Division B
Acceptable Solutions

Part 1 — General

Section 1.3. Referenced Documents and Organizations

1.3.1. Referenced Documents

1.3.1.1. Effective Date
1) Unless otherwise specified herein, the documents referenced in this Code shall include all amendments, revisions, reaffirmations, reapprovals, addenda and supplements effective to 30 September 2009.
1.3.1.2. Applicable Editions
1) Where documents are referenced in this Code, they shall be the editions designated in Table 1.3.1.2. (See Appendix A.)
Table 1.3.1.2.
Documents Referenced in change beginBook II (Plumbing Systems) of the British Columbia Building Code 2012change end
Forming part of Sentence 1.3.1.2.(1)
Issuing Agency Document Number(1) Title of Document(2) Code Reference
change beginANSl/AWWA C228-08 Stainless-Steel Pipe Flanges for Water Service-Sizes 2 In. Through 72 In. (50mm Through 1,800 mm) 2.2.6.12.(1)change end
ANSI/CSA ANSI Z21.22-1999/
CSA 4.4-M99 change begin(including Addenda 1 and 2)change end		 Relief Valves for Hot Water Supply Systems 2.2.10.11.(1)
change beginASME/CSA ASME A112.18.1-2012/
CAN/CSA-B125.1-12 		Plumbing Supply Fittings 2.2.10.6.(1)
2.2.10.7.(1)change end
change beginASME/CSA ASME A112.18.2-2011/
CAN/CSA-B125.2-11 		Plumbing Waste Fittings 2.2.3.3.(1)
2.2.10.6.(2)change end
change beginASME/CSAchange end change beginASME A112.19.1-08/
CSA B45.2-08change end		 change beginEnamelled Cast Iron and Enamelled Steel Plumbing Fixtureschange end change begin2.2.2.2.(3)change end
change begin2.2.2.2.(4)change end
change beginASME/CSAchange end change beginASME A112.19.2-08/
CSA B45.1-08change end		 change beginCeramic Plumbing Fixtureschange end change begin2.2.2.2.(2)change end
change beginASME/CSAchange end change beginASME A112.19.3-08/
CSA B45.4-08change end		 change beginStainless Steel Plumbing Fixtureschange end change begin2.2.2.2.(5)change end
change beginASME/CSA ASME A112.19.7-2012/CSA B45.10-12 Hydromassage Bathtub Systems 2.2.2.2.(7)change end
change beginASME B16.3-2011 Malleable Iron Threaded Fittings, Classes 150 and 300 2.2.6.6.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.4-2011 Gray Iron Threaded Fittings, Classes 125 and 250 2.2.6.5.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.5-2009 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings: NPS 1/2, Through NPS 24 Metric/Inch Standard 2.2.6.12.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.9-2007 Factory-Made Wrought Buttwelding Fittings 2.2.6.11.(1)
2.2.6.14.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.12-2009 Cast Iron Threaded Drainage Fittings 2.2.6.3.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.15-2011 Cast Copper Alloy Threaded Fittings, Classes 125 and 250 2.2.7.3.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.18-2012 Cast Copper Alloy Solder-Joint Pressure Fittings 2.2.7.6.(1)
2.2.7.6.(2)change end
ASME B16.22-2001 Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings 2.2.7.6.(1)
change beginASME B16.23-2011 Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Drainage Fittings: DWV 2.2.7.5.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.24-2011 Cast Copper Alloy Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings: Classes 150, 300, 600, 900, 1500, and 2500 2.2.7.2.(1)change end
change beginASME B16.26-2011 Cast Copper Alloy Fittings for Flared Copper Tubes 2.2.7.7.(1)
2.2.7.7.(2)change end
ASME B16.29-change begin2007change end Wrought Copper and Wrought Copper Alloy Solder-Joint Drainage Fittings – DWV 2.2.7.5.(1)
change beginASME B31.9-2008 Building Services Piping 2.3.2.8.(1)change end
change beginASME B36.19M-2004 Stainless Steel Pipe 2.2.6.10.(1)change end
ASSE change beginANSI/ASSEchange end 1010-2004 Water Hammer Arresters 2.2.10.15.(1)
change beginASSE 1051-2009G Individual and Branch Type Air Admittance Valves (AAVs) for Sanitary Drainage Systems 2.2.10.16.(1)change end
change beginASTM A 53/A 53M-10 Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless 2.2.6.7.(4)change end
change beginASTM A 182/A 182M-06 Forged or Rolled Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service 2.2.6.12.(1)
2.2.6.13.(1)change end
change beginASTM A 269-10 Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service 2.2.6.14.(1)change end
change beginASTM A 312/A 312M-11 Seamless, Welded, and Heavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes 2.2.6.10.(1)change end
change beginASTM A 351/A 351M-10 Castings, Austenitic, for Pressure-Containing Parts 2.2.6.13.(1)change end
change beginASTM A 403/A 403M-11 Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings 2.2.6.11.(1)change end
ASTM A 518/A 518M-99 Corrosion-Resistant High-Silicon Iron Castings 2.2.8.1.(1)
ASTM B 32-change begin08change end Solder Metal 2.2.9.2.(1)
change beginASTM B 42-10 Seamless Copper Pipe, Standard Sizes 2.2.7.1.(1)change end
change beginASTM B 43-09 Seamless Red Brass Pipe, Standard Sizes 2.2.7.1.(2)change end
change beginASTM B 88-09 Seamless Copper Water Tube 2.2.7.4.(1)change end
change beginASTM B 306-09 Copper Drainage Tube (DWV) 2.2.7.4.(1)change end
change beginASTM B 813-10 Liquid and Paste Fluxes for Soldering of Copper and Copper Alloy Tube 2.2.9.2.(3)change end
ASTM B 828-02 Making Capillary Joints by Soldering of Copper and Copper Alloy Tube and Fittings 2.3.2.4.(1)
ASTM C 1053-00 Borosilicate Glass Pipe and Fittings for Drain, Waste, and Vent (DWV) Applications 2.2.8.1.(1)
ASTM D 2466-change begin06change end Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Plastic Pipe Fittings, Schedule 40 2.2.5.8.(2)
ASTM D 2467-change begin06change end Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) Plastic Pipe Fittings, Schedule 80 2.2.5.8.(2)
change beginASTM D 3261-10a Butt Heat Fusion Polyethylene (PE) Plastic Fittings for Polyethylene (PE) Plastic Pipe and Tubing 2.2.5.5.(3)change end
ASTM F 628-change begin08change end Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Schedule 40 Plastic Drain, Waste, and Vent Pipe With a Cellular Core 2.2.5.10.(1)
2.2.5.12.(1)
change beginASTM F 714-10 Polyethylene (PE) Plastic Pipe (SDR-PR) Based on Outside Diameter 2.2.5.6.(1)change end
change beginAWS ANSI/AWS A5.8:2011 Specification for Filler Metals for Brazing and Braze Welding 2.2.9.2.(4)change end
change beginAWWAchange end change beginANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4-08change end change beginCement-Mortar Lining for Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittingschange end change begin2.2.6.4.(2)change end
change beginAWWA ANSI/AWWA C110/A21.10-12 Ductile-Iron and Gray-Iron Fittings 2.2.6.4.(3)change end
change beginAWWAchange end change beginC111/A21.11-2007change end change beginRubber-Gasket Joints for Ductile-Iron Pressure Pipe and Fittingschange end change begin2.2.6.4.(4)change end
change beginAWWA ANSI/AWWA C151/A21.51-09 Ductile-Iron Pipe, Centrifugally Cast, for Water 2.2.6.4.(1)change end
change beginBCchange end   change beginBook I (General) of the British Columbia Building Code 2012change end

