This is 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, there's 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!
Introduction
Chapter 1: AdministrationChapter 2: DefinitionsChapter 3: Use and Occupancy ClassificationChapter 4: Special Detailed Requirements Based on Use and OccupancyChapter 5: General Building Heights and AreasChapter 6: Types of ConstructionChapter 7: Fire-Resistant-Rated ConstructionChapter 8: Interior FinishesChapter 9: Fire Protection SystemsChapter 10: Means of EgressChapter 11: AccessibilityChapter 12: Interior EnvironmentChapter 13: Energy EfficiencyChapter 14: Exterior WallsChapter 15: Roof Assemblies and Rooftop StructuresChapter 16: Structural DesignChapter 17: Structural Tests and Special InspectionsChapter 18: Soils and FoundationsChapter 19: ConcreteChapter 20: AluminumChapter 21: MasonryChapter 22: SteelChapter 23: WoodChapter 24: Glass and GlazingChapter 25: Gypsum Board and PlasterChapter 26: PlasticChapter 27: ElectricalChapter 28: Mechanical SystemsChapter 29: Plumbing SystemsChapter 30: Elevators and Conveying SystemsChapter 31: Special ConstructionChapter 32: Encroachments into the Public Right of WayChapter 33: Safeguards During ConstructionChapter 34: Existing StructuresChapter 35: Referenced StandardsAppendix A: List of AbbreviationsAppendix B: List of SymbolsAppendix C: List of TablesIndex A: TablesIndex B: Subject
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.
