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  2. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Firewall residential construction, separating the building into two separate residential units, and fire areas Example of a firewall used to inhibit the spread of a fire at an electrical substation. A firewall is a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire. Firewalls are built between or through buildings, structures, or ...

  3. Earthquake-resistant structures - Wikipedia

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    Concurrent shake-table testing of two or more building models is a vivid, persuasive and effective way to validate earthquake engineering solutions experimentally.. Thus, two wooden houses built before adoption of the 1981 Japanese Building Code were moved to E-Defense [5] for testing.

  4. Foundation (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Shallow foundations of a house versus the deep foundations of a skyscraper. Foundation with pipe fixtures coming through the sleeves. In engineering, a foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground or more rarely, water (as with floating structures), transferring loads from the structure to the ground.

  5. Copyright in architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The designs embodied in any of these types of works need not be capable of construction to be protected. [18] In order to obtain protection as an "architectural work" under 17 U.S.C. § 102(a)(8), as opposed to a "pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work" under 17 U.S.C. § 102(a)(5), the work must include a design of a building. [8] "

  6. California Building Standards Code - Wikipedia

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    Part 2.5-California Residential Code; Part 3-California Electrical Code; Part 4-California Mechanical Code; Part 5-California Plumbing Code; Part 6-California Energy Code (this section is commonly known as “Title 24” in the construction trade) [3] Part 7- Reserved; Part 8-California Historical Building Code; Part 9-California Fire Code

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  8. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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    This is compounded by the wind entering the building allowing the building interior to pressurize, lifting the underside of the roof panels, resulting in the destruction of the building. One example of pan roof systems can be found in this document from Structall Building Systems Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.

  9. California Green Building Standards Code - Wikipedia

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    The first result of this cooperation was the adoption of the 2008 California Green Building Standards Code (CGBC) that became effective since August 1, 2009. [21] The initial 2008 California Green Building Code publication provided a framework and first step toward establishing green building standards for low-rise residential structures.