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POTABLE WATER BNBC 2015 FINAL DRAFT8-197 RATED SPEED (LIFT) 8-163
POWER OPERATED DOOR 8-163 RATED SPEED (MOVING WALK) 8-163
PRECAST CONCRETE 6-262 RATIONAL ANALYSIS 6-29
PREQUALIFIED CONNECTION 6-502 RATIONAL ENGINEERING
PRESCRIPTIVE DESIGN 6-502 ANALYSIS 6-503
PRESSURE REGULATOR 8-276 RECEPTOR
PRESSURE TEST 8-277 RECOGNIZED LITERATURE 8-198
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE 6-443 REDUCED BEAM SECTION 6-29
PRESUMPTIVE BEARING REENTRANT 6-503
CAPACITY 6-147 REFRIGERANT 6-503
PRETENSIONED JOINT 6-502 REGULARLY OCCUPIED SPACE 8-79
PRETENSIONING 6-443 REGULATORY SIGN 3-95
PRIMARY FRAMING SYSTEM 6-2 REHEATING 10-2, 10-17
PRIMER 7-2 REINFORCED CONCRETE 8-79
PRINCIPAL RAFTER 6-225 REINFORCED MASONRY 6-262
PRISM 6-350 RELATIVE BRACE 6-350
PRIVATE/PRIVATE USE 8-197 RELATIVE ROTATION 6-503
PROFESSIONALS 7-2 RELIABILITY 6-147
PROJECTING SIGN 10-2 RELIABLE LITERATURE 6-443
PROPERLY DEVELOPED 6-502 RELIABLE REFERENCE 1-5
PROTECTED ZONE 6-502 RELIEF VENT 1-5
PROTOTYPE 6-502 REMAINING SERVICE LIFE 8-227
PRYING ACTION 6-502 REMEDIAL ACTION 6-443
PSYCHROMETRIC CHART 8-79 REPAIR 6-443
PSYCHROMETRY 8-79 REPLACEMENT PILE 6-443
PUBLIC PASSAGE 10-2 REQUIRED STRENGTH 6-147
PUBLIC PROPERTY 10-2 RESIDUAL HEAD 6-503
PUBLIC SEWER 8-227, 8-264 RESISTANCE FACTOR 8-198
PUBLIC WAY 1-5, 4-3 RESISTANCE FACTOR, F 6-29
PUNCHING LOAD 6-502 RESPONSE REDUCTION FACTOR 6-503
PURGE 8-277 RESTORABILTY 6-29
PURLIN 6-502 RESTRAINED CONSTRUCTION 6-443
PURLINS 6-225 RESTRICTED FACILITIES 6-503
QUALIFIED AGENCY 8-277 RETIRING CAM 8-198
QUALITY ASSURANCE 6-503 RETURN AIR GRILLE 8-163
QUALITY ASSURANCE PLAN 6-503 REVERBERATION 8-79
QUALITY CONTROL 6-503 REVERBERATION TIME (RT) 8-130
QUICK CLOSING VALVE 8-198 REVERSE CURVATURE 8-130
RAFT 6-147 RIDGE 6-503
RAKER PILE 6-147 RIM 6-29
RAMP 3-4, 4-3 8-198
RAMP GRADIENT 3-4 RISER 8-198, 8-227
RAMP, ACCESSIBILITY 3-4 8-264
RAMPED DRIVEWAY 3-4 ROAD 1-5
RATED SPEED (ESCALATOR) 8-163 ROAD LEVEL 3-4
RATED LOAD 8-163 ROAD LINE 1-5
ROBUSTNESS 6-443

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ROCK BNBC 2015 FINAL DRAFT6-147 SEPARATION WALL 3-4
ROOF 3-4 SEPTIC TANK 8-227
ROOF BATTENS 6-225 SERVICE 8-4
ROOF REFUGE AREA 4-3 SERVICE LATRINE 8-227
ROOF SIGN 10-2 SERVICE LIFE 6-443
ROOF SKELETON 6-225 SERVICE LIFT 8-163
ROOM AIR-CONDITIONER 8-80 SERVICE LOAD 6-147, 6-504
ROOM HEIGHT 1-5 SERVICE LOAD COMBINATION 6-504
ROOT OF JOINT 6-503 SERVICE METER ASSEMBLY 8-277
ROPING MULTIPLE 8-163 SERVICE PIPE 8-198
ROT 6-663 SERVICE REGULATOR 8-277
ROTATION 6-147 SERVICE ROAD 1-6
ROTATION CAPACITY 6-503 SERVICE SHUTOFF VALVE 8-277
ROUGHING-IN 8-198 SERVICEABILITY 6-443
RUPTURE STRENGTH 6-503 SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATE 6-504
SAFE BEARING CAPACITY 6-147 SETBACK LINE 1-6
SAFE BEARING PRESSURE 6-147 SETTLEMENT 6-147
