Cartae Sacrorum De Congregatio Americas
Americas Union Charter
Procedures
Article 155 - 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.
The Building Code shall be one (1) book structured into sections which are divided into chapters, which are divided into articles containing one or more clauses within each article.The major sections 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. Surface Building Design and Occupancy Types
VI. Subterranean Building Design and Occupancy Types
VII. Accreditation and Competencies
VIII. Architecture, Continuity and Standards Compliance
IX. Site Environmental Impact Modelling and Authorization
X. Construction, Materials Testing and Certification
XI. Maintenance, Lifecycle and Creditation Update
XII. Universal Forms
XIII. Professional Accreditation and Licensing Forms
XIV. Company Accreditation and Licensing Forms
XV. Stage 1 Research, Site and Scope Forms
XVI. Stage 2 Modelling, Testing and Feasability Forms
XVII. Stage 3 Design and Logistical Planning Forms
XVIII. Stage 4 Construction and Project Management Forms
XIX. Stage 5 Occupancy, Operation and Maintenance Forms
XX. Stage 6 Extension or End of Life 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.


