Friday, July 27, 2007

Re: [papercreters] Papercrete building code.

I had a sad phone convo today with my local building department.  I tried to be jovial, but a think Jubba Da Hut was on the other end of the fun, judging by his grunts.  ]
What he did say was that the material needs to have a geoligist or engineering firm to test the material.  Crickey!>?
 
anyone have a few geologists and engineers laying around?
 
I am actuall tempted to just start thumbing throught the yellow pages and start raqndomly calling these guys. Haven't mustard up the courage yet though.
 
What is the exact steps that we need to pursure to get it coded?
IMO i think we should start with an engineering firm er something like that.
Thoughts?
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: slurryguy
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:04 AM
Subject: [papercreters] Papercrete building code.

We've discussed building codes and the desire seems to be
overwhelming, if not nearly unanimous that we'd like to see
papercrete incorporated into the International Building Code.

Think about some of the discussions we've had about other building
code topics. Think about how some codes seem to make sense an others
seem designed to cause headaches and expense.

How do "WE" want a papercrete building code to be written?

I'm convinced that eventually papercrete will end up in the code.
The question is, WHO WILL WRITE IT? Will the papercrete code be
based upon a document written by a company that is manufacuring
various products and sees it as an opportunity to boost their sales?
Would such a point of view on the code make it more difficult to
build inexpensively? Who knows what restrictions or other product
requirements might be included in a papercrete code written by a
commercial entity?

Why wait?

Why should we stand idly by and wait for someone to write a code that
may or may not be workable for most of our members?

We may not have all the information and documented testing data that
will eventually be required to gain offical papercrete acceptance in
the code, but why can't we START NOW?

Why can't we begin to write a code proposal TODAY? RIGHT NOW!
Who among us has experience writing these kinds of documents?
Is there a volunteer to take the lead on this kind of project?

What are the key points that should be addressed in a papercrete
building code?

What would be safe?

How can a papercrete code be written such that it will help avoid
problems?

I submit that we can start a rough draft of a code proposal with the
information we already have on hand. We may not know everything we
need to. We do know some of it. A journey begins with a single
step. A draft code proposal would also serve to help define EXACTLY
what additional information we need to learn to make it happen.

I'm willing to help. I volunteer be part of the solution. I CAN NOT
and I WILL NOT do it alone. There's too much that I don't know to be
fully qualified to do the project solo. I will contribute the best
that I can.

To be done properly, it makes sense to have several specialties
advising in crafting such a document. Architect, Engineer, Builder,
Lawyer, Electrician, Plumber, HVAC specialist, and probably some
others. I bet most of these specialties are represented in our
membership. Above all, one person good at writing technical type
documents needs to take the lead.

Who wants in? Who is willing to contribute? Speak up! Let's get
started!

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