Building Code (IBC) as the building code for DOD. Structural loading data including minimum live loads, ground snow load, basic wind speed, and seismic spectral
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Backbone structured cabling (inter-building and intra-building first level backbone) connects the Entrance Rooms to the Main Distribution Areas (MDAs) in the computer room, and connects the Main Distribution Areas to each Telecommunications Room (TR). This specification describes facility backbone
building security criteria and document patterns and trends identified during the facility assessments in order to develop, maintain, and amend policies, guidance, and design criteria for the protection of VA facilities.
UFC 1-200-01 provides applicability of model building codes and government-unique criteria for typical design disciplines and building systems, as well as for accessibility, antiterrorism, security, sustainability, low impact development (LID) and safety.
Whole Building Design provides the strategies to achieve a true high-performance building: one that is cost-effective, safe, secure, accessible, flexible, aesthetic, productive, and sustainable over its entire life cycle.
Coordinate with the PERFORMANCE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SECTION G40 (Section G40) to ensure that performance requirements are provided for all of the Building Elements listed here and that paragraph numbering matches.
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