Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual [Hardcover]

Scott Parish (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0070486115 | ISBN-13: 978-0070486119 | Publication Date: October 1, 1998 | Edition: 1

Make compliance with the Uniform Building Code a cinch with this complete set of project-oriented checklists. They decode the often arcane and unwieldly requirements of the UBC and reduce verification of code compliance to the simple act of running through a checklist. No matter what stage your project is in or what type of structure you're working on, this resource provides the needed time-saving, code-verifying tool. Divided into four major sections, this book/CD package gives you checklists for the design stage, architectural documentation, structural documentation, and specifications. Provided in both print and computer-ready format, these checklists simplify record-keeping as well as compliance. This valuable tool reduces the need for time-wasting design changes, expensive construction change orders, and worseÑclaims that can result from failure to design and build according to code. Concise and easy to read and to use, the Uniform Building Code Manual is your key to quick and complete verification.

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Make code compliance a cinch with detailed, project-oriented checklists. Failure to design to code can cost you: in expensive change orders during construction, costly delays, the loss of client trust and respect, and even litigation. Avoid these time- and money-consuming changes with this invaluable book/CD package. It "decodes" the often unwieldy requirements of the Uniform Building Code into practical checklists that you can use to ensure quality control...and makes compliance easy! No matter what stage your project is in or what type of structure you're working on, this checklist-packed resource reduces verification of code compliance to the simple act of running through a checklist.
The book reformats the Uniform Building Code into four distinct job stages, each with its own checklists: design; architectural documentation; structural documentation; specifications. Provided in both print and electronic CD-ROM format, this comprehensive collection of clear, complete code compliance checklists simplifies your record-keeping as well as allaying your compliance concerns. You'll also find a Code Information Form for initial documentation of code requirements--plus a Deficiency Worksheet for recording noncompliance items found during code review with the checklists.
In office, studio, and on-site quality control, the Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual is your key to quick and complete verification.

About the Author

Scott Parish, AIA, CSI, is a licensed architect currently employed at Mangini Associates in Visalia, California. The author of National Building Code Compliance Manual, also published by McGraw-Hill, he has extensive experience with construction documents, specification writing, quality control, and construction administration on many different types of projects, including medical, commercial high-rise, municipal, educational, manufacturing, airport, and office projects. [Logo]

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070486115
• ISBN-13: 978-0070486119
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #730,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Companion for the UBC Code, June 2, 1999

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This review is from: Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual (Hardcover)

This book makes an excellent Companion for the 1997 UBC Code. It is broken into section like the UBC code, each section has check list that can be used to insure compliance with the code.

The CD Rom in the back of the book allows you to print out check list that can be used in project files for documentation. An excelent tool for any design Engineer.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fundamentally, a Check List, January 16, 2002

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Reed White (Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual (Hardcover)

This book is a big check-list. Do not buy it if you are actually looking for building code information. However, it would probably be useful to contractors who want to be sure they have covered all bases. (I gave it two stars because it was not useful for me.)

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A copy oif the Uniform Building Code is required to use this book, February 10, 2007

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Frank Burton "a music lover" (San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uniform Building Code Compliance Manual (Hardcover)

Page xiv states, "A copy of the Uniform Building Code is required to use this book," and that is the truth. I wish that information had been available in the reviews before I bought it. This book does not summarize the code requirements.