SAFETY 6-443 SETTLEMENT OF CONCRETE 6-443
SAFETY FACTOR, 6-503 SEWAGE 8-227, 8-264
SAFETY GEAR 8-163 SEWER 8-227, 8-265
SAFETY SHUTOFF DEVICE 8-277 SHADE FACTOR 8-80
SALVAGE 7-2 SHADING COEFFICIENT (SC) 3-96
SANCTIONED PLAN 1-5 SHAFT RESISTANCE 6-147
SAND 6-147 SHAKE 6-663
SANITARY SEWER 8-264 SHALL 8-277
SAP STAIN 6-663 SHALLOW FOUNDATION 6-147
SAPWOOD 6-663 SHEAR BUCKLING 6-504
SCAFFOLD 7-2, 7-32 SHEAR CONNECTOR 6-504
SCREW PILE 6-147 SHEAR CONNECTOR STRENGTH 6-504
SDB 8-4 SHEAR RUPTURE 6-504
SECONDARY CONSOLDATION 6-2, 6-29
SETTLEMENT 6-147 SHEAR WALL 6-350, 6-504
SECOND-ORDER ANALYSIS 6-503 6-504
SECOND-ORDER EFFECT 6-503 SHEAR YIELDING 6-504
SEEPAGE PIT 8-227, 8-264 SHEAR YIELDING (PUNCHING) 8-163
SEISMIC DESIGN CATEGORY 6-29, 6-503 SHEAVE 6-504
SEISMIC HOOK 6-262 SHEET STEEL 6-395
SEISMIC LOAD RESISTING SHELL CONCRETE 6-504
SYSTEM (SLRS) 6-503 SHIM 7-2
SEISMIC RESPONSE SHOTFIRER 6-443
MODIFICATION COEFFICIENT 6-504 SHRINKAGE LOSS 6-504
SEISMIC USE GROUP SIDESWAY BUCKLING 6-504
SEISMIC-FORCE-RESISTING 6-504 SIDEWALL CRIPPLING 6-504
SYSTEM SIDEWALL CRUSHING 8-130
SEPARATE SPACE CONDITION 6-29 SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR) 6-147
SEPARATED OCCUPANCY 3-4 SILT 6-504
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SINGLE CURVATURE BNBC 2015 FINAL DRAFT6-504 SPECIAL PLATE SHEAR WALL 6-505
SINGLE-CONCENTRATED FORCE 6-504 (SPSW)
SITE 1-6, 3-4 SPECIAL STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6-2
SITE CLASS 6-29 SPECIALIST 1-6
SITE-SPECIFIC DATA 6-30 SPECIFIC SURFACE OF
SKELETAL REINFORCEMENT 6-703 REINFORCEMENT 6-703
SLACK ROPE SWITCH 8-163 SPECIFIED DIMENSIONS 6-350
SLENDER BUILDINGS AND SPECIFIED MINIMUM TENSILE
STRUCTURES 6-2 STRENGTH 6-505
SLENDER-ELEMENT SECTION 6-504 SPECIFIED MINIMUM YIELD
SLENDERNESS RATIO 6-225 STRESS 6-505
SLIP 6-504 SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY
SLIP JOINT 8-198 SPIRAL REINFORCEMENT 8-131
SLIP-CRITICAL CONNECTION 6-504 SPLICE 6-262
SLIVER 6-223 SPLIT 6-505
SLOPE OF GRAIN 6-663 SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER 6-663
SLOT WELD 6-504 SPLITS 8-80
SLUDGE 8-228, 8-265 SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH 6-225
SMOKE DETECTOR 4-3 SPRITZING 6-262
SMOKE DRAFT BARRIER 3-4 STABILITY 6-703
SNUG-TIGHTENED JOINT 6-505 STACK 6-505
SOAK PIT 8-228, 8-265 STACK BOND 8-228, 8-265
SOAK WELL 8-228, 8-265 STACK VENT 6-350
SOFT STOREY 6-2, 6-30 STACK VENTING 8-228
SOIL 6-147 STAGE 8-228
SOIL PARTICLE SIZE 6-147 STAGE, INTERIOR 3-4
SOIL PIPE 8-228, 8-265 STAGE, LEGITIMATE 3-4
SOIL VENT 8-228 STATIC YIELD STRENGTH 3-4
SOLAR HEAT GAIN COEFFICIENT STEEL CORE. AXIAL-FORCE- 6-505
(SHGC) 3-96 RESISTING ELEMENT OF BRACES
SOLDERED JOINT 8-198 IN BRBF 6-506
SOLID UNIT 6-350 STERILIZER VENT
SOUND FOCUS AND DEAD SPOT 8-131 STIFF AND FLEXIBLE STRUCURES 8-228
