Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 110 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 110-2 - INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDINGS › Subject 110-2-2 - DEFINITIONS › Rule 110-2-2-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
ACT.
"Industrialized Buildings Act," Official
				  Code of Georgia Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 2, Article 2, Part 1.
AGENCY:
(1)
DESIGN APPROVAL AGENCY.
An
				agency, which is authorized to evaluate and approve specific models and
				designs.
(2)
EVALUATION
				AGENCY.
An organization determined by the Commissioner to be especially
				qualified to evaluate the manufacturer's quality control procedures, systems,
				design plans, model plan specifications and engineering data for compliance
				with these rules and to certify compliance to the Commissioner.
(3)
INSPECTION AGENCY.
An
				organization especially qualified by reason of facilities, personnel,
				experience, and demonstrated reliability, to investigate, test and inspect
				industrialized building units, systems or the component parts for compliance
				with the approved plans, specifications, quality control procedures and
				applicable codes.
(4)
THIRD
				PARTY AGENCY.
An evaluation, inspection or design approval agency, or
				any combination thereof as defined in these rules.
APPROVED.
Conforming to the requirements of
				  these rules.
ASTM.
American Society for Testing and
				  Materials.
BUILDING SYSTEM.
Plans, specifications and
				  documentation for a system of industrialized buildings or for a type or a
				  system of building components, which may include structural, electrical,
				  mechanical and fire protection systems and other building systems affecting
				  health and safety.
CLOSED CONSTRUCTION.
That condition when any
				  building, component, assembly, subassembly or system is manufactured in such a
				  manner that all portions cannot be readily inspected at the installation site
				  without disassembly, damage to or destruction thereof.
COMMISSIONER.
The "Commissioner of Community
				  Affairs."
COMPONENT.
Any assembly, subassembly, or
				  combination of parts for use as an element of a building, which may include
				  structural, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection systems and other
				  systems affecting health and safety.
CONSTRUCTION SITE OFFICE BUILDING.
An
				  industrialized building designed and used for a construction site office
				  structure having a maximum gross floor area of 400 square feet.
CONTAINER.
A single rigid, sealed, reusable,
				  metal (corrugated) box in which cargo or freight is shipped by sea vessel, air,
				  truck or rail, that is generally 10, 20, 30 or 40 feet in length by 8 feet wide
				  by 8, 8.5, or 9.5 feet high and is designed and constructed in conformance with
				  International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and International
				  Convention for Safe Containers (ICSC) regulations to withstand normal stresses
				  applied during regular transport.
DAMAGE.
Damage or breakage occurring to a unit
				  of an industrialized building or any part thereof causing it to not comply with
				  the Quality Control Manuals and these rules.
DEALER.
Any person, firm or corporation that
				  sells, offers for sale, leases, or distributes industrialized buildings to a
				  person, firm or corporation, or government.
DEPARTMENT.
The Georgia Department of Community
				  Affairs (DCA).
ELECTRONIC MEANS.
Without limitation, analog,
				  digital, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, optical, chemical, electromagnetic,
				  electromechanical, electrochemical, or other similar means. See O.C.G.A. Title
				  10 Chapter 12.
ELECTRONIC RECORDS.
Information created,
				  transmitted, received, or stored by electronic means and retrievable in human
				  perceivable form.
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.
A signature created,
				  transmitted, received, or stored by electronic means and includes but is not
				  limited to a secure electronic signature.
EQUIPMENT.
All materials, appliances, devices,
				  fixtures, fittings or accessories installed in or used in the manufacture and
				  assembly of an industrialized building.
FIELD TECHNICAL SERVICE.
Clarification in the
				  field by the Commissioner or his/her designee of technical data relating to the
				  application of these rules.
INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING.
Any structure or
				  component thereof which is designed and constructed in compliance with the
				  state minimum standards codes and is wholly or in substantial part made,
				  fabricated, formed, or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation
				  or assembly and installation on a building site and has been manufactured in
				  such a manner that all parts or processes cannot be inspected at the
				  installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof. See
				  Rule 110-2-1-.01.
INSIGNIA.
An approved device or seal issued by
				  the Commissioner to indicate compliance with the standards and rules
				  established herein.
INSTALLATION.
The assembly of an industrialized
				  building, component or system on site and the process of affixing an
				  industrialized building, component, or system to land, a foundation, footings
				  or an existing building.
INSTALLER.
Any person, firm or corporation
				  engaged in the activity of installation of industrialized buildings or
				  components.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
A county or municipality of
				  Georgia.
MANUFACTURE.
The process of making, fabricating,
				  constructing, forming or assembling a product from raw, unfinished or
				  semi-finished materials.
MANUFACTURED FOR EXPORT FROM GEORGIA.
An
				  industrialized building which has not been inspected for compliance with the
				  standards, codes and laws required by these Rules and cannot be installed in
				  the state of Georgia.
MANUFACTURED (MOBILE) HOME.
A structure,
				  transportable in one or more sections, which is built on a permanent chassis
				  and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation
				  when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating,
				  air-conditioning and electrical systems contained herein. (Reference
				  42 USC
				  5402[6] [24CFR
				  3280.2(a)(16)] and the
				  Official Code of Georgia Annotated 8-2-131[2].)
MODEL.
A specific design of an industrialized
				  building, which is based on size, room arrangement, method of construction,
				  location, arrangement or size of plumbing, mechanical, or electrical equipment
				  and systems therein in accordance with plans submitted to the
				  Commissioner.
OPEN CONSTRUCTION.
Any building, building
				  component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all parts or
				  processes of manufacture can be readily inspected at the installation site
				  without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof.
ORGANIZATION.
A corporation, association,
				  partnership, political subdivision or private person(s).
RE-MANUFACTURE.
The manufacture of an
				  industrialized building into a rehabilitated building, causing the building to
				  come into substantial compliance with the current construction codes and
				  laws.
RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING.
An
				  industrialized building that is a dwelling unit designed and constructed in
				  compliance with the Georgia State Minimum Standard One and Two Family Dwelling
				  Code which is wholly or in substantial part, made, fabricated, formed, or
				  assembled in a manufacturing facility and cannot be inspected at the
				  installation site without disassembly, damage to, or destruction thereof. Any
				  such structure shall not contain a permanent metal chassis and shall be affixed
				  to permanent load-bearing foundation. The term shall not include manufactured
				  homes as defined by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
				  Standards Act of 1974, 42
				  U.S.C. Section 5401, et seq.
SHIPPING CONTAINER BUILDING MODULE.
A new or
				  used container which has been inspected, tested and certified by an approved
				  third party agency in accordance with approved quality control and inspection
				  protocols.
SITE.
The entire tract, subdivision, or parcel
				  of land on which the industrialized building is installed.
STANDARD DESIGN.
Any building, system, model,
				  series, or component intended for duplication or repetitive manufacture.
SYSTEM.
An entity of materials or components
				  interrelated or joined together to form all or part of a structural, plumbing,
				  mechanical, electrical, thermal efficiency, or fire safety element of an
				  industrialized building.
SYSTEM RECOGNITION.
System approved by the
				  Commissioner.
TINY HOUSE.
A residential industrialized
				  building dwelling unit that is 400 square feet or less in floor area, excluding
				  lofts.
O.C.G.A. §
											8-2-113.