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| Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Francis D. K. Ching, Steven R., Faia,pe Winkel
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (20 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7508
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0471741892
Dewey Decimal Number: 690.0218
EAN: 9780471741893
ASIN: 0471741892
Publication Date: November 28, 2006
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Product Description
Get the easy-to-use, illustrated guide to the 2006 International Building Code. As the building industry moves toward a single set of construction codes that have no regional limitations, architects, builders, engineers, and interior designers need an interpretive guide to help them better understand how the code affects their practices. The seond edition of Building Codes Illustrated fills this need by interpreting the updated 2006 International Building Code (IBC) in a visual format that designers both need and understand. This unique marriage of bestselling author Francis D.K. Ching's illustrative talent and Steven Winkel's code expertise provides an accessible, time-saving companion guide to the latest code. The visual presentation of information extracts the core portions of the building code that are most relevant for professionals and hones building codes down to the essentials. Organized to correspond with related subject matter in the IBC, Building Codes Illustrated enables architects, engineers, and other design professionals to quickly find clarifying information on the nonstructural provision of the IBC. You'll gain a clear and complete understanding of those sections at a glance through enlightening computer-rendered illustrations and succinct yet thorough interpretations. There's no excuse for not being up to code. Avoid costly mistakes with the invaluable help of Building Codes Illustrated, Second Edition.
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 Easy understand and get to the point June 23, 2008
Interpretation of codes sometime is confusing. With the picture to explain, it is much easier to understand than just read the words. A picture is better than a thousand words!
Building Codes Illustrated - Understanding the 2006 IBC June 5, 2008
This is an excellent book. It makes it very easy to understand many of the issues addressed by the IBC. In a few minutes of flipping through the pages right after I received it I was able to clearly understand issues that I previously had to read over and over again in the code to try to understand. Any time I have a code issue now I first read the code and then look at the same item in this book to see if my interpretation is correct.
 A bit basic for the professional, perhaps valuable for a student. May 27, 2008
Ching always does a good job of clearly illustrating aspects of design and construction, but in this case the book lacks depth. Only the most basic codes are included and it is of little or no help for the building professional.
Excellent illustrations/explanations May 23, 2008
This book does an outstanding job of explaining how to use the building code, what the code means, and the basis for some codes. If you are an engineer, architect, or someone who just wants to better understand the building code, this book is for you.
Not as good as the reviews made it out to be May 18, 2008
I am not sure why everyone was so high on this. The organization is a bit scattered and it doesn't really cover a great deal of code. If you are using this as a general learning book, it is ok. But if you are looking up specifics about something you are working on, I bet that most of the time it will let you down.
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