Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 12 - ADMINISTRATION
Rule 6 - Design Releases
Section 6-11 - Alternative materials, methods, and design

Universal Citation: 675 IN Admin Code 6-11

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 22-13-2-13

Affected: IC 22-15-3

Sec. 11.

(a) This section does not authorize a variance from any rule adopted by the commission.

(b) The rules adopted by the commission do not prevent the use of:

(1) materials;

(2) methods of construction; or

(3) design procedures; if they are not specifically prohibited in the rules and if they are approved under subsection (c) or (d).

(c) The division may, in the review of an application for a design release, consider as evidence of compliance with the rules adopted by the commission any evaluation report that contains limitations, conditions, or standards for alternative materials, method of construction, or design procedures and is published by an independent, nationally recognized testing laboratory that is accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation or any one (1) of the following:

(1) Factory Mutual Loss Prevention Data Sheets and test reports (FM).

(2) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) (ISO standards listed by the American National Standards Institute).

(3) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) (IEC standards listed by the American National Standards Institute).

(4) Japan Industrial Standards (JIS) that are found to be equivalent to ANSI standards.

(5) German Institute for Standards (Deutsches Institut fur Normung) (DIN) that are found to be equivalent to ANSI standards.

(6) French Standards Association (AFNOR) that are found to be equivalent to ANSI standards.

(7) Canadian Standards Association (CSA) that are found to be equivalent to ANSI standards.

(8) BOCA Evaluation Services, Inc., Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA) (research reports).

(9) Council of American Building Officials (CABO) (National Evaluation Services (NES) evaluation reports).

(10) ICBO Evaluation Services Inc. International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) (ICBO Evaluation Service Inc. evaluation reports).

(11) SBCCI Public Safety Testing and Evaluation Services, Inc., Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI) (compliance reports).

(12) International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) (Directory of Research Recommendations).

(d) The division may, in the review of an application for a design release, accept as evidence of compliance with provisions of the Indiana Building Code under 675 IAC 13, similar provisions of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities included as Appendix A, Standards for Accessible Design, Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities ( 28 CFR 36) as published in 56 FR 144 on July 26, 1991, on pages 35544 through 35691.

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