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2015 International Building Code Illustrated Handbook /

The most comprehensive visual guide to the International Building Code has been fully revised for 2015 requirements.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Thornburg, Douglas W. (Autor), Henry, John R. (John Randolph), 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A. About the International Code Council
  • B. About the Authors
  • C. Online Bonus Resources
  • D. Foreword
  • E. Preface
  • F. Acknowledgments
  • 1. SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • Applicability
  • Department of Building Safety
  • Duties and Powers of Building Official
  • Permits
  • Submittal Documents
  • Temporary Structures and Uses
  • Fees
  • Inspections
  • Certificate of Occupancy
  • Service Utilities
  • Board of Appeals
  • Violations
  • Stop Work Order
  • Unsafe Structures and Equipment
  • KEY POINTS
  • 2. DEFINITIONS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • Definitions
  • KEY POINTS
  • 3. USE AND OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Classification
  • Assembly Group A
  • Business Group B
  • Educational Group E
  • Factory Group F
  • High-Hazard Group H
  • Institutional Group I
  • Mercantile Group M
  • Residential Group R
  • Storage Group S
  • Utility and Miscellaneous Group U
  • KEY POINTS
  • 4. SPECIAL DETAILED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON USE AND OCCUPANCY
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Covered Mall and Open Mall Buildings
  • High-Rise Buildings
  • Atriums
  • Underground Buildings
  • Motor-Vehicle-Related Occupancies
  • Group I-2
  • Group I-3
  • Motion-Picture Projection Rooms
  • Stages, Platforms, and Technical Production Areas
  • Special Amusement Buildings
  • Aircraft-Related Occupancies
  • Combustible Storage
  • Hazardous Materials
  • Groups H-1, H-2, H-3, H-4, and H-5
  • Application of Flammable Finishes
  • Drying Rooms
  • Organic Coatings
  • Live/Work Units
  • Groups I-1, R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4
  • Ambulatory Care Facilities
  • Storm Shelters
  • Children's Play Structures
  • KEY POINTS
  • 5. GENERAL BUILDING HEIGHTS AND AREAS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • General Building Height and Area Limitations
  • Building Height and Number of Stories
  • Mezzanines and Equipment Platforms
  • Building Area
  • Unlimited-Area Buildings
  • Mixed Use and Occupancy
  • Incidental Uses
  • Special Provisions
  • KEY POINTS
  • 6. TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Construction Classification
  • Combustible Material in Type I and II Construction
  • KEY POINTS
  • 7. FIRE AND SMOKE PROTECTION FEATURES
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Fire-Resistance Ratings and Fire Tests
  • Fire-Resistance Rating of Structural Members
  • Exterior Walls
  • Fire Walls
  • Fire Barriers
  • Fire Partitions
  • Smoke Barriers
  • Smoke Partitions
  • Floor and Roof Assemblies
  • Vertical Openings
  • Shaft Enclosures
  • Penetrations
  • Joint Systems
  • Opening Protectives
  • Ducts and Air Transfer Openings
  • Concealed Spaces
  • Fire-Resistance Requirements for Plaster
  • Thermal- and Sound-Insulating Materials
  • Prescriptive Fire Resistance
  • Calculated Fire Resistance
  • KEY POINTS
  • 8. INTERIOR FINISHES
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • Wall and Ceiling Finishes
  • Interior Floor Finish
  • Combustible Materials in Types I and II Construction
  • KEY POINTS
  • 9. FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • Automatic Sprinkler Systems
  • Alternative Automatic Fire-Extinguishing Systems
  • Standpipe Systems
  • Fire Alarm and Detection Systems
  • Smoke-Control Systems
  • Smoke and Heat Removal
  • Fire Command Center
  • Emergency Responder Safety Features
  • KEY POINTS
  • 10. MEANS OF EGRESS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Administration
  • Definitions
  • General Means of Egress
  • Occupant Load
  • Means of Egress Sizing
  • Number of Exits and Exit Access Doorways
  • Exit and Exit Access Doorway Configuration
  • Means of Egress Illumination
  • Accessible Means of Egress
  • Doors, Gates, and Turnstiles
  • Stairways
  • Ramps
  • Exit Signs
  • Handrails
  • Guards
  • Exit Access
  • Exit Access Travel Distance
  • Aisles
  • Exit Access Stairways and Ramps
  • Corridors
  • Egress Balconies
  • Exits
  • Interior Exit Stairways and Ramps
  • Exit Passageways
  • Luminous Egress Path Markings
  • Horizontal Exits
  • Exterior Exit Stairways and Ramps
  • Exit Discharge
  • Assembly
  • Emergency Escape and Rescue
  • KEY POINTS.
