Code and Wind

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The Building Code and Wind

This is the second part of a multi-part series on the Building Code and roofing:

Part 1: Understanding the BC Building Code

Part 2: The Building Code and wind

Part 3: Design Responsibility: from Code to Specification

You can find these articles in both the printed and digital editions of Roofing BC, the trade magazine published by the RCABC. You can also watch the video presentation, “Blown Away: Code Requirements for Membrane Roofs”, that addresses several articles in this series.

The content on this page has been adapted from the original published article in Roofing BC (Summer 2021).

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Introduction

Membrane roofs are ubiquitous on industrial, commercial, and institutional buildings and cover many multi-family and some single-family Part 9 structures. But a poorly designed and constructed membrane roof can succumb to the powerful uplift forces of wind, leaving the building interior vulnerable to the weather. Flying roof material can also pose a serious risk to public safety. Designing a wind-resistant membrane roof system is prudent. It is also a Code requirement. In this article on the British Columbia Building Code, we look at why wind matters and what the Code has to say about wind-resistant membrane roofs for Part 3 buildings (to continue reading this article as a PDF, click here)

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