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 code
- Covers construction procedures and standards for commercial and industrial projects
Ardelia Giombetti says...
Every building from the simplest shack to the grandest home to the most complex of office buildings must be built according to applicable municipal codes and pass municipal code inspectors. "McGraw-Hill's Construction Codes & Inspection Handbook" by construction expert and ICC-certified inspector Gil Taylor is a complete, single-volume textbook that will enable every building project to be in full compliance with all relevant building codes. Enhanced with more than 500 charts, tables, calculations, and checklists, "McGraw-Hill's Construction Codes & Inspection Handbook" offers clear, concise explanations that demystify and explain often complex building codes. Also provided are procedures and job-critical tools for every phase and aspect of construction to insure design quality and code compliant sitework, concrete, masonry, carpentry, structural steel, doors and windows, finishes, thermal and moisture protection, piping systems, mechanics, electrical, and OSHA requirements. "McGraw-Hill's Construction Codes & Inspection Handbook" covers the International Building Code; National Electrical Code; International Plumbing Code; International Zoning Code; and so much more. Of special note is the practical commentary and attention given to issues of safety, contractor payment, claims, inspectors' daily reports, labor enforcement; storage of materials, and project turnover. "McGraw-Hill's Construction Codes & Inspection Handbook" is an indispensable and confidently recommended addition to professional, technical college, and academic library Architectural Studies and Construction reference collections.
Posted on April 3, 2011
Roxy Moul says...
This book is great.
The book is very well written and uses diagrams/pictures to drive the points home. Sadly there are other home inspection books out there with very few pictures and illustrations. This book however not only tells you what to look for it shows you...and after all a picture is worth 1,000 words.
If you are buying or selling real estate this book will help you understand how an inspector will inspect the house.
Posted on April 6, 2011