SOUND KNOT 6-663 STIFFENED ELEMENT 6-443
SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL (SPL) 8-131 STIFFENER 6-505
SOUND TRANSMISSION CLASS STIFFNESS 6-505
(STC) 8-131 STIRRUPS 6-505
SPACE FRAME 6-2, 6-30 STOP VALVE 6-263
SPACED COLUMN 6-662 STORAGE CISTERN 8-198
SPECIAL CONCENTRICALLY STORAGE DENSITY 8-198
BRACED FRAME (SCBF) 6-505 STORAGE TANK 3-4
SPECIAL TRUSS MOMENT 8-198
FRAME (STMF) 6-505 STOREY 6-2, 1-6, 6-30
SPECIAL CONCRETE 8-163
6-443 STOREY DRIFT 6-30
SPECIAL MOMENT FRAME 6-2, 6-30, STOREY SHEAR 6-2, 6-30
(SMF) 6-505 STOREY, FIRST 1-6
STOREYS FOR SPECIFIC USE 8-163

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STORM DRAIN BNBC 2015 FINAL DRAFT8-265 SURFACE CRACKING 6-225
STORM SEWER 8-265 SURGE PRONE AREA 3-5
STRAIN COMPATIBILITY SUSPENSION ROPES (LIFT) 8-163
METHOD 6-505 SWITCH 8-4
STREET SWITCHBOARD 8-4
STREET FLOOR LEVEL 1-6 SWITCHGEAR 8-4
STREET LEVEL 3-5 TALL STRUCTURE 3-5
STREET LINE 1-6 TAPER 6-225
STREET OR ROAD 1-6 TARGET DISPLACEMENT 6-30
STREET OR ROAD WIDTH 3-4 T-CONNECTION 6-506
STRENGTH 3-5 TEMPERATURE CRACKING 6-443
STRENGTH 6-30 TEMPERATURE, DRY BULB 8-80
STRENGTH DESIGN 6-2 TEMPERATURE, WET BULB 8-80
STRENGTH DESIGN METHOD 6-263 TEMPERED WATER 8-198
STRENGTH LIMIT STATE 6-30 TEMPORARY SIGN 10-2
STRENGTH, NOMINAL 6-505 TEMPORARY STRUCTURE 6-662
STRENGTH, REQUIRED 6-263 TENDON 6-443
STRENGTHENING 6-263 TENSILE RUPTURE 6-506
STRESS 6-443 TENSILE STRENGTH (OF
STRESS AT TRANSFER 6-505 MATERIAL) 6-506
STRESS CONCENTRATION 6-443 TENSILE STRENGTH (OF
STRONG AXIS 6-505 MEMBER) 6-506
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 6-505 TENSILE YIELDING
STRUCTURAL COMPONENT 6-505 TENSION AND SHEAR RUPTURE 6-506
STRUCTURAL CONCRETE 6-505 TENSION CONTROLLED SECTION 6-506
STRUCTURAL DIAPHRAGM 6-263 TENSION FIELD ACTION 6-263
STRUCTURAL DIAPHRAGMS 6-662 TERMINAL SLOW DOWN 6-506
STRUCTURAL ELEMENT 6-395 SWITCH
STRUCTURAL FRAME 6-662 TERMINAL STOPPING DEVICE 8-164
STRUCTURAL GRADES 3-5 FINAL
STRUCTURAL SANDWICH 6-662 TERMINAL STOPPING SWITCH 8-164
STRUCTURAL STEEL 6-662 NORMAL
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM 6-505 TERMITE 8-164
STRUCTURAL TIMBER 6-505 TERRACE 6-662
STRUCTURAL WALLS 6-662 TERRAIN 3-5
STRUT 6-395 TESTED CONNECTION 6-2
SUB CIRCUIT, FINAL CIRCUIT 6-396 THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE 6-506
SUBSIDIARY STOREY 8-2 THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE 8-80
SUBSOIL DRAIN 8-163 THERMALLY CUT 8-80
SULLAGE 8-228, 8-265 THREE-SECOND GUST SPEED 6-506
SUMP 8-228, 8-265 THRESHOLD LEVEL OF 6-2
SUPERVISOR, CONSTRUCTION 8-228, 8-265 PERFORMANCE
SUPPLY AIR 1-6 TIE 6-443
SUPPLY AIR DIFFUSERS/GRILLES 8-80 TIE ELEMENTS 6-263
8-80 TIE PLATE 6-396
SUPPORTS 8-198, 8-228, TIGHT KNOT 6-506
8-265 TILT 6-663
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TISSUE BNBC 2015 FINAL DRAFT6-223 V-BRACED FRAME 6-507
