Structural Design – Ontario Building Code Division B, Part 9

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Knowing engineering standards for working in engineering disciplines is one of the requirements. As you know, every province in Canada has its own standard of design, renovation, and change of use.

This standard is called the Ontario Building Code (OBC) in Ontario.

The ninth chapter of the Building Engineering Standard in Ontario is related to the design of houses and buildings with less than 3 floors (Housing and Small Buildings) with the following special conditions:

Part 9 of Division B applies to all buildings,

(a) of three or fewer storeys in building height,

(b) having a building area not exceeding 600 m², and

(i) Group C, residential occupancies other than buildings used for retirement homes,

(ii) Group D, business and personal services occupancies,

(iii) Group E, mercantile occupancies, or

(iv) Group F, Divisions 2 and 3, medium hazard industrial occupancies and low hazard industrial occupancies.