change begin1.1.1.1.(1)(3)change end


change begin1.1.1.1.(3)(3)change end


change begin1.4.1.2.(1)(3)change end


change begin2.1.3.1.(1)change end
change begin2.2.3.1.(1)(4)change end
change begin2.2.5.12.(2)change end
change begin2.2.5.12.(3)change end
change begin2.2.6.7.(3)change end
change begin2.4.3.1.(1)change end
change begin2.4.10.4.(1)change end
change beginBCchange end   change beginBritish Columbia Fire Code 2012change end change begin2.5.5.2.change end
change beginBCchange end change beginR.S.B.C. 1996, c. 323change end change beginLocal Government Act change end change begin2.2.1.1.(1)(4)change end
change beginBCchange end change beginR.S.B.C. 1996, c. 293change end change beginMines Actchange end change begin1.4.1.2.(1)(3)change end
CGSB CAN/CGSB-34.1-94 Asbestos-Cement Pressure Pipe 2.2.5.2.(1)
CGSB CAN/CGSB-34.9-94 Asbestos-Cement Sewer Pipe 2.2.5.1.(2)
CGSB CAN/CGSB-34.22-94 Asbestos-Cement Drain Pipe change begin2.2.5.1.(1)change end
CGSB CAN/CGSB-34.23-94 Asbestos-Cement House Connection Sewer Pipe 2.2.5.1.(2)
CSA A60.1-M1976 Vitrified Clay Pipe 2.2.5.4.(1)
CSA A60.3-M1976 Vitrified Clay Pipe Joints 2.2.5.4.(2)
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-A257.1-09 Non-Reinforced Circular Concrete Culvert, Storm Drain, Sewer Pipe, and Fittings 2.2.5.3.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-A257.2-09 Reinforced Circular Concrete Culvert, Storm Drain, Sewer Pipe, and Fittings 2.2.5.3.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-A257.3-09 Joints for Circular Concrete Sewer and Culvert Pipe, Manhole Sections, and Fittings Using Rubber Gaskets 2.2.5.3.(2)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-A257.4-09 Precast Reinforced Circular Concrete Manhole Sections, Catch Basins, and Fittings 2.2.5.3.(5)change end
CSA CAN/CSA-B45 Series-02 Plumbing Fixtures 2.2.2.2.(1)
change beginCSA CSA B45.5-11/IAPMO Z124-2011 Plastic Plumbing Fixtures 2.2.2.2.(6)change begin
CSA CAN/CSA-B45.9-02 Macerating Systems and Related Components 2.2.2.2.(8)
change beginCSA B64.0-11 Definitions, General Requirements, and Test Methods for Vacuum Breakers and Backflow Preventers 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.1.1-11 Atmospheric Vacuum Breakers (AVB) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.1.2-11 Pressure Vacuum Breakers (PVB) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.2-11 Hose Connection Vacuum Breakers (HCVB) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.2.1-11 Hose Connection Vacuum Breakers (HCVB) with Manual Draining Feature 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.2.2-11 Hose Connection Vacuum Breakers (HCVB) with Automatic Draining Feature 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.3-11 Dual Check Valve Backflow Preventers with Atmospheric Port (DCAP) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.4-11 Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Preventers (RP) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.4.1-11 Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Preventers for Fire Protection Systems (RPF) 2.6.2.4.(2)
2.6.2.4.(4)change end
change beginCSA B64.5-11 Double Check Valve (DCVA) Backflow Preventers 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.5.1-11 Double Check Valve Backflow Preventers for Fire Protection Systems (DCVAF) 2.6.2.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA B64.6-11 Dual Check Valve (DuC) Backflow Preventers 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.6.1-11 Dual Check Valve Backflow Preventers for Fire Protection Systems (DuCF) 2.6.2.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA B64.7-11 Laboratory Faucet Vacuum Breakers (LFVB) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.8-11 Dual Check Valve Backflow Preventers with Intermediate Vent (DuCV) 2.2.10.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA B64.9-11 Single Check Valve Backflow Preventers for Fire Protection Systems (SCVAF) 2.6.2.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA B64.10-11 Selection and Installation of Backflow Preventers 2.6.2.1.(3)change end
change beginCSA B70-12 Cast Iron Soil Pipe, Fittings, and Means of Joining 2.2.6.1.(1)
2.4.6.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA B125.3-12 Plumbing Fittings 2.2.10.6.(1)
