Construction Codes & Inspection Handbook (P/L CUSTOM SCORING SURVEY) - Softcover

Taylor, Gil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071468250 ISBN 13: 9780071468251

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2006

Synopsis

Ensure code compliance, accurate calculations, and quality, while saving time and money

Comprehensive, practical, and visual, this resource provides you with instant access to job-critical information.

600 tables, charts, checklists and calculations for quick look-up
• Provides job-critical data on every major building code, including the IBC (International Building Code) -- the world's most widely adopted building code
• Jargon-free explanations clarify complex codes
• Covers construction procedures and standards for commercial and industrial projects

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" ... Hard to imagine a more complete resource for architects, engineers, and code officials." -- Charles Linn, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record

THE ALL-IN-ONE QUALITY, CODE COMPLIANCE, AND BUILDING INSPECTION TOOLKIT

This resource simplifies quality assurance, code compliance, and inspection for commercial and industrial construction. Building professional Gil Taylor's Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook is the only reference that provides job-simplifying tools for nearly every function in quality and code compliance, from initial design document evaluation to project organization, from site preparation to turnover. The book includes each step in actual construction and covers all major building codes.

An unprecedented collection of job-simplifying tools, Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook provides nearly 600 valuable checklists, tables, charts, and calculations that will save building professionals time and money while helping to assure quality. With these tools, every task, from establishing inspection guidelines to providing clients with schedules and specifications, becomes easier.

A toolkit that simplifies and speeds jobs involving code and quality issues in commercial and industrial construction, the Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook is an invaluable resource for the building industry.

TASK-SPEEDING TOOLS

Checklists, Tables, Calculations, and More In All These Areas:

• Quality control and assurance
• Responsibility and authority
• Plans and specifications
• Shop and record drawings
• Inspectors' daily reports
• Preconstruction meetings
• Equipment proposals
• Claims
• Progress schedules
• Labor enforcement
• Storage of materials
• Contractor's payment
• Project turnover
• Inspection files
• Safety

TOOLS FOR COMPLYING WITH EVERY MAJOR CODE

• IBC (International Building Code) -- the world's most widely adopted building code
• NEC (National Electrical Code
• International Fire Code
• International Energy Conservation Code
• International Plumbing Code
• International Fuel Gas Code
• International Property Maintenance Code
• International Zoning Code
• More

PROCEDURES AND JOB-CRITICAL TOOLS FOR EVERY PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION
General Information * Design Quality Control Checklists * Sitework * Concrete * Masonry * Carpentry * Structural Steel * Doors and Windows * Finishes * Thermal and Moisture Protection * Pre-Engineered Buildings * Piping Systems * Mechanical * Electrical * Special Construction and Conveying Equipment * Solar Energy Systems * Hazards in Construction * OSHA

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071468250
• ISBN 13: 9780071468251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 638