Glossary

Key terms related to the Saudi Building Code and compliance review.

Saudi Building Code (SBC)
The set of technical requirements governing building design and construction in the Kingdom.
SBC 201
The part covering general building requirements.
SBC 801
The part covering fire protection.
Compliance
A drawing meeting the code's requirements.
Non-compliance point
A drawing element that fails a code requirement.
Approving authority
The competent entity that approves the project before construction.
Semantic building model
A digital representation of a building's elements, properties, and relationships, extracted from the drawing.
Deterministic finding
A finding that reproduces itself for the same inputs every time.
Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE)
The body that licenses engineers authorized to certify drawings.
Needs review
A state where the engine withholds a decisive verdict and routes it to human review.

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