LibGuides: Civil Engineering: Standards & Laws

Standards Collections

CSA Online: Canadian Standards Association
New Platform for Canadian standards. Please logout at the end of your session.
Note: To view documents, please use the "View Online" button. To download a PDF, please follow these instructions. Printing is not possible, even from a downloaded PDF file.
ASTM Compass
ASTM Book of Standards -- Research Reports -- Special technical publications -- Monographs.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
IEEE journal articles, conference proceedings and standards.
On the search results page select SHOW my subscribed content.

Government of BC: Engineering Standards & Guidelines for Transportation
Policies, specifications, standards and guidelines to be followed in the development of transportation infrastructure in British Columbia.

Canadian Electrical Code

You can find the Canadian Electrical Code in the database CSA Online: Canadian Standards Association.

If you are off-campus, login when prompted using your BCIT credentials.

This database is tricky to use.

A sample search for entire parts of the Canadian Electrical code:

click on My Library
in search box enter: Canadian Electrical Code, Part I (25th Edition)
click on CSA C22.1:21 link
click on the second CSA C22 1:21 link
click on view online

A sample of how to find parts of the Canadian Electrical code

click on my library
use left sidebar subject area
click on show more
use the down arrow icon to open dropdown menu
use the down arrow icons to open up sub-categories including Electrical Code parts
click on the part you want to view
click on the link in the result list
click on the link for the year you want to view
click view online

To view documents, use the "View Online" button. PDF download is not available at this time.

Building Codes

British Columbia Codes This link opens in a new window
All Code publications are now available under the "Public Library" collection.

BC Building Code 2006 --BC Building Code 2012 --BC Building Code 2018 --BC Fire Code 2006 --BC Fire Code 2012 --BC Fire Code 2018 --BC Plumbing Code 2012 --BC Plumbing Code 2018 --Vancouver Building By-Law 2014 --Vancouver Building By-Law 2007.
National Codes Canada - Online Library
Includes National Building Code of Canada 2015, National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings 2015, National Plumbing Code of Canada 2015, and National Fire Code of Canada 2015.
NFPA Codes Online
Provides NFPA (US National Fire Protection Association) codes and standards online.

2018 International Building Code by International Code Council

Occupational Health and Safety

Canadian enviroOSH Legislation: "Health and safety acts and regulations, .... codes of practice and guidelines for Canadian federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions."

OHS Regulation & Related Materials: "The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation contains legal requirements that must be met by all workplaces under the inspection jurisdiction of WorkSafeBC. Many sections of the Regulation have associated guidelines and policies." from WorkSafeBC website

Construction Law

CanLII: Canadian court decisions, provincial court decisions, case law and legislation.