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What are the guardrail (railing) test requirements for “commercial” applications?

April 26, 2017applications Commercial guardrail railing requirements Test

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What are the guardrail (railing) test requirements for “commercial” applications?

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The International Building Code (IBC) does not use the word “commercial”, though the industry understands and commonly refers to construction types other than Group R, or residential, as “commercial” applications. If your guardrail (railing) product is evaluated per ICC-ES™ AC174, three complete guardrail (railing) systems shall be subjected to and pass the following, in order: • in-fill load test (balusters, i.e.