Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook - Softcover

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THE ALL-IN-ONE QUALITY, CODE COMPLIANCE, AND BUILDING INSPECTION TOOLKIT

This resource simplifies quality assurance, code compliance, and inspection for commercial and industrial construction. Building professional Gil Taylor's Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook is the only reference that provides job-simplifying tools for nearly every function in quality and code compliance, from initial design document evaluation to project organization, from site preparation to turnover. The book includes each step in actual construction and covers all major building codes.

An unprecedented collection of job-simplifying tools, Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook provides nearly 600 valuable checklists, tables, charts, and calculations that will save building professionals time and money while helping to assure quality. With these tools, every task, from establishing inspection guidelines to providing clients with schedules and specifications, becomes easier.

A toolkit that simplifies and speeds jobs involving code and quality issues in commercial and industrial construction, the Construction Codes and Inspection Handbook is an invaluable resource for the building industry.

TASK-SPEEDING TOOLS

Checklists, Tables, Calculations, and More In All These Areas:

• Quality control and assurance
• Responsibility and authority
• Plans and specifications
• Shop and record drawings
• Inspectors' daily reports
• Preconstruction meetings
• Equipment proposals
• Claims
• Progress schedules
• Labor enforcement
• Storage of materials
• Contractor's payment
• Project turnover
• Inspection files
• Safety

TOOLS FOR COMPLYING WITH EVERY MAJOR CODE

• IBC (International Building Code) -- the world's most widely adopted building code
• NEC (National Electrical Code
• International Fire Code
• International Energy Conservation Code
• International Plumbing Code
• International Fuel Gas Code
• International Property Maintenance Code
• International Zoning Code
• More

PROCEDURES AND JOB-CRITICAL TOOLS FOR EVERY PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION
General Information * Design Quality Control Checklists * Sitework * Concrete * Masonry * Carpentry * Structural Steel * Doors and Windows * Finishes * Thermal and Moisture Protection * Pre-Engineered Buildings * Piping Systems * Mechanical * Electrical * Special Construction and Conveying Equipment * Solar Energy Systems * Hazards in Construction * OSHA