2.2.10.7.(2)
2.2.10.10.(2)change end
CSA change beginCAN/CSA-change endB127.1-99 Asbestos Cement Drain, Waste and Vent Pipe and Pipe Fittings 2.2.5.1.(1)
2.2.6.2.(1)
CSA B127.2-M1977 Components for Use in Asbestos Cement Building Sewer Systems 2.2.5.1.(2)
2.2.6.2.(1)
change beginCSAchange end change beginCAN/CSA-B128.1-06change end change beginDesign and Installation of Non-Potable Water Systemschange end change begin2.7.4.1.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.1-09 Polyethylene (PE) Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings for Cold-Water Pressure Services 2.2.5.5.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.2-09 Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Injection-Moulded Gasketed Fittings for Pressure Applications 2.2.5.8.(3)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.3-09 Rigid Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Pipe and Fittings for Pressure Applications 2.2.5.8.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.5-09 Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing Systems for Pressure Applications 2.2.5.7.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.6-09 Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC) Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings for Hot- and Cold-Water Distribution Systems 2.2.5.9.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.9-09 Polyethylene/Aluminum/Polyethylene (PE-AL-PE) Composite Pressure-Pipe Systems 2.2.5.13.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.10-09 Crosslinked Polyethylene/Aluminum/Crosslinked Polyethylene change begin(PEX-AL-PEX)change end Composite Pressure-Pipe Systems 2.2.5.13.(4)
2.2.5.14.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B137.11-09 Polypropylene (PP-R) Pipe and Fittings for Pressure Applications 2.2.5.15.(1)change end
CSA B158.1-1976 Cast Brass Solder Joint Drainage, Waste and Vent Fittings 2.2.10.1.(1)
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B181.1-11 Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Drain, Waste, and Vent Pipe and Pipe Fittings 2.2.5.10.(1)
2.2.5.11.(1)
2.2.5.12.(1)
2.4.6.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B181.2-11 Polyvinylchloride (PVC) and Chlorinated Polyvinylchloride (CPVC) Drain, Waste, and Vent Pipe and Pipe Fittings 2.2.5.10.(1)
2.2.5.11.(1)
2.2.5.12.(1)
2.4.6.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B181.3-11 Polyolefin and Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Laboratory Drainage Systems 2.2.8.1.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B182.1-11 Plastic Drain and Sewer Pipe and Pipe Fittings 2.2.5.10.(1)
2.4.6.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B182.2-11 PSM Type Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe and Fittings 2.2.5.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B182.4-11 Profile Polyvinylchloride (PVC) Sewer Pipe and Fittings 2.2.5.10.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B182.6-11 Profile Polyethylene (PE) Sewer Pipe and Fittings For Leak-Proof Sewer Applications 2.2.5.10.(1)change end
CSA B242-change begin05change end Groove- and Shoulder-Type Mechanical Pipe Couplings 2.2.10.4.(1)
CSA B272-93 Prefabricated Self-Sealing Roof Vent Flashings 2.2.10.14.(2)
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B356-10 Water Pressure Reducing Valves for Domestic Water Supply Systems 2.2.10.12.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-B602-10 Mechanical Couplings for Drain, Waste, and Vent Pipe and Sewer Pipe 2.2.10.4.(2)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-F379 Series-09 (excluding CAN/CSA-F379S1-11) Packaged Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems (Liquid-to-Liquid Heat Transfer) 2.2.10.13.(1)change end
change beginCSA CAN/CSA-F383-08 Installation of Packaged Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems 2.6.1.8.(1)change end
CSA change beginCAN/CSA-change endG401-change begin071change end Corrugated Steel Pipe Products 2.2.6.8.(1)
change beginNFPA 13D-2010 Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes 2.6.3.1.(3)change end
ULC CAN/change beginULCchange end-S114-change begin05change end Test for Determination of Non-Combustibility in Building Materials

