MASONRY CODES & ORDINANCES
Building Chicago’s Future – Modernizing Chicago’s Construction Codes
Department Administration (eff. July 1, 2019)
• Largely maintains substantive administrative requirements of existing code
• Updates language to be clearer and consistent with model code terminology
• Eliminates requirement for Department-issued load placards (must be posted by owner)
• Clarifies application of permit fees to phased
permitting and some easy permit types
More city planners are managing urban sprawl’s effect on their communities’ commercial buildings and housing quality through building ordinances that require more masonry in new construction. Read more >
Chicago Masonry Municipal Codes, Building Codes, & Zoning Codes
Current through Council Journal of June 27, 2018
City of Aurora, Illinois Building Codes
Verified 2/2018
Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies
The purpose of the Guideline on Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials and Assemblies is to assist architects, engineers, preservationists, and code officials in evaluating the fire safety of older buildings by providing documentation on the fire-related performance of a wide variety of archaic building materials and assemblies, and, for those cases where documentation cannot be found, by providing ways to evaluate general classes of archaic materials and assemblies. Download PDF>
Over the years, Orland Park’s masonry standards in the building code have evolved, currently, the Village’s architectural design standards require face brick or stone on not less than fifty (50) percent of exterior walls and face brick or stone on ninety (90) percent of each first floor elevation or ground levels of all residential dwellings. Read more >
Code Requirements of Adhered Veneer
Two types of veneer are predominantly used in today’s built environment. Most prominent is anchored veneer, which is constructed with brick set in mortar anchored to concrete masonry, wood stud or metal stud backup systems. Masonry as we traditionally know it. The other is adhered veneer. It’s different from an anchored veneer! There are different installation requirements for these types of adhered veneers.