Mexican Building Code
Mexican Building Code
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I am working on creating a specification for a new Power Plant in Mexico (not in Mexico city but in one of the western states) and I cannot figure out what is the Building Code in Mexico. From my internet searches, it appears there is a "Building Code for Mexico City" and a "Residential Mexican Building Code." There also appears to be some sort of government regulatory board call CFE that also provides guidance for seismic design. Can somebody familiar with structural design for industrial application help me out?






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another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?
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The last thing I want is to have a local building official shut down a project site because we are referencing the incorrect building codes.
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For wind and seismic he will need to use CFE's Manual; there is a recently new version published in Q1 this year. For concrete and steel, AISC and ACI are accepted, but for this specific project it might require RCDF NTC (Complementary Technical Standard - Norma Tecnica Complementaria) for Concrete mainly.
(Of course, a Power Plant may have some other requirements that I am not familiar with.)
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Dik
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Your project may be in a part of Mexico where no official building code exists. Considering there are locations in both Canada and the US where there is no official building code.
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You can be honest, but there's more tactful ways to respond that won't ruffle someone's feathers. Both JStephen and rb are good members of this board and deserve a bit of respect.
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I'd suggest contacting the local building officials to find out what the correct building codes are.
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So, I guess my original question should be re-stated as, "Can I use IBC 2012 in Mexico or CFE or a combination of the two?" Based on the excellent post by SethGuthrie, it is probably the latter.