Construction Class Descriptions

AIR provides the following categories of construction class codes.

  Touchstone applies non-engineered building damage distributions to the following construction classes regardless of occupancy class, including the industrial facility (400-series) occupancy classes: 101, 102, 103, 104, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 173, 174, 178, 179, 261. This applies to the AIR Earthquake Model for Japan and to the AIR Earthquake Model for Canada.

Code Range

Category

100

Unknown construction

101-108

Wood construction

111-121

Masonry construction

131-140

Concrete construction

151-160

Steel construction

161-179

Japan composite construction

181-187

Special construction

191-194

Mobile home construction

201-203, 2010-2031

Bridge construction

204-206

Pavement construction

211-212

Dam construction

213-215, 2131-2152

Tunnel construction

221-226, 2210-2263

Storage tank construction

227-228, 2270-2286

Pipeline construction

231-233

Chimney construction

234-238

Tower construction

241-247

Equipment construction

250-260

Miscellaneous construction

261-263

Automobile construction

265-267

Marine craft construction

270-296

Marine cargo construction

800-813

Offshore asset construction

 

Touchstone also supports non-AIR construction and occupancy class codes, although AIR always recommends translating non-AIR codes to AIR codes wherever possible before importing your data. For more information, see Non-AIR Construction Class Codes and Non-AIR Occupancy Class Codes.

 

 


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Touchstone 7.0 Updated September 03, 2020