List (a) one advantage of a performance provision of the code over a prescriptive provision, and (b) one advantage of a prescriptive provision of the code over a performance provision.

What will be an ideal response?


(a) A performance provision gives freedom to choose building materials and assemblies as long as the
code-prescribed performance requirements are met. In a prescriptive provision there is no such freedom.
(b) A
prescriptive provision is easier to interpret and conform to but lacks freedom to choose materials and assemblies.

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What will be an ideal response?

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