Additional floors often are hastily added without reference to fire and other building codes, monitors say.
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The new system meets international building codes by keeping the amplifiers and speaker drivers separate.
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Building codes and ordinances complicate matters and can prevent residents from living in the units full-time.
New building codes rated the highest with 62 percent of those surveyed favoring it.
They also say even amending building codes wouldn't address fire and health issues at Turtle Island.
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"Taiwan has good building codes, like Japan, " said Hideo Ishikawa, a civil engineer from Osaka.
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People have to follow building codes, they need to get permission to build houses.
The thing is, in many cases those chemicals are mandated by either building codes or performance codes.
New building codes are driving some of this investment, as well as the desire to attract more tenants.
It wasn't clear whether the addition of the mezzanine met local building codes.
Those built to permit specifications and building codes are lower risk, retailers said.
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Interior designers are required to know about building codes, mechanical and electrical systems, fire suppression methods and sustainability measures.
Changes in zoning and building codes continue to transfer many infrastructure and social costs from the public to developers.
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Mr. Christie, who has made rebuilding the shore a signature campaign, defended the new building codes at a news conference Tuesday.
If the aim is to reduce storm damage, then first focus on resilience better building codes and better enforcement of those codes.
Already, officials are talking about moving settlements away from the shore, changing building codes, introducing new crops and amending fishing regulations.
Those maps will be used to set premium rates for flood insurance and play a role in building codes and other regulations.
Such a design would not be permitted under Japan's current building codes.
Yard-sharing is rare in new developments of single-family homes, big builders say, with privacy fences often required under community covenants and building codes.
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And indeed, the 2030 goals have been made into legislation and building codes but only after most industry players were enthusiastically supportive.
Two years ago India's urban-development ministry published a report calling for states to upgrade building codes and promote the strengthening of existing buildings.
"They do have a lot of work to be done cosmetically, " said David Jones, Rutherford County Building Codes director, told CNN affiliate WSMV.
Even when the agency does not buy properties outright, it now insists on more stringent building codes and flood-mitigation efforts before insuring a property.
The quake led to stricter building codes in Mexico City, which sits atop a dried lakebed that can magnify the effects of the shaking.
They also have building codes, building inspectors and all the rest.
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The company wins by receiving more power over things such as building codes and tax-free bonds, while the local government saves money on providing infrastructure.
U.S.-style building codes would have drastically reduced the Haitian death toll.
The network also wants to require communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program to adopt stronger building codes and conduct a vulnerability assessment of critical facilities.
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And we, in fact, did make a couple of small changes in our building codes in that we required hurricane straps on roofs now that we didn't before.
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