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Punch list supervision
Published in Len Holm, John E. Schaufelberger, Construction Superintendents, 2019
Len Holm, John E. Schaufelberger
The certificate of occupancy is issued by the authority having jurisdiction and indicates that the project has been built to code and is safe to use. The certificate of substantial completion is issued by the architect or lead designer and indicates that the project has been ‘substantially’ completed for its intended use.
BIM-based compliance audit requirements for building consent processing
Published in Jan Karlshøj, Raimar Scherer, eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, 2018
Figure 5 shows a CAP that gathers information from BIM and LKM and performs calculations prescribed by the G1/AS1 document to determine the required number of Unisex sanitary facilities. These calculations are based on the intended activity of each space, which also relates to the occupancy load of the building. For the purposes of G1/AS1, the scope of audit has been limited to commercial office buildings due to time constraints. For G4/AS1 and H1/AS1, the auditing process applies to both commercial and residential building types.
What are legal building systems?
Published in Samuel L. Hurt, Building Systems in Interior Design, 2017
To calculate a multiple occupancy occupant load, one should take each area and divide by the appropriate load factor. However, “accessory occupancies” and “incidental accessory occupancies” must be taken into account first.
A probabilistic performance evaluation for buildings and constructed assets
Published in Building Research & Information, 2020
Rafaela Bortolini, Núria Forcada
The condition of building systems depends on facilities associated with preventive maintenance. For instance, a building with heating, cooling and ventilation may present more problems than a building with only heating. Likewise, a building with intense use of hot water (e.g. a gym) may be more susceptible to problems than a building with no hot water use (e.g. a shop). Occupancy, which refers to the presence of people in buildings and their interactions with building systems, is another key aspect of building operation that affects the condition of elements and systems.
Semi-quantitative classification of consequences of failure for seismic risk management of existing buildings
Published in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2021
Reza Fathi-Fazl, Zoubir Lounis, Zhen Cai
Figure 3 presents the key factors affecting the identification of consequences of failure, including the number of people at risk that depends on the building occupancy and building size (i.e. total gross area and number of storeys), and mobility and ability to escape. The building occupancy reflects the use and functionality of a building. A comprehensive classification of consequences of failure should address all these key factors.