  • 11. ACCESSIBILITY
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Scoping Requirements
  • Accessible Route
  • Accessible Entrances
  • Parking and Passenger Loading Facilities
  • Dwelling Units and Sleeping Units
  • Special Occupancies
  • Other Features and Facilities
  • Recreational Facilities
  • Signage
  • KEY POINTS
  • 12. INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Ventilation
  • Temperature Control
  • Lighting
  • Yards or Courts
  • Sound Transmission
  • Interior Space Dimensions
  • Access to Unoccupied Spaces
  • Toilet and Bathroom Requirements
  • KEY POINTS
  • 13. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • 14. EXTERIOR WALLS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Definitions
  • Performance Requirements
  • Materials
  • Installation of Wall Coverings
  • Combustible Materials on the Exterior Side of Exterior Walls
  • Metal Composite Materials
  • Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS)
  • KEY POINTS
  • 15. ROOF ASSEMBLIES AND ROOFTOP STRUCTURES
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Definitions
  • Performance Requirements
  • Fire Classification
  • Materials
  • Rooftop Structures
  • KEY POINTS
  • A. INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURAL PROVISIONS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Structural Design (Chapter 16): Nonseismic
  • Structural Design (Chapter 16): Seismic
  • Structural Design (Chapter 16): Load Combinations
  • 16. STRUCTURAL DESIGN
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions and Notations
  • Construction Documents
  • General Design Requirements
  • Load Combinations
  • Dead Loads
  • Live Loads
  • Snow Loads
  • Wind Loads
  • Soil Lateral Loads
  • Rain Loads
  • Flood Loads
  • Earthquake Loads
  • Atmospheric Ice Loads
  • Structural Integrity
  • KEY POINTS
  • Example 16-1 Design Axial Force, Shear Force, and Bending Moment for Shear Wall Due to Lateral and Gravity Loads (Strength Design)
  • Example 16-2 Design Axial Force, Shear Force, and Bending Moment for Shear Wall Due to Lateral and Gravity Loads (Allowable Stress Design Using Basic Load Combinations)
  • Example 16-3 Design Axial Force, Shear Force, and Bending Moment for Shear Wall Due to Lateral and Gravity Loads (Allowable Stress Design Using Alternate Basic Load Combinations)
  • Example 16-4 Calculations of Live Load Reduction
  • 17. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Approvals
  • Special Inspections and Tests, Contractor Responsibility, and Structural Observations
  • Required Special Inspections and Tests
  • Design Strengths of Materials
  • Alternate Test Procedures
  • In Situ Load Tests
  • Preconstruction Load Tests
  • KEY POINTS
  • 18. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Geotechnical Investigations
  • Excavation, Grading, and Fill
  • Dampproofing and Waterproofing
  • Presumptive Load-Bearing Values of Soils
  • Foundation Walls, Retaining Walls, and Embedded Posts and Poles
  • Foundations
  • Shallow Foundations
  • Deep Foundations
  • KEY POINTS
  • 19. CONCRETE
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Specifications for Tests and Materials
  • Durability Requirements
  • Modifications to ACI 318
  • Structural Plain Concrete
  • Minimum Slab Provisions
  • Shotcrete
  • KEY POINTS
  • 20. ALUMINUM
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • Materials
  • KEY POINTS
  • 21. MASONRY
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions and Notations
  • Masonry Construction Materials
  • Construction
  • Quality Assurance
  • Seismic Design
  • Allowable Stress Design
  • Strength Design of Masonry
  • Empirical Design of Masonry
  • Glass Unit Masonry
  • Masonry Fireplaces
  • Masonry Heaters
  • Masonry Chimneys
  • KEY POINTS
  • 22. STEEL
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Identification and Protection of Steel for Structural Purposes
  • Connections
  • Structural Steel
  • Composite Structural Steel and Concrete Structures
  • Steel Joists
  • Steel Cable Structures
  • Steel Storage Racks
  • Cold-Formed Steel
  • Cold-Formed Steel Light-Framed Construction
  • KEY POINTS.
