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Building Department Administration, 3rd Edition, has been completely updated, revised and expanded and compiles state-of-the-art information for the 21st century building safety department.
Benefitting from more than 40 experts participating as authors, contributors and peer reviewers, Building Department Administration, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive one-stop resource of important issues critical to the operation of successful building safety departments of any size or type of jurisdiction.
It contains outstanding topics, such as:
- Small and large jurisdiction special needs and issues.
- Best practices from select jurisdictions.
- Existing buildings and preservation.
- Green buildings.
- Disaster mitigation and building security.
- Legal issues, liability and related court cases.
- Technology and automation availability and implementation.
- Calculation of needed resources and staff levels for an effective department.
- Effective multi-departmental plan review and permitting procedures.
- Leadership, supervision, and customer relations.
- Training and certifications.
- Legacy model codes and ICC history.
- International approaches.
- Records management.
- Housing, property maintenance and the public counter.
Twenty-one chapters include existing chapters that have been extensively updated and expanded, as well as several new chapters:
- Managing the Permit Process
- Disaster Mitigation and Building Security
- The Effective Manager
- Building Sustainability, Preserving the Existing Stock
- Managing New Technologies
- Global Perspective on Construction Codes and Products
- Green Buildings
A CD is included that contains the entire text in searchable PDF format, a collection of specially selected journal articles and many helpful forms.
From the Preface
Since the first edition of this book in 1973 and its update in 1989, major changes have taken place in the areas of economic globalization, communication, technology, building materials, building construction techniques and building sciences in general.
In this new Third Edition, completely updated, revised and reformatted, we have made an effort to incorporate as much as possible the effects of such changes on the field of building safety regulation by eliminating outdated subjects, revising information for easier use and compatibility with the current trends, and adding chapters on important new subjects.
The original 1973 edition was authored by the late Robert E O'Bannon, who had planned and slowly prepared, for several years, the preparation of text for an administrative book.
The 1989 updated edition was completed by O'Bannon under the leadership and management of Roy Fewell, currently the building official for the City of La Habra, California, and was dedicated to the memory of the late John B Vogelsang, who proved that one could rise to the highest levels of achievement in his or her chosen field despite what some might consider an inauspicious beginning. An uninspired student, Mr. Vogelsang dropped out of high school at the age seventeen, but after his discharge from a military tour of duty he completed his high school studies, graduated from college with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and went on to earn his master's degree in civil engineering. He sought and gained registration as a civil engineer and, some time later, his structural engineering license - all noteworthy achievements. Mr Vogelsang's entire life was devoted to the field of codes. He worked as an inspector, plan examiner, assistant building official and building official.
This new Third Edition will offer more than just "an inkling" in the field of building safety administration and the job of a building official, as it includes information on all areas of a building safety administration such as the incorporation of new technologies and automation, management, leadership and supervision, building sustainability and green building, disaster mitigation and building security, and many other subjects of critical importance. It should serve well and be of value to both individuals and departments that serve the public in this important area of the world economy.
Table of Contents
Preface. Foreword. Authors. Contributors. ICC, ICC-ES and IAS Staff Contributors. Peer Reviewers. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1: The Purpose of Controls. Chapter 2: Building Codes and Federal Influences. Chapter 3: The Legacy Model Code Groups, Their Codes and the Roots of the International Code Council. Chapter 4: Construction Codes and Standards. Chapter 5: Building Regulations around the World. Chapter 6: The Department. Chapter 7: The Development Permit Process. Chapter 8: The Building Official. Chapter 9: The Effective Manager. Chapter 10: Supervision and Training. Chapter 11: Department Staffing Requirements. Chapter 12: The Public Counter. Chapter 13: Using Information Technology in Building Departments. Chapter 14: Records Management. Chapter 15: Customer Relations. Chapter 16: Legal Aspects of Code Administration. Chapter 17: Disaster Mitigation and Building Security. Chapter 18: Housing, Property Maintenance and Code Enforcement Inspection Programs. Chapter 19: Building Sustainability: Preserving the Existing Residential Stock. Chpater 20: Rehabilitation and General Building Code Approaches. Chapter 21: Green Building Sustainability. Appendix A: Sample ICC-ES Report. Appendix B: IAS Accreditation Flowcharts. Appendix C: Sample Employee Evaluation Report. Appendix D: Resources for Chapter 16. |
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