Krink provides Part 9 compliant design services for homeowners, builders and corporate clients.
Part 9 is a section in all Canadian Building Codes that governs the design and construction of Residential and Small Buildings.
This section of the Code is drafted with prescriptive requirements that allow for the construction of buildings included in Part 9.
Part 9 of the BC building code is intended for single-family and small commercial. This section of the code is drafted with prescriptive requirements that allow for safe construction of buildings included in Part 9.
Majority of provinces and territories accept Part 9 as providing the required information for designers to provide construction and permit drawings without the need for an Architect or an Engineer.
The BCBC is broken down into three divisions and further into parts, sections, subsections, articles, sentences, clauses, & subclauses. Don’t worry you don’t need to be acquainted with all of these areas to know when the building code applies. We will be focusing on the application of Division B, the second division, the acceptable solutions which is further broken down into ten parts found online HERE