section 901.2; >>>> >>>> "For example, if a building owner chooses to provide sprinkler >> protection >>>> in >>>> a certain area and such protection is not required by the code, the >> system _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
