675 IAC 15-2-7 General design and construction requirements

Sec. 7. (a) Minimum requirements. The design and construction of a mobile structure shall conform to the provisions of this code. For any size, weight, or quality of material modified by the terms of "minimum", "not less than", "at least", and similar expressions are minimum standards. The manufacturer or installer may exceed these requirements provided such deviation does not result in any inferior installation or defeat the purpose and intent of this code. (b) Construction. All construction methods shall be in conformance with accepted engineering practices to insure durable, usable, and safe structure. Exposed metal structural members shall be protected to resist corrosion. (c) Structural analysis. The strength and rigidity of the component parts and the integrated structure shall be determined by engineering analysis or by suitable load tests to simulate the actual loads and conditions that occur on site. (d) Structural requirements. Each mobile structure shall be designed and constructed as a completely integrated structure capable of sustaining the design load requirements of this structure and shall be capable of transmitting these loads to stablizing devices without causing an unsafe deformation or abnormal internal movement of the structure or its structural parts. (e) Allowable design stress. The design stresses of all materials shall conform to accepted engineering practice. The use of materials not identified as to strength or stress grade shall be limited to the minimum allowable stresses under accepted engineering practice.