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Florida Building Code

Paper instructions:
Topic

Each student shall select a chapter from the FBC (florida building code)  and analyze the entire chapter or concentrate on only one topic. For example the student

may select Chapter 9 in its
entirety, or limit the paper to the topic of automatic fire sprinklers only.

The paper shall analyze and articulate the relevant provisions, outline the benefit of the code requirement, and express his ideas over how the specific

requirement or chapter promotes and contributes to the protection of property, life safety, public health, and general welfare. The student is encouraged to research

historical events, catastrophes or instances where human life was put at risk due to the lack or inadequate compliance with the code minimum standards.
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Please select one character of the code, you can find it in pdf format on this link.

FBC (florida building code)
http://ecodes.biz/ecodes_support/free_resources/2010Florida/Building/10FL_Building.html

Prof. Juan Carlos Arteaga, AIA, NCARB, CBO, CGC, TBI, APA, LEED ® AP

Department of Construction Management

BCN – 3762 Codes and Quality
BCN – 5766 Codes and Regulations
Written Communication Assignment Component
Fall 2014

Course Writing Component
This course is one of the eight courses  in the Construction Management curriculum
which has a requirement for a writing assignment. The assignment gui delines are stated
below:

Assignment Requirements
The paper must be a minimum of  FIVE (5) PAGES  (NOT including cover sheet, table of
contents, index, list of references, etc.), double spaced, one (1”) inch borders all-around, in 12 point, “Arial” font. Cite all re ferences using APA (American

Psychological
Association) style. See the internet for APA style guides or template,
http://www.apastyle.org/

Topic
Each student shall select a chapter from  the FBC and analyze the entire chapter or
concentrate on only one topic.  For example the student may  select Chapter 9 in its
entirety, or limit the paper  to the topic of automatic fire sprinklers only.
The paper shall analyze and articulate the relevant provisions, outline  the benefits of the
code requirement, and express his ideas over how the specific requi rement or chapter
promotes and contributes to t he protection of property, life  safety, public health, and
general welfare. The student is encouraged to research historical events, catastrophes
or instances where human lif e was put at risk due to the lack or inadequate compliance
with the code minimum standards.

Grading Criteria
The paper will be graded based on the following evaluation criteria:

1.  Quality of Content (20%)
2.  Quality of Organization (20%)
3.  Expression of ideas (20%)
4.  Spelling, Grammar, and Punctuation (10%)
5.  Comprehension and relevance (20%)
6. Presentation (10%)

Due Date
Papers must be submitted on or before October 29
th
, 2014  at the  beginning of the
class. No paper will be allowed after the due date . No exceptions.