Construction Code: (no title)

Title:
Name:: PABLO VAZQUEZ-RUIZ
Date:: 4/18/2018
Entity/Company:: COLEGIO DE INGENIEROS Y AGRIMENSORES DE PR
Submitted on Behalf:: IIC-CIAPR
Address:: PO Box 363845
City:: SAN JUAN
State:: PR
Zip:: 00936-3845
Phone:: +17874245832
Ext::
Fax::
e-mail:: presidente@ciapr.org
CODE IDENTIFICATION: S
PROPONENT:: CRUZADO, FIGUEROA, HERRERA
REPRESENTING:: CIAPR
CODE IDENTIFICATION label::
CHAPTER/SECTION:: 1609.4
PROPOSED TEXT:: 1609.4.3 Exposure categories.


An exposure category shall be determined in accordance with the following:





Exposure B. For buildings with a mean roof height of less than or
equal to 30 feet (9144 mm), Exposure B shall apply where the ground surface
roughness, as defined by Surface Roughness B, prevails in the upwind
direction for a distance of at least 1,500 feet (457 m). For buildings with a
mean roof height greater than 30 feet (9144 mm), Exposure B shall apply where
Surface Roughness B prevails in the upwind direction for a distance of at least
2,600 feet (792 m) or 20 times the height of the building, whichever is
greater.









 


 

Exposure D. Exposure D shall apply where the ground surface
roughness, as defined by Surface Roughness D, prevails in the upwind
direction for a distance of at least 5,000 feet (1524 m) or 20 times the height
of the building, whichever is greater. Exposure D shall also apply where the ground
surface roughness immediately upwind of the site is B or C, and the site is
within a distance of 600 feet (183 m) or 20 times the building height,
whichever is greater, from an Exposure D condition as defined in the previous
sentence.













REASON/SUBSTANTIATION/BIBLIOGRAPHY:: To eliminate unnecessary and confusing wordiness, particularly where a water surface applies.

COST IMPACT:: None

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PROPOSAL NUMBER #: IBC-S
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Firma: PABLO VAZQUEZ RUIZ
Please type or print full name: PABLO VAZQUEZ-RUIZ
Company: CIAPR
Entity Represented: CIAPR
Contact info: Phone: 787-424-5832
e-mail: presidente@ciapr.org
Date signed: 4/18/2018
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