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Title: Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated)
ISBN: 0471741892
Author:
Francis D. K. Ching
Steven R., FAIA,PE Winkel
Publicate Date: 2006-11-28
Publish: 2006-11-28
List Price: $49.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Great for IT exams, but you need UBC anyway
This is great if you just want a general view of UBC and IBC codes.
But, it constantly refers to the IBC for the specifics.
But overall, is a Building Codes for Dummies!!!
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2: Easy understand and get to the point
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!
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3: Building Codes Illustrated - Understanding the 2006 IBC
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.
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4: A bit basic for the professional, perhaps valuable for a student.
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.
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5: Excellent illustrations/explanations
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.
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