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  Article 154-Building and Construction Code  
154.1 Building and Construction Code  
  By this Charter a Building and Construction Code shall be formed for the Union and all associated Universities. All existing and new laws providing for building and construction responsibility shall be subject to inclusion in the Building Code as one of the thirty three (33) Codes of Law of the Union.  
154.2 Structure of the Building and Construction Code  
  The Building Code shall be one (1) book structured into chapters, which in turn are divided into articles and then one or more clauses within each article.  
  The major chapters of the Building Code shall be:  
  I. Introductory Provisions
II. Building and Occupancy Standards and Principles
III. Surface Building Standards
IV. Subterranean Building Standards
V. Building Design Types
VI. Building Occupancy Types
VII. Building Type Classification System (BTCS)
VIII. Accreditation and Competencies
IX. Architecture, Continuity and Standards Compliance
X. Site Environmental Impact Modelling and Authorization
XI. Construction, Materials Testing and Certification
XII. Maintenance, Lifecycle and Creditation Update
XIII. Renovation, Emergency Repairs and Cosmetics
XIV. Safety Failure, Warranty Claim and Repair
XV. Building and Construction Trade System
XVI. Unfair Building and Construction Trade Practices
XVII. Building and Construction Trade Disputes
XVIII. Universal Forms
XIX. Universal Building and Construction Forms
 
  While an article may belong to a particular chapter, the numbering of all articles is consecutive so that the entire body of articles of the Building and Construction Code may be read as one, with or without the chapter headings.  
     
     
 
 

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