Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part V - Fire Protection › Chapter 27 - Industrialized Buildings › Section V-2701 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For the purpose
				of this Chapter, the following words, unless the context does not permit, shall
				have the meanings indicated.
Agency
-an individual or entity, which may be
				  a private sector entity, a state department or a local government determined by
				  the State Fire Marshal to be qualified pursuant to this Chapter to inspect the
				  construction of industrialized building units, systems, or the component parts
				  thereof together with the pre-approved plans, specifications, and quality
				  control procedures to ensure that such units, systems, or component parts are
				  in full compliance with the codes and standards herein adopted and to assign
				  and attach the decal of the State Fire Marshal to such units complying with
				  those standards.
Building Code
-the Louisiana State Uniform
				  Construction Code provided for in
				  R.S.
				  40:1730.21 et seq.
Building Official
-the officer or other
				  designated authority or their duly authorized representative charged with the
				  administration of the applicable technical codes in the subject
				  jurisdiction.
Closed Construction
-a building, component,
				  assembly, subassembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all
				  portions cannot be readily inspected at the installation site without
				  disassembly or destruction thereof.
Component-
see
modular
				  component.
Construction Site Building
-a commercial
				  structure that is not open to the public and is used for any purpose at a
				  commercial site by a person constructing a building, road, bridge, utility, or
				  other infrastructure or improvement to real property.
Council
-the Louisiana State Uniform
				  Construction Code Council.
Data Plate
-a plate which is permanently
				  mounted on an industrialized building or component which contains design
				  information as noted in §2713. I herein.
Dealer
-any person, corporation or business
				  which has been registered to engage in leasing, selling or distribution of
				  industrialized buildings for placement in the state of Louisiana.
Decal
-the approved form of label issued by
				  the Office of State Fire Marshal to be permanently affixed to the building or
				  module indicating that it has been constructed to meet or exceed the code
				  requirements and in compliance with the provisions of this Part.
Enforcement Agency
-an agency of state or
				  local government with authority to make inspections of buildings and to enforce
				  the codes which establish standards for design, construction, erection,
				  alteration, repair, modification, or demolition of public or private buildings,
				  structures or facilities.
Equipment
-all equipment, material,
				  appliances, devices, fixtures, fittings or accessories installed in, or used
				  in, the manufacture and assembly of an industrialized building.
Facility
-the physical location of a
				  manufacturing plant where buildings or components are constructed, or the
				  physical location of a dealer where buildings or components are stored.
Industrialized Building
-a commercial
				  structure that is erected or installed using one or more modules or one or more
				  modular components that are constructed at a location other than the commercial
				  site; is designed to be used as a commercial building when the module or the
				  modular component is transported to the commercial site and erected or
				  installed; includes the structure's plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and
				  electrical systems; includes a permanent commercial structure and a commercial
				  structure designed to be transported from one commercial site to another
				  commercial site. An
industrialized building
does not include a
				  commercial structure that exceeds three stories or forty-nine feet in height as
				  measured from the finished grade to the peak of the roof.
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, or an
				  existing building, or service connections which are part thereof.
Labeled
-affixed with a decal or data
				  plate.
Manufacture
-the process of making,
				  modifying, fabricating, constructing, forming or assembling or reassembling a
				  product from raw, unfinished, semifinished, or finished materials.
Manufacturer
-any person who, or entity
				  which, has been registered to produce or modify industrialized buildings for
				  placement in the state of Louisiana.
Model
-a specific design of industrialized
				  buildings 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 Office of State
				  Fire Marshal.
Modification
-any change to an industrialized
				  building which affects the structural, electrical, thermal, mechanical,
				  plumbing systems, life safety, means of egress, material flammability/flame
				  spread or accessibility of the building to persons with disabilities.
Modular Component
-a structural part of a
				  building constructed at a location other than the commercial site in a manner
				  that prevents the construction from being adequately inspected for building
				  code compliance at the commercial site without damage or removal and
				  reconstruction of a part of the building.
Modular Section
-see
module
.
Module-
a three dimensional section of
				  industrialized building designed and approved to be transported as a single
				  section independent of other sections, with or without other modules or modular
				  components, that prevents the construction from being adequately inspected for
				  building code compliance without damage or removal and reconstruction of a part
				  of the building.
Occupancy Classification
-the purpose for
				  which a building, or part thereof, is used or intended to be used as defined in
				  the codes and standards adopted herein.
Open Construction
-any industrialized
				  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.
Quality Control Manual
-a manual which
				  contains all aspects of quality control procedures to be utilized by an entity
				  or individual performing a function regulated hereby.
Standard Design
-any building system, model,
				  series or component intended for duplication or repetitive manufacture.
State Fire Marshal
-the Louisiana Office of
				  State Fire Marshal Code Enforcement and Building Safety.
Third-Party
-an individual or individuals
				  registered with the Council as a code enforcement officer in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:1730.34 through 1730.38 and LAC
				  55:VI:7.
Traveler
-a form utilized in a manufacturing
				  facility in conjunction with the manufacturer's quality control program to
				  indicate that all quality control inspections are conducted during the
				  manufacturing process and that all inspections indicate compliance with the
				  approved plans.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S. 40:1730.51
				  through 1730.66.