Benchmark Building definition

Benchmark Building means a building that was designed and built, or retrofitted, in accordance with the seismic provisions of the applicable codes specified in Section 1.3.1 of RP 8.
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Benchmark Building means a building that was designed and built, or retrofitted, in accordance with the seismic
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Benchmark Building means a building that was designed and built, or retrofitted, in
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Examples of Benchmark Building in a sentence

  • Alternatively, if the building qualifies as a Benchmark Building in accordance with RP-8 and as certified on the "Life Safety Compliance/Seismic Certification" form, it will be deemed to meet minimum seismic requirements.

Related to Benchmark Building

  • Commercial building means a non-residential building other than an agricultural building, an industrial building or an institutional building.

  • Public building and "public work" means a public building of, and a public work of, a governmental entity (the United States; the District of Columbia; commonwealths, territories, and minor outlying islands of the United States; State and local governments; and multi-State, regional, or interstate entities which have governmental functions). These buildings and works may include, without limitation, bridges, dams, plants, highways, parkways, streets, subways, tunnels, sewers, mains, power lines, pumping stations, heavy generators, railways, airports, terminals, docks, piers, wharves, ways, lighthouses, buoys, jetties, breakwaters, levees, and canals, and the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of such buildings and works.