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2014 NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODE353CHAPTER 16STRUCTURAL DESIGNSECTION BC Scope. The provisions of this CHAPTER shall govern thestructural design of buildings, structures and portions thereofregulated by this code. (Note: Where the text in this Coderefers to ASCE 7, the 2005 edition shall be used; and wherethe text in this Code refers to ASCE 7-10, the 2010 editionshall be used.) Special provisions for prior code buildings. Theprovisions of Sections through shall applyto structural work on prior code Use of this code. Notwithstanding the appli-cant s election to use the 1968 Building Code or priorcode, the structural calculations shall be permitted to beperformed in accordance with this code provided that thestructural safety of the prior code building is not the provisions of Section ofthe Administrative Code, the use of load and ResistanceFactor Design (LRFD) engineering calculations shall notbe deemed to reduce structural safety provided the proper-ties of the existing materials are determined usingaccepted engineering Live loads.

CHAPTER 16 STRUCTURAL DESIGN SECTION BC 1601 GENERAL 1601.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter shall govern the structural design of buildings, structures and portions thereof regulated by this code. (Note: Where the text in this Code ... ings, for which loads are specified in this chapter. PANEL (PART OF A STRUCTURE).

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