The
ICC Board of Directors has approved the development
of five new safety standards for the built environment.
They are the Standard for Determining Impact Resistance
from Windborne Debris, Standard for Determining Wind
Resistance of Concrete or Clay Roof Tiles, Standard
on Soil Expansion, Standard for Hurricane Resistant
Residential Construction, and the ICC Amusement Device
Code.. These standards are intended to work in conjunction
with the ICC International Building Code (IBC)TM,
and other model building codes.
These
standards will be developed under the ANSI approved
Consensus Procedures of the International Code Council.
ICC is accepting applications for membership on these
committees. Interested parties are encouraged to obtain
an application form from the ICC Web site at www.iccsafe.org,
or by calling ICC at 703-931-4533.
The
Standard for Determining Impact Resistance from
Windborne Debris will specify test methods for
evaluating the performance of exterior windows, doors,
curtain walls, and impact protective systems subjected
to simulations of debris impacts expected during a high
wind event. The standard will use the latest available
research in this area and will also specify acceptance
criteria for proposed products or systems.
The
Standard for Determining Wind Resistance of Concrete
or Clay Roof Tiles will specify test methods
for evaluating the overturning resistance and performance
of roof tile in high wind events.
The
Standard on Soil Expansion will be a test
methodology for evaluating the expansive characteristics
of particular type of soil. The resulting test procedures
will permit an Expansion Index to be specified, which
will be a measure of the expansive characteristics of
a soil.
The
Standard for Hurricane Resistant Construction
will specify prescriptive methodologies of wind resistant
design and construction details for buildings of wood
framed, concrete, masonry, or steel framed construction
sited in hurricane prone regions. The wind loads and
construction criteria used to develop the prescriptive
details will be based on the requirements of the IBCTM.
This standard will provide prescriptive details for
walls, floors, roofs, foundations, windows, doors, and
any other applicable component of construction.
The
ICC Amusement Device Code will be based
on the SBCCI Standard Amusement Device Code - 1997,
and other similar documents already in use throughout
the industry. The standard will provide minimum requirements
to safeguard the public health, safety and general welfare
through requirements for the installation, construction,
alteration, repair, removal, operation, and use of amusement
rides and devices.
