Indiana Administrative Code
Title 675 - FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING SAFETY COMMISSION
Article 15 - INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEMS
Rule 2 - Indiana Mobile Structures Code
Section 2-5 - Basic principles of design and construction
Authority: IC 22-13-2-13
Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 22-15
Sec. 5.
The following principles are given as basic goals in the construction of mobile structures, which also serve as guidelines for the understanding of the provisions of 675 IAC 15-2-3-675 IAC 15-2-31. These principles serve to define the intent of the provisions of 675 IAC 15-2-3-675 IAC 15-2-31 when considerations arise which are not covered in the balance of the text.
Principle No. 1. To provide safe, healthful facilities.
Principle No. 2. To provide structural strength and rigidity sufficient for design loads, both in transit and on site.
Principle No. 3. To provide adequate running gear and coupling for safe transportation of the mobile structure.
Principle No. 4. To provide equipment designed and installed for safety of operation, ease of service, and adequate for the intended use.
Principle No. 5. To provide installed materials of adequate specification to resist deterioration.
Principle No. 6. To provide against the entrance of water and winds at all joints, connections, and openings in exterior surfaces.
Principle No. 7. To provide arrangement of habitable spaces for health and safety.