Résumé
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, theres 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!
Contents
- Introduction
- Administration
- Definitions
- Use and Occupancy Classification
- Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and Occupancy
- General Building Heights and Areas
- Types of Construction
- Fire-Resistant-Rated Construction
- Interior Finishes
- Fire Protection Systems
- Means of Egress
- Accessibility
- Interior Environment
- Energy Efficiency
- Exterior Walls
- Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures
- Structural Design
- Structural Tests and Special Inspections
- Soils and Foundations
- Concrete
- Aluminum
- Masonry
- Steel
- Wood
- Glass and Glazing
- Gypsum Board and Plaster
- Plastic
- Electrical
- Mechanical Systems
- Plumbing Systems
- Elevators and Conveying Systems
- Special Construction
- Encroachments into the Public Right of Way
- Safeguards During Construction
- Existing Structures
- Referenced Standards
- Appendix A: List of Abbreviations
- Appendix B: List of Symbols
- Appendix C: List of Tables
- Index
L'auteur - Terry L. Patterson
Terry L. Patterson (Norman, OK) is a licensed architect and a tenured professor of architecture at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Educated at Kansas State (B.A.) and Pratt Institute (M.A.), he has more than 30 years of professional experience, and more than 25 years of teaching experience. Terry is also a widely published author of several books, among them: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Meaning of Materials (VNR/Wiley), Construction Materials for Architects and Designers (Prentice Hall), and the Student Workbook and Instructors Manual for Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods (VNR/Wiley), as well as Illustrated 2000 Building Code Handbook (M-H).
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Mc Graw Hill |
| Auteur(s) | Terry L. Patterson |
| Parution | 06/11/2003 |
| Nb. de pages | 1210 |
| Format | 19 x 24 |
| Couverture | Relié |
| Poids | 1975g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780071423656 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-07-142365-6 |
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