دانلود کتاب خلاصه کد ساختمان 2024 – جلد اول

The Building Code is a regulation made under the Building Code Act, 1992. This edition of the Building Code Compendium amalgamates Ontario Regulation 203/24 which adopts the 2020 National Building Code together with the document “Ontario Amendments to the National Building Code of Canada 2020”. This Compendium also contains the Supplementary Standards referenced by the Building Code and additional explanatory material in Appendix Notes which are prepared for purposes of convenience only. The 2024 Building Code is effective January 1, 2025. The Building Code sets out technical requirements for construction (including renovation) of buildings, change of use of existing buildings where the change would result in an increase in hazard and for maintenance and operation of on-site sewage systems. The technical requirements of the Building Code do not have application to existing buildings other than the maintenance and operation of on-site sewage systems and buildings that undergo a change of use where the change would result in an increase in hazard. The Building Code also contains administrative requirements for demolition of buildings. The Building Code is essentially a set of minimum provisions respecting the safety of buildings with reference to public health, fire protection, accessibility, structural sufficiency, energy efficiency and environmental integrity. It is not intended to be a textbook on building design, advice on which should be sought from professional sources. Its primary purpose is the promotion of public safety through the application of appropriate uniform building standards. The Building Code is also written in an objective-based format, which is intended to promote innovation and flexibility in design and construction. It is assumed that the requirements of the Building Code would be interpreted and enforced by reasonable people using good judgement based on experience and an understanding of the safety and technical issues involved. This fact is especially important in the application to an existing building when owners and tenants are faced with situations which may not be specifically covered in the Building Code, or in which alternative design solutions are proposed that could not have been envisaged by the code writers and committees responsible for the original requirements. Many of these judgments are difficult to make because there is often insufficient factual knowledge to equate the relative safety of one set of conditions to another set. In the evaluation of any major project or unusual building, situations arise in which judgments must be made, because the Code can never cover all possible situations. The Building Code is constantly under review and is revised as experience is gained from its use and additional knowledge is gained through research. The Building Code does not list acceptable proprietary building products. It establishes the criteria that building materials, products, systems, designs, and assemblies must meet. Some of these criteria are explicitly stated in the Building Code, while others are incorporated by reference to material or product standards published by standards development organizations. Only those technical portions of the referenced standards that are related to the objectives and functional statements of the Building Code apply only to the extent that the provisions relate to the construction of buildings. The provisions of the Building Code for fire protection features installed in buildings are intended to provide a minimum acceptable level of public safety. It is intended that all fire protection features of a building, whether required or not, would be designed in conformance with good fire protection engineering practice and would meet the appropriate installation requirements in relevant standards. Good design is necessary to ensure that the level of public safety established by the Building Code requirements would not be reduced by a voluntary installation. Similarly, for voluntary installations of other building elements such as grab bars or guards, there is a public expectation that these installations would meet their intended function and conform to the Building Code as unexpected failure would place public safety at risk. The 2024 Building Code supersedes the previous edition of the 2012 Building Code. Many of the changes introduced into the 2024 Building Code increase the level of harmonization between Ontario’s Building Code and the National Construction Codes as well as with other provincial and territorial construction codes.