Establish how to structure the content of MBC

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The official Multiplanetary Building Code will offer a comprehensive and comprehensible set of model standards necessary to support humanity's expansion off-world.

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Establish how to structure the content of MBC #1

Closed Engineer1119 closed 5 years ago

Engineer1119 commented 6 years ago

Building codes and the documents they reference are often sorted by the type of:

structure,
material,
occupant, or
hazard.

Factors to consider in setting the structure of MBC include:

ease of amending, and
ease of use

The deliverable for this task is a single document that sets a series of rules for how to structure the content of MBC.

Engineer1119 commented 6 years ago

Setting some standards here

Engineer1119 commented 5 years ago

Suggestion: adopt ICC's rationale of ordering sections "to follow sequential steps that generally occur during a plan review or inspection."

prefacing, legal, administrative, user guide
building use and occupancy
building geometry (possibly relate to variable orientation w.r.t. gravity and/or acceleration)
fire (more generally, hazards. expand to include other hazards. Also see Int'l Fire Code, Int'l Fuel Gas Code, )
emergency egress (expand to sheltering in place)
accessibility (for both disabilities and rescue personnel)
building systems (ECLSS. Also see Int'l Mechanical, Plumbing, Private Sewage Disposal, Energy Conservation Codes)
structure
relationship between building, site, and adjacent sites (also see Int'l Zoning Code)
construction (also see Int'l Green Construction Code)
references
appendices

Engineer1119 commented 5 years ago

from the 1927 Uniform Building Code preface: "a great deal of thought was given to the logical arrangement of the details in the Code. It is divided into ten parts and these parts are further divided into chapters and sections for more ready reference. Repetition was eliminated by using direct section, chapter or part references to general details wherever those details applied to various parts of the Code."

Engineer1119 commented 5 years ago

idea: make each page 2 columns in a similar manner to ACI or 1927 UBC, where the right-hand column is used to annotate the content of the left-hand column with descriptive titles and/or commentary.

Engineer1119 commented 5 years ago

Table of Contents created with rough idea of overall structure in mind; nomenclature document drafted and considered to meet the requirements for this deliverable.