TOE BOARD 7-3, 7-32 VENEERED WALL 6-351
TOE OF FILLET 6-506 VENT 8-164, 8-277
TOP CAR CLEARANCE 8-164 VENT PIPE 8-228
TOP COUNTERWEIGHT VENT STACK 8-228
CLEARANCE 8-164 VENT SYSTEM 8-228
TORSIONAL BRACING 6-506 VENT, FIRE 4-3
TORSIONAL BUCKLING 6-506 VENTILATION 4-3
TORSIONAL YIELDING 6-506 VENTILATION 8-80
TOTAL HEADROOM 8-164 VENTILATION SHAFT, NATURAL 3-5
TOTAL SETTLEMENT 6-147 VERANDAH 3-5
TOWER 6-2 VERTICAL BRACING SYSTEM 6-507
TRANSFER 6-443 VERTICAL LOAD-CARRYING
TRANSFER LENGTH 6-443 FRAME 6-2, 6-30
TRANSMISSION LOSS 8-131 8-198, 8-228
TRANSVERSE DIRECTION 6-703 VERTICAL PIPE 8-265
TRANSVERSE REINFORCEMENT 6-506 4-3
TRANSVERSE STIFFENER 6-506 VESTIBULE
TRAP 8-228, 8-265 VISIBLE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE 3-96
TRAP SEAL 8-228, 8-265 (VLT)
TRAVEL (LIFT) 8-164 VOLUME FRACTION OF 6-703
TRAVEL DISTANCE 4-3 REINFORCEMENT 3-5
TRAVEL PATH 4-3 WALKUP BUILDING 7-3, 7-32
TUBING 8-277, 6-506 WALL HOLE 6-351
TURN-OF-NUT METHOD 6-506 WALL JOINT 7-3, 7-32
ULL OPEN VALVE 8-197 WALL OPENING 10-2
ULTIMATE LIMIT STATE 6-443 WALL SIGN 6-225
ULTIMATE STRESS 6-662 WALL THICKNESS 6-351
UNBRACED LENGTH 6-506 WALL TIE 6-663
UNEVEN LOAD DISTRIBUTION 6-506 WANE 8-198
UNFRAMED END 6-506 WARMING PIPE 6-663
UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY 3-5 WARP 8-198
UNLOADED END DISTANCE 6-225 WASHOUT VALVE 8-228, 8-265
UNPROTECTED 3-5 WASTE PIPE 8-80
UNRESTRAINED WATER CONDITIONING
CONSTRUCTION 6-506 WATER CONDITIONING OR 8-198
UNSAFE BUILDING TREATING DEVICE 8-198
UNSTIFFENED ELEMENT 1-6, 2-1 WATER HAMMER ARRESTER 8-198, 8-277
U-VALUE (THERMAL 6-507 WATER HEATER 8-199
TRANSMITTANCE) WATER LINE 8-199
VACUUM BREAKER 3-96 WATER MAIN 8-199
VALVE 8-198 WATER OUTLET 8-199
VARIABLE ACTION 8-277 WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM 8-131
VARIABLE LOAD 6-444 WAVELENGTH 6-507
VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW 6-507 WEAK AXIS 6-2, 6-30
(VRF) SYSTEM WEAK STOREY 6-507
8-80 WEATHERING STEEL

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WEB BUCKLING 6-507 WORKMEN/ LABOURERS 7-3
WEB COMPRESSION BUCKLING 6-507 WORM HOLES 6-663
WEB SIDESWAY BUCKLING 6-507 WRINKLED AND DEFORMED
WELD METAL 6-507 SURFACE 6-225
WELD ROOT 6-507 WYTHE 6-351
WELDED JOINTS OR SEAM 8-199 X-BRACED FRAME 6-507
WET LOCATION 6-225, 6-662 Y-BRACED FRAME 6-507
WET RISER STAND PIPE SYSTEM 4-3 Y-CONNECTION 6-507
WET-CHEMICAL YIELD MOMENT 6-507
EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM 4-3 YIELD POINT 6-507
WIND-BORNE DEBRIS REGIONS 6-30 YIELD STRENGTH 6-263, 6-507
WINDOW TO WALL RATIO OF YIELD STRESS 6-507
BUILDING (WWRB) 3-96 YIELDING 6-507
WOBBLE FRICTION 6-444 YIELDING (PLASTIC MOMENT) 6-507
WORKABILITY 6-444 YIELDING (YIELD MOMENT) 6-507
WORKING STRESS DESIGN YOKE VENT 8-228
METHOD (WSD) 6-30
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