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Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook

Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook is an all-in-one quality, code compliance, and building inspection toolkit that will help you ensure code compliance, accurate calculations, and quality, while saving time and money.

List Price: $59.95
Website Price $47.96

Author: Gil L Taylor
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 640

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Description

The Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook simplifies quality assurance, code compliance and inspection for commercial and industrial construction. Building professional Gil L 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, the 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.

Procedures and Job-Critical Tools for Every Phase of Construction:
Design Quality Control Checklists t Sitework t Concrete t Masonry t Carpentry t Structural Steel t Doors and Windows t Finishes t Thermal and Moisture Protection t Piping Systems t Mechanics t Electrical t OSHA

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

Comprehensive, practical, and visual, Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook 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

Tools for Complying with Every Major Code:

International Building Code
National Electrical Code
International Fire Code
International Energy Conservation Code
International Plumbing Code
International Fuel Gas Code
International Property Maintenance Code
International Zoning Code
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Contents
Chapter 1: General Information; Chapter 2: Design Quality Control Checklists; Chapter 3: Sitework; Chapter 4: Concrete; Chapter 5: Masonry; Chapter 6: Carpentry; Chapter 7: Structural Steel; Chapter 8: Doors and Windows; Chapter 9: Finishes; Chapter 10: Thermal and Moisture Protection; Chapter 11: Piping Systems; Chapter 12: Mechanics; Chapter 13: Electrical; Chapter 14: OSHA; Appendix A: Reference Trade Associations; Appendix B: Typical Blueprint Symbols; Appendix C: Common Blueprint Abbreviations; Appendix D: Common Lumber Abbreviations; Appendix E: Useful Equations; Appendix F: Climate Zones by States and Counties; Glossary; Index.