Illustrated 2003 Building Code Handbook - Hardcover

Patterson, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071423656 ISBN 13: 9780071423656

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Synopsis

This is the pictorial guide through the maze of building codes requirements! When it comes to understanding the notoriously complex code requirements governing the health, safety, and welfare performance of buildings, there's never been a more powerful resource than the "Illustrated 2003 Building Code Handbook". Heavily updated and packed with over 400 pages of informative illustrations, this indispensable volume will help you decipher complicated standards and get fast, positive responses on plan submissions - avoiding costly revisions and re-designs.Perfect for the professional and student alike, this one-stop reference also: provides details and drawings for visualizing solutions; interprets code requirements with illustrations, examples, explanations, and experience; helps solve both nonstandard and routine situations with case study examples; brings recent graduates up-to-speed on real-world design requirements; and much, much more! Written with authority by a renowned architect and professor, the "Illustrated 2003 Building Code Handbook" will help you apply these essential regulations with confidence. Understand codes covering: fire protection systems; means of egress; exterior walls; fire-resistance ratings; concrete; steel; wood; masonry; plastic; accessibility; and more!

About this title

About the Author

Terry Patterson is a licensed architect, a professor of architecture at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and the author of several respected books in the field. He has 32 years of professional and teaching experience. He is the author of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Meaning of Materials (Van Nostrand Reinhold), Construction Materials for Architects and Designers (Prentice-Hall), and co-author of Architectural Drawing and Design (Macmillan). He also wrote the Student Workbook and Instructor's Manual for Van Nostrand Reinhold's Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods. He is a professional member of Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc. Always thorough in his research, he based this current book not only on his own extensive experience, but also on his detailed study of change proposals and public hearings for the new code, the three model codes on which the new code is based, and on numerous interviews and surveys with other architects and code officials.

From the Back Cover

THE PICTORIAL GUIDE THROUGH THE MAZE OF BUILDING CODES REQUIREMENTS!

When it comes to understanding the notoriously complex code requirements governing the health, safety, and welfare performance of buildings, there's never been a more powerful resource than the Illustrated 2003 Building Code Handbook. Heavily updated and packed with over 400 pages of informative illustrations, this indispensable volume will help you decipher complicated standards and get fast, positive responses on plan submissions avoiding costly revisions and re-designs.

Perfect for the professional and student alike, this one-stop reference also:

- Provides details and drawings for visualizing solutions

- Interprets code requirements with illustrations, examples, explanations, and experience

- Helps solve both nonstandard and routine situations with case study examples

- Brings recent graduates up-to-speed on real-world design requirements

- And much, much more!

Written with authority by a renowned architect and professor, the Illustrated 2003 Building Code Handbook will help you apply these essential regulations with confidence.

Understand codes covering:

- Fire Protection Systems

- Means of Egress

- Exterior Walls

- Fire-Resistance Ratings

- Concrete

- Steel

- Wood

- Masonry

- Plastic

- Accessibility

- And more!

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071423656
• ISBN 13: 9780071423656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1158