Assertion: building code | /r/AtLocation | place
Facets:
value: to protect safety
type: PURPOSE
value: to ensure wellbeing
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Building codes are in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of tenants, residents and other individuals who occupy buildings and structures.
text: Researchers at Louisiana State University found that if stronger building codes had been in place, wind damages from Hurricane Katrina would have been reduced by a whopping by 80 percent.
text: Building codes are in place to protect “public health, safety and general welfare as they relate to the construction and occupancy of buildings and structures.”¹
text: Building codes are in place to protect the health and safety of the public, residents and anyone else who occupies the building.
text: They are also in place to protect the city and county planning department from liability.