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The following excerpted appendix links to the free online version of British Columbia Building Code 2018 hosted on the BC Publications website at
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British Columbia Building Code 2018
appendix D - Fire performance ratings
D-2 FIRE-RESISTANCE RATINGS
D-2.1 Concrete and Masonry Walls
D-2.2. Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Floor and Roof Slabs
D-2.3. Wood and Steel Framed Walls, Floors and Roofs
D-2.4. Solid Wood Walls, Floors and Roofs
D-2.5. Solid Plaster Partitions
D-2.6. Protected Steel Columns
D-2.7. Individually Protected Steel Beams
D-2.8. Reinforced Concrete Columns
D-2.9. Reinforced Concrete Beams
D-2.10. Prestressed Concrete Beams
D-2.11. Mass Timber Elements
AppD 2_1
D-2.1.1. Minimum Equivalent Thickness for Fire-Resistance Rating - table
D-2.1.2. Applicability of Ratings
D-2.1.3. Framed Beams and Joists
D-2.1.4. Credit for Plaster Thickness
D-2.1.5. Walls Exposed to Fire on Both Sides
AppD_2_2
D-2.2.1. Assignment of Rating - tables
D-2.2.2. Floors with Hollow Units
D-2.2.3. Composite Slabs - table
D-2.2.4. Contribution of Plaster Finish
D-2.2.5. Concrete Cover
D-2.2.6. Minimum Dimensions for Cover
AppD_2_3
D-2.3.1. Maximum Fire-Resistance Rating
D-2.3.2. Loadbearing Conditions
D-2.3.3. Limitations of Component Additive Method
D-2.3.4. Method of Calculation - table
D-2.3.5. Considerations for Various Types of Assemblies
D-2.3.6. Framing Members
D-2.3.7. Plaster Finish
D-2.3.8. Edge Support for Gypsum Board in Wall Assembly
D-2.3.9. Membrane Fastening
D-2.3.10. Ceiling Membrane Openings – Combustible Construction
D-2.3.11. Ceiling Membrane Openings – Noncombustible Construction
D-2.3.12. Ceiling Membrane Rating - table
D-2.3.13. Membrane Penetrations in Combustible and Noncombustible Construction
D-2.3.14. Beams
D-2.3.15. Wired Glass Assembly Support
D-2.4.1. Minimum Thickness - table
D-2.4.2. Increased Fire-Resistance Rating
D-2.4.3. Supplementary Ratings - table
AppD_2_5
D-2.5.1. Minimum Thickness
AppD_2_6
D-2.6.1. Minimum Thickness of Protective Covering - tables
D-2.6.2. Hollow Unit Masonry Columns
D-2.6.3. Effect of Plaster
D-2.6.4. Determination of M/D Ratio
D-2.6.5. Attachment of Gypsum Board
D-2.6.6. Concrete Filled Hollow Steel Columns
AppD_2_7
D-2.7.1. Minimum Thickness of Protective Covering
D-2.7.2. Types of Concrete
D-2.7.3. Effect of Plaster
D-2.7.4. Exceptions
D-2.7.5. Beam Protected by a Membrane
AppD_2_8
D-2.8.1. Minimum Dimensions
D-2.8.2. Method
D-2.8.3. Minimum Thickness of Concrete Cover
D-2.8.4. Minimum Requirements
D-2.8.5. Addition of Plaster
D-2.8.6. Built-in Columns
AppD_2_9
D-2.9.1. Minimum Cover Thickness
D-2.9.2. Maximum Rating
D-2.9.3. Beam Integrated in Floor or Roof Slab
D-2.9.4. Minimum Thickness
D-2.9.5. Effect of Plaster
AppD_2_10
D-2.10.1. Minimum Cross-Sectional Area and Thickness of Cover - table
D-2.10.2. Minimum Cover Thickness
D-2.10.3. Applicability of Ratings
D-2.10.4. Effect of Plaster
D-2.10.5. Minimum Cover
AppD_2_11
D-2.11.1. Determination of Rating
D-2.11.2. Applicability of Methods
D-2.11.3. Method A - Glued-Laminated Timber Beams and Columns
D-2.11.4. Method B - Mass Timber Members and Elements
AppD_3_1
D-3.1.1. Scope of Information
D-3.1.2. Ratings
D-3.1.3. Table Entries
D-3.1.4. Effect of Surface Coatings
D-3.1.5. Proprietary Materials
D-3.1.6. Limitations and Conditions
D-3.1.7. Referenced Standards
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