Illustrated 2000: Building Code Handbook - Hardcover

Patterson, Terry L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070494371 ISBN 13: 9780070494374

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2000

Synopsis

*The first book to reference the new International Building Code, making it a definitive resource for all practicing architects and engineers *The only illustrated code book in existence--dimensioned line drawings help designers and builders visualize code requirements quickly and easily, speeding along the building process*Points out differences between the newly integrated universal building code and the old Uniform, Southern, and National Building Codes

About this title

About the Author

Terry Patterson is a licensed architect, a professor of architecture at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and the author of several respected books in the field. He has 32 years of professional and teaching experience. He is the author of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Meaning of Materials (Van Nostrand Reinhold), Construction Materials for Architects and Designers (Prentice-Hall), and co-author of Architectural Drawing and Design (Macmillan). He also wrote the Student Workbook and Instructor's Manual for Van Nostrand Reinhold's Construction: Principles, Materials, and Methods. He is a professional member of Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc. Always thorough in his research, he based this current book not only on his own extensive experience, but also on his detailed study of change proposals and public hearings for the new code, the three model codes on which the new code is based, and on numerous interviews and surveys with other architects and code officials.

From the Back Cover

building code solutions at a glance
Now the job of understanding and applying the new building code is easier. Though codes setting legal standards for the health, safety, and welfare performance of buildings are notoriously complex, this one-of-a-kind reference almost makes the new code simple. It brings you not only expert interpretation, but -- better yet -- design and detail drawings that show you how the code is applied.
from code to plain English
Based on the author's own practice and on interviews with other architects and code officials, noted architect, writer, and teacher Terry Patterson's Illustrated 2000 Building Code Handbook translates the dry and often obscure legal prose of the code into understandable language, helping you both absorb rules and apply them correctly. What's more, this book turns convoluted paragraphs into simple lists and converts equations into tables, saving you time and enhancing your ability to meet the standards' intention. Finally, Patterson's array of drawings makes comprehension and application even easier.
pass the design exam-- get ahead at work
A big help to those studying for the design portion of the architectural licensing exam -- now increasingly code-centered -- Illustrated 2000 Building Code Handbook is also ideal for those just starting in practice or preparing to embrace the new code. This unique guide:

• *Provides orthographic and pictorial drawings for visualizing solutions
• *Interprets arcane and complicated code requirements with illustrations, examples, explanations, and experience
• *Helps solve nonstandard as well routine situations with case-study examples
• *Is the ideal tool for bringing recent graduates up to speed on real-world design requirements

There's never been a building code resource like Illustrated 2000 Building Code Handbook. It's a book that deserves a convenient spot near your work station, because you'll turn to it often.

• *Decipher complex standards, such as for common path of egress travel, fire separation distance, and horizontal exit with noted drawings
• *Get more positive response on plan submissions to the building department
• *Skip costly revisions, and redesign
• *Increase confidence in the health, safety, and welfare standards of your buildings

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070494371
• ISBN 13: 9780070494374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1280