  • 23. WOOD
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Introduction
  • General
  • Definitions
  • Minimum Standards and Quality
  • General Construction Requirements
  • General Design Requirements for Lateral-Force-Resisting Systems
  • Allowable Stress Design
  • Load and Resistance Factor Design
  • Conventional Light-Frame Construction
  • Wood Frame Construction Manual
  • KEY POINTS
  • 24. GLASS AND GLAZING
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General Requirements for Glass
  • Wind, Snow, Seismic, and Dead Loads on Glass
  • Sloped Glazing and Skylights
  • Safety Glazing
  • Glass in Handrails and Guards
  • Glazing in Athletic Facilities
  • KEY POINTS
  • 25. GYPSUM BOARD, GYPSUM PANEL PRODUCTS, AND PLASTER
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Scope
  • Definitions
  • Gypsum Construction
  • Lathing and Furring for Cement Plaster (Stucco)
  • Interior Plaster
  • Exterior Plaster
  • KEY POINTS
  • 26. PLASTIC
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Foam Plastic Insulation
  • Interior Finish and Trim
  • Plastic Veneer
  • Light-Transmitting Plastics
  • Light-Transmitting Plastic Wall Panels
  • Light-Transmitting Plastic Glazing
  • Light-Transmitting Plastic Roof Panels
  • Light-Transmitting Plastic Skylight Glazing
  • KEY POINTS
  • 27. ELECTRICAL
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Emergency and Standby Power Systems
  • 28. MECHANICAL
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • 29. PLUMBING
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Minimum Plumbing Facilities
  • KEY POINTS
  • 30. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYING SYSTEMS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Hoistway Enclosures
  • Emergency Operations
  • Elevator Lobbies and Hoistway Opening Protection
  • Fire Service Access Elevator
  • Occupant Evacuation Elevators
  • KEY POINTS
  • 31. SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Membrane Structures
  • Pedestrian Walkways and Tunnels
  • Marquees
  • KEY POINTS
  • 32. ENCROACHMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • General
  • Encroachments
  • 33. SAFEGUARDS DURING CONSTRUCTION
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Construction Safeguards
  • Demolition
  • Site Work
  • Protection of Pedestrians
  • Protection of Adjoining Property
  • Temporary Use of Streets, Alleys, and Public Property
  • Fire Extinguishers
  • Means of Egress
  • Standpipes
  • KEY POINTS
  • 34. RESERVED
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • 35. REFERENCED STANDARDS
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • B. APPENDICES
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Appendix A?Employee Qualifications
  • Appendix B?Board of Appeals
  • Appendix C?Group U Agricultural Buildings
  • Appendix D?Fire Districts
  • Appendix E?Supplementary Accessibility Requirements
  • Appendix F?Rodentproofing
  • Appendix G?Flood-Resistant Construction
  • Appendix H?Signs
  • Appendix I?Patio Covers
  • Appendix J?Grading
  • Appendix K?Administrative Provisions
  • Appendix L?Earthquake Recording Instrumentation
  • Appendix M?Tsunami-Generated Flood Hazard
  • C. METRIC CONVERSION TABLE
  • CHAPTER PRELIMINARIES
  • Metric Units, System International (SI)
  • Soft Metrication
  • Hard Metrication.