Having some discussion around the office when an application came in for basically repairs and
improvements to a few bridges that appear, are not regulated by the building code, specifically
section 3104 VCC/IBC or the existing building code for repairs. The point in contention appears
to be the fact that there are no connecting buildings, egress path route or the likes, simply a
bike/pedestrian pathway with a bridge connecting the path.
I would be hard pressed to enforce even the guard rail requirements per the building code since I cannot find a bridge (sorry for the pun) over into other sections of the code, if by defining the main term(s) in the building code definitions of chapter 2. The only other information that I could possibly think of would be the highway department (VDOT) of who would have design criteria of the sort or some federal parks where there could be guidelines as well.
Appears the code doesn’t have any footing with this one, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance
improvements to a few bridges that appear, are not regulated by the building code, specifically
section 3104 VCC/IBC or the existing building code for repairs. The point in contention appears
to be the fact that there are no connecting buildings, egress path route or the likes, simply a
bike/pedestrian pathway with a bridge connecting the path.
I would be hard pressed to enforce even the guard rail requirements per the building code since I cannot find a bridge (sorry for the pun) over into other sections of the code, if by defining the main term(s) in the building code definitions of chapter 2. The only other information that I could possibly think of would be the highway department (VDOT) of who would have design criteria of the sort or some federal parks where there could be guidelines as well.
Appears the code doesn’t have any footing with this one, any thoughts?
Thanks in advance