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• Building code


  A set of rules that specify the standards for the construction of building and non-building structures
• Building code users


  • Architects
  • Engineers
  • Interior designers
  • Constructors
  • Regulators
  • Developers
  • Contractors
  • Manufacturers
  • Project managers
  • Project implementers
• National Building Code


  Building codes developed by the central government and turned into law
• Code of Hammurabi 1772 BC was known as the earliest written building code
• Code of Hammurabi clearly stated that "If a builder has built a house for a man and his work is not strong and the house collapses and causes the death of the owner, that builder shall be put to death"
• building code is a set of rules that specify the standards for the construction of building and non-building structures
• Some countries developed their own building codes by the central government turning the codes into law, and later to what is known as the National Building Code
• The Code of Hammurabi was known as the earliest written building code


  1772 BC
• National Building Code of the Philippines


  Also known as Presidential Decree No. 1096
• The National Building Code was made during Ferdinand E. Marcos' presidency to address the need for a uniform building code due to accelerating economic and physical development, urbanization and population growth