Nonbuilding structure
The Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium
Transmission tower near Le Cluzeau, Saint-Romain, France
The Triumphal Arch of Orange, France
A nonbuilding structure, also referred to simply as a structure, refers to any body or system of connected parts used to support a load that was not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is used by architects, structural engineers, and mechanical engineers to distinctly identify built structures that are not buildings.[1]
Examples
- Aerial lift pylon
- Aqueduct
- Avalanche dam
- Barriers[2]
- Blast furnaces
- Boat lifts
- Brick kilns
- Bridges[3] and bridge-like structures (aqueducts, overpasses, trestles, viaducts, etc.)
- Bus stops
- Canal
- Carport
- Chimneys and flue-gas stacks
- Coke ovens
- Communications tower
- Conservatory
- Covered bridges[3]
- Dams
- Dock (maritime)
- Dolphin (structure)
- Electricity grid
- Fountain
- Ferris wheels
- Ferry slip
- Flume
- Fortification
- Fractionating towers
- Gates[2]
- Granary
- Greenhouse
- Hayrack
- Hay barrack
- Headframe
- Infrastructure
- Lattice tower
- Marina
- Memorial
- Oil depot
- Oil platform
- Offshore oil platforms (except for the production and housing facilities)
- Piers[3]
- Pyramid
- Radio masts and towers
- Railroads
- Ramada (shelter)
- Roads
- Roller coasters
- Retaining walls
- Shed
- Silos[3]
- Storage tanks
- Street lights[2]
- Street signs[2]
- Swimming pools[3]
- Structures designed to support, contain or convey liquid or gaseous matter, including
- Cooling towers
- Distillation equipment and structural supports at chemical and petrochemical plants and oil refineries
- Tank farm
- Tomb
- Towers of some types
- Tramways and Aerial tramways
- Transmission towers
- Triumphal arch
- Tunnels
- Underwater habitat
- Water towers[3]
- Wharves[3]
- Windmill
Exceptions
Dulles Airport control tower
Some structures that are occupied periodically and would otherwise be considered "nonbuilding structures" are categorized as "buildings" for life and fire safety purposes:[citation needed]
- Aviation control towers
- Factories
- Kiosks
- Lighthouses
- Outhouses
- Power stations
- Refineries
- Warehouses
- Cruise ships
See also
References
- ^ International Code Council (2003). 2003 International Building Code. International Code Council. ISBN 1-892395-79-7.
- ^ a b c d Prasad, Deo K.. Designing with solar power: a source book for building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV). Mulgrave, Vic.: Images ;, 2005. Print.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kunreuther, Howard, and Richard J. Roth. Paying the price the status and role of insurance against natural disasters in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1998. Print.