As the construction industry moves to a single set of international building codes, architects and construction professionals need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects. This newest addition to Wiley's series of focused guides familiarizes code users with the 2009 International Residential Code(R) (IRC) as it applies to residential buildings. The book provides architects, engineers, and other related building professionals with an understanding of...

Code Check Commercial is a field guide for code issues commonly encountered in the construction of retail stores, offices, warehouses, health services' locations, schools, service stations, hotels, restaurants, apartments, and condos. Using clear language and informative diagrams, Code Check Commercial is based on the 2009 International and Uniform Codes and the 2009 National Electrical Code. The spiral-bound Code Check series emphasizes the central safety principles that underlie building codes. With durable laminated pages, it...

Code Check Building: An Illustrated Guide to the Building Codes, 4th Edition, emphasizes the key safety principles underlying building codes throughout the United States. Using clear language to ensure compliance with codes at each stage of construction, this edition reflects the most up-to-date changes in the 2015 International Residential Code. Tables and illustrations help to clarify the complex rules and numerous changes in the latest edition of the codes. Specific code change are highlighted throughout the text and summarized at the end of the book.

Save on time, money, and potential delays for code violations. Code Check Plumbing & Mechanical is an essential reference guide providing reliable information on up-to-date residential plumbing and mechanical codes.

• Highly accurate and cross-referenced to the current International Residential Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, and Uniform Mechanical Code.
• Designed for quick on-site referencing, this go-to book has durable, laminated pages and a practical spiral binding.
• Detailed reference tables,...

The leading resource for student and professional kitchen designers--completely revised and updated

Kitchen Planning is an essential reference for any designer working in the kitchen field, containing everything a professional needs to know to design kitchens that are convenient, functional, and efficient, and that meet the needs of today's lifestyles. Based on the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Kitchen and Bathroom Planning Guidelines and the related Access Standards, this book presents the best practices developed by the Association's committee of...

2009 International Building Code Essentials at Your Fingertips

Code Check Building: An Illustrated Guide to the Building Codes, 4th Edition, emphasizes the key safety principles underlying building codes throughout the United States. Using clear language to ensure compliance with codes at each stage of construction, this edition reflects the most up-to-date changes in the 2015 International Residential Code. Tables and illustrations help to clarify the complex rules and numerous changes in the latest edition of the codes. Specific code changes are highlighted throughout the text and...

Prepared by the Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Pavement Committee of the Standards Council of the Transportation & Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Cosponsored by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute.

Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Pavement for Municipal Streets and Roadways, Standard ASCE/T&DI/ICPI 58-16, establishes guidelines for developing appropriate pavement structures for various traffic and subgrade conditions. Interlocking concrete pavers can provide a durable and effective pavement system, but as with...

This ninth edition of the most popular and trusted guide to the building regulations reflects all the latest amendments to the Building Regulations, Planning Permission and the Approved Documents in England and Wales. In particular, this includes coverage of the new Approved Document Q on Security and a second part to Approved Document M which divides the regulations for "dwellings" and "buildings other than dwellings." A new chapter has been added to incorporate these changes and make the book more user friendly.

Giving practical information throughout on how to work with (and...