Building Codes
Illustrated for Healthcare Facilities: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International
Building Code
An Easy to
Understand Reference Guide to the 2006 International Building Code
as It Applies to Healthcare Facilities
By
Steven R. Winkel, FAIA, PE, David S. Collins, FAIA, Steven P.
Juroszek, AIA, Francis D. K. Ching
An Interpretive
Guide to Understand the 2006 International Building Code as It
Applies to Healthcare Facilities
 An
easy-to-use guide to building codes for healthcare facilities
The construction industry is evolving a single
set of international building codes. Now, more than ever, architects
need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code
affects the early design of specific projects. One in a series of
focused guides to building codes, this book familiarizes code users
with the 2006 International
Building Code (IBC) as it applies to healthcare facilities.
Early understanding and incorporation of
code-compliant design provisions in a project is essential. This
book provides healthcare design professionals--architects,
engineers, and other related design professionals--with an
understanding of how the International Building Code was developed,
and how it is likely to be interpreted when applied to the design
and construction of healthcare facilities.
Building Codes Illustrated for Healthcare
Facilities features:
- A user-friendly visual format that makes
finding the information you need quick and easy
- Nearly 900 illustrations, by
architectural illustrator Steven Juroszek in the style of noted
illustrator and author Frank Ching, that help visualize and
explain the codes
- Text written by experienced experts who
have been instrumental in gaining acceptance for the new unified
building code
- A guide to navigating the new code plus
complete coverage of all key aspects of the IBC
The newly adopted International Building Code
is similar but by no means identical to the three model codes that
most practitioners have used in the past. Building Codes Illustrated
for Healthcare Facilities is an essential companion to the IBC for
emerging practitioners seeking to master the full scope of accepted
knowledge in the field, and for experienced practitioners needing to
understand the similarities and differences between the familiar
model codes and the new IBC.
Read An Excerpt
From Building Codes Illustrated for Healthcare Facilities: A Guide
to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (PDF)
About The Authors:
FRANCIS D.K. CHING is a registered architect and a professor
at the University of Washington. He is the author or coauthor of
numerous architecture and design books, including A Global History
of Architecture; Architectural Graphics; Building Construction
Illustrated; Architecture: Form, Space, and Order; A Visual
Dictionary of Architecture; and Design Drawing (all published by
Wiley).
STEVEN R WINKEL, FAIA, an expert in building codes and
regulations, is an architect managing the San Francisco office of
The Preview Group. Winkel is