How have courts interpreted the meaning of the word "significant" in the interpretation of the California Building Code?

In construing the language of the statute, significance should be given to every word, phrase, sentence and part of the statute in pursuance of the legislative purpose. (Moyer v. Workmen's Comp. Appeals Bd. (1973) 10 Cal.3d 222, 230, 110 Cal.Rptr. 144, 514 P.2d 1224.) A court should avoid an interpretation of a statute which renders a particular phrase superfluous "if a reasonable construction can be given [the words] which will give them force and meaning." (Rumetsch v. City of Oakland (1933) 135 Cal.App. 267, 269, 26 P.2d 677.)