What is the difference between structures and buildings? ? How to tell the difference? What’s your opinion on the example listed? ?
Thread Content
How to distinguish between structures and buildings? What are the differences in fire distance considerations between structures and buildings? ? Also, are outdoor parking areas with canopies considered structures or buildings? As shown in the figure above, there is a house, which definitely belongs to a building. However, due to insufficient fire separation distance, the B-side wall was removed, only the A-side was kept, and a new firewall was constructed between A and B. ①If the roof on side B is not removed and only the surrounding walls are taken down, does B count as a building or a structure? ②If the roof on side B is removed (while the roof beams are kept), and the surrounding walls on side B are also demolished, then does side B qualify as a building or a structure?
How to distinguish between structures and buildings? What are the differences in fire distance considerations between structures and buildings? ? How can one tell the difference between the building codes related to distance requirements as per Baidu searches, and those related to the petrochemical industry? Additionally, does a parking lot with a canopy outdoors count as a structure or a building? It’s a structure; I didn’t understand this diagram well. It seems to be a single building, so why could there be a problem with insufficient fire separation distances?
People live in buildings such as residences, office buildings, and sports venues. Structures that are not inhabited include things such as tunnels and bridges
Civil buildings and industrial buildings are collectively referred to as buildings； Civil buildings can be divided into two main categories based on their functional use: residential buildings and public buildings ； Industrial buildings and residential buildings are separate and cannot be considered together. Industrial buildings refer to various types of structures that serve industrial production, such as production workshops and warehouse facilities. Civil buildings include residential buildings (houses, apartments) and public buildings (schools, hospitals).
【Buildings】Commonly referred to as structures, they fall under the category of fixed assets. They generally refer to engineered constructions that are used for living, working, studying, producing, conducting business, entertainment, storing goods, and carrying out other social activities. (for example, schools, residences, etc.) ) 【Structures】are facilities that indirectly provide services to people or are established to meet engineering and technical requirements. (for example, water towers, ponds, filtration tanks, clarifiers, biogas digesters, etc.) )
Acidic structures for circulating water towers or circulating water tanks?
I’ll give a few more specific examples; it’s best to explain why certain structures are considered buildings or structures: concrete or steel constructed circulating water tanks (with roofs), pump rooms with roofs, low-voltage distribution rooms, high-voltage distribution rooms, cabinet rooms, rooms for storing lime powder, rooms for storing oil drums, warehouses for storing granular sulfur, numerous rooms containing mechanical and electrical equipment (including small operation rooms inside), large warehouses for storing fertilizers (with separate areas for production and offices), large chimneys (with small operation rooms inside).....
I also designed one that disappeared without a trace :(