Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology

Codes

Codes for construction of buildings are there for a good reason. As stated in many building codes, the purpose is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life and limb, health, property, and public welfare. This can be best accomplished by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all buildings, structures, and certain equipment within the jurisdiction. From building a garage in Malibu, California, to building the Sears Tower in Chicago, codes prevent people from taking shortcuts, using inferior materials, ignoring basic human safety, and knowingly or unknowingly creating an unsafe structure. If there were no codes, buildings would catch fire and fall down ...