Nonbuilding structure
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Nonbuilding structure, also referred to simply as structure, refers to a body or system of connected parts used to support a load not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is used by architects, structural engineers, and mechanical engineers to distinctly identify built structures that are not buildings.[1]
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Examples of nonbuilding structures:
- Aerial lift pylon
- Aqueduct (water supply)
- Arena
- Barriers[2]
- Blast furnaces
- Bleacher
- Boat lifts
- Brick kilns
- Bridges[3] and bridge-like structures (aqueducts, overpasses, trestles, viaducts, etc.)
- Bus shelters
- Canal
- Building canopies
- Carport
- Chimneys and flue-gas stacks
- Coke ovens
- Communications tower
- Covered bridges[3]
- Cranes
- Dams
- Dock (maritime)
- Dolphin (structure)
- Electricity grid
- Ferris wheels
- Ferry slip
- Fortification
- Fractionating towers
- Gates[2]
- Handrails[2]
- Hayrack
- Hay barrack
- Infrastructure
- Marina
- Monuments
- Mining
- Parking structures
- Offshore oil platforms (except for the production and housing facilities)
- Pavilions[2]
- Piers[3]
- Radio masts and towers
- Railroads
- Ramada (shelter)
- Roads
- Roller coasters
- Retaining walls
- Silos[3]
- Snow shed
- Snow-supporting structure
- Stadium
- Storage tanks
- Street lights[2]
- Street signs[2]
- Swimming pools[3]
- Structures designed to support, contain or convey liquid or gaseous matter, including
- Cooling towers
- Distillation equipment and structural supports at chemical and petrochemical plants and oil refineries
- Towers of some types
- Tramways and Aerial tramways
- Transmission towers
- Triumphal arch
- Tunnels
- Underwater habitat
- Water towers[3]
- Wharves[3]
Exceptions
Dulles Airport control tower
Some structures that are occupied periodically and would otherwise be considered nonbuilding structures are categorized as "buildings" for life and fire safety purposes:[citation needed]
- Aviation control towers
- Factories
- Kiosks
- Lighthouses
- Power stations
- Refineries
- Warehouses
See also
- Architectural structure
References
- ↑ International Code Council (2003). 2003 International Building Code. ICC. ISBN 1-892395-79-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Prasad, Deo K.. Designing with solar power: a source book for building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV). Mulgrave, Vic.: Images ;, 2005. Print.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Kunreuther, Howard, and Richard J. Roth. Paying the price the status and role of insurance against natural disasters in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1998. Print.
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