1.4.1.2.(1)change begin(3)change end
Notes to Table 1.3.1.2.:
(1) Some documents may have been reaffirmed or reapproved. Check with the applicable issuing agency for up-to-date information.
(2) Some titles have been abridged to omit superfluous wording.
(3) Code reference is in Division A.
(4) Code reference is in Division C.

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1.3.1.3. Priority of the British Columbia Code
1) In case of conflict between the provisions of this Code and those of a referenced document, the provisions of this Code shall govern.

1.3.2. Organizations

1.3.2.1. Abbreviations of Proper Names
1) The abbreviations of proper names in this Code shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article (the appropriate addresses of the organizations are shown in brackets).
ANSIAmerican National Standards Institute (25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10036 U.S.A.; www.ansi.org)
ASHRAEAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (1791 Tullie Circle, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329 U.S.A.; www.ashrae.org)
ASMEAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (Three Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016-5990 U.S.A.; www.asme.org)
ASPEAmerican Society of Plumbing Engineers (8614 Catalpa Avenue, Suite 1007, Chicago, Illinois 60656-1116 U.S.A.; www.aspe.org)
ASSEAmerican Society of Sanitary Engineering (A-901 Canterbury Road, West Lake, Ohio 44145 U.S.A.; www.asse-plumbing.org)
ASTMAmerican Society for Testing and Materials International (100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2959 U.S.A.; www.astm.org)
AWSAmerican Welding Society (550 N.W. LeJeune Road, Miami, Florida 33126 U.S.A.; www.aws.org)
AWWAAmerican Water Works Association (6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80235 U.S.A.; www.awwa.org)
CCBFCCanadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0R6; change beginwww.nationalcodes.nrc.gc.cachange end)
CGSBCanadian General Standards Board (Place du Portage, Phase III, 6B1, 11 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1G6; www.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb)
CSACanadian Standards Association (5060 Spectrum Way, Suite 100, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5N6; www.csa.ca)
NBCNational Building Code of Canada 2010 (see CCBFC)
NFPANational Fire Protection Association (1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169-7471 U.S.A.; www.nfpa.org)
NISTNational Institute of Standards and Technology (100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1070 U.S.A.; www.nist.gov)
NPCNational Plumbing Code of Canada 2010 (see CCBFC)
NRCNational Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6; www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
NRC-IRCInstitute for Research in Construction (National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6; irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
ULCUnderwriters' Laboratories of Canada (7 Underwriters Road, Toronto, Ontario M1R 3B4; www.ulc.ca)