Civil

The Alberta Building Code 2014 (ABC) sets out technical provisions for the design and construction of new buildings. It also applies to the alteration, change of use and demolition of existing buildings. The ABC complements the Alberta Fire Code 2014, and both are indispensable for building officials, educators and professionals in the construction industry.

1. The Ontario Building Code is a regulation part of the Building Code Act 1992. The 2012 Ontario Building Code Compendium is two volumes- including Supplementary Standards referenced by the Code and additional explanatory material. For the authoritative text of the Building Code regulation, see the official volumes. The 2012 Building Code was enacted by Ontario Regulation 332/12 which came into force on January 1 2014. 2. The copy of the Building Code that most people have is the Compendium Edition.

1.1.1 — This code provides minimum requirements for design and construction of structural concrete elements of any structure erected under requirements of the legally adopted general building code of which this code forms a part. In areas without a legally adopted building code, this code defines minimum acceptable standards of design and construction practice.

The purpose of this code is to establish the installation requirements for hydrogen generating equipment, hydrogen utilization equipment, hydrogen dispensing equipment, hydrogen storage containers, hydrogen piping systems and their related accessories.
It applies to all gaseous and liquid hydrogen applications except the following:
- The use of hydrogen in petroleum refineries and chemical plants as feedstock and directly in-process production;