Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0070486115 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Logo . The author of National Building Code Compliance Manual, also published by McGraw-Hill, he has extensive experience with construction documents, specification writing, quality control, and construction administration on many different types of projects, including medical, commercial high-rise, municipal, educational, manufacturing, airport, and office projects. Scott Parish, AIA, CSI, is a licensed architect currently employed at Mangini Associates in Visali
A Must Companion for the UBC Code This book makes an excellent Companion for the 1997 UBC Code. It is broken into section like the UBC code, each section has check list that can be used to insure compliance with the code.The CD Rom in the back of the book allows you to print out check list that can be used in project files for documentation. An excelent tool for any design Engineer.. Fundamentally, a Check List This book is a big check-list. Do not buy it if you are actually looking for building code information. However, it would probably be useful to contractors who want to be sure they have covered all bases. (I gave it two stars because it was not useful for me.). "Of man's ambition, this document serves ample testimony" according to Bama Report. To the above reviewer who claims this tome contains no more than a checklist and was not useful to him, my response can only be that even Hamlet, tossed into the ape's den, will eventually become so much banana toppings.Truly, it would take one of little imagination not to find application within these pages. I offer, as proof, this quote from page 79, "In structures having spiral or sloping floor, the horizontal projection of structure at an
Concise and easy to read and to use, the Uniform Building Code Manual is your key to quick and complete verification.. This valuable tool reduces the need for time-wasting design changes, expensive construction change orders, and worseÑclaims that can result from failure to design and build according to code. Make compliance with the Uniform Building Code a cinch with this complete set of project-oriented checklists. No matter what stage your project is in or what type of structure you're working on, this resource provides the needed time-saving, code-verifying tool. They decode the often arcane and unwieldly requirements of the UBC and reduce verification of code compliance to the simple act of running through a checklist. Divided into four major sections, this book/CD package gives you checklists for the design stage, architectural documentation, structural documentation, and specifications. Provided in both print and computer-ready format, these checklists simplify record-keeping as well as compliance
. Failure to design to code can cost you: in expensive change orders during construction, costly delays, the loss of client trust and respect, and even litigation. In office, studio, and on-site quality control, the Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual is your key to quick and complete verification. From the Back Cover Make code compliance a cinch with detailed, project-oriented checklists. Provided in both print and electronic CD-ROM format, this comprehensive collection of clear, complete co