Additional information on the Minnesota State Building Code can be found at the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry's website: http://www.dli.mn.gov/business/codes-and-laws. There you can find reference guides, maps, charts, fact sheets, archived references, Statute and Rule excerpts and other helpful information to assist you in using the Minnesota State Building Code.
Additional information on the Minnesota State Building Code can be found at the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry's website: http://www.dli.mn.gov/business/codes-and-laws. There you can find reference guides, maps, charts, fact sheets, archived references, Statute and Rule excerpts and other helpful information to assist you in using the Minnesota State Building Code.
This code is founded upon certain basic principles of environmental sanitation and safety through properly designed, acceptably installed, and adequately maintained plumbing systems. Some of the details of plumbing construction may vary, but the basic sanitary and safety principles desirable and necessary to protect the health of the people are the same everywhere. As interpretations may be required, and as unforeseen situations arise that are not specifically covered in this code, the 23 principles in items A to W shall be used to define the intent.
The Minnesota state fire code is a modern, up-to-date fire code addressing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire, explosion, handling or use of hazardous materials and the use and occupancy of buildings and premises. It establishes minimum fire safety requirements for new and existing buildings, facilities, storage and processes. It addresses fire prevention, fire protection, life safety and safe storage, and use of hazardous material, providing a total approach of controlling hazards in all buildings and sites, regardless of the hazard being indoors or outdoors. The code contains requirements for maintaining the life safety of building occupants, the protection of emergency responders, and to limit the damage to a building and its contents as the result of a fire, explosion or unauthorized hazardous material discharge. It is founded on broad-based principles that make possible the use of new materials and new system designs.
