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Design+ Building code app benefits for designers

Table 3. Themes emerging from the industry professionals’ responses to the interview
Parameters/ Themes Codes Example
questions
Positions Design Architect “Architect.”
Interior design “My title is interior designer.”
Human resources “Hiring and retaining talent”
Business development “Technology commercialization.”
Public safety “University fire marshal.”
Sales and financing “Materials sales rep.”
Project type Commercial design Healthcare “But my current role is within the healthcare market.”
Multifamily “We did a lot of homes and a lot of multifamilies that were contracted out through
firms throughout the United States.”
Hospitality “We did a lot of hotels.”
Residential design Single family “Custom homes in the Park City area, where there’s a lot of money in the ski resort.”
Reference building Frequency “I would probably say multiple times a week.”
code Stage “During the design development phase.”
Building code International code IBC “Local codes, IBC, and IRC.”
components standards IRC “Local codes, IBC, and IRC.”
IFC “The state of...is an I code state we use, IBC, IFC, IEBC.”
IEBC “The state of...is an I code state we use, IBC, IFC, IEBC.”
ISO “ISO is the international body for a global standard.”
IMC “Then we would move on to, and then it was sent to mechanical and plumbing, and
electrical, we would go through those codes.”
IPC “Then we would move on to, and then it was sent to mechanical and plumbing, and
electrical, we would go through those codes.”
National and local NFPA “I also reference NFPA.”
standards ADA “They’ll come back with things to fix so it has occupancy load, ADA access, and
things like that.”
Local codes “Local codes, IBC, and IRC.”
Furniture BIFMA “BIFMA standards are voluntary and are for commercial furniture.”
Building code Design stages Client meeting “Usually, we would meet with the client, and they would let us know what we
scenarios wanted.”
Preliminary design “Then we would go back and give them a preliminary design.”
Approval “They would okay it.”
Design team roles Architects “We would work with the architects for plumbing like count to make sure that
everything was right.”
Interior design “We did all the public areas, so the lobbies, the gyms, the swimming areas, so, like,
if there was a swimming pool, indoor or outdoor, we would do the courtyards, we
would do any of the like the club rooms, and then we would also design the units.”
Mechanical, “Then we would move on to, and then it was sent to mechanical, plumbing, and
plumbing, and electrical.”
electrical
New projects “So, when we get a new project, . that’s when I would bring out the codebook and
look that up.”
Renovations “So, we usually see the drawings before we even, you know, approve the renovation
or change that’s going on.”
Frequency “So, I reference code very frequently to make sure I’m complying with what’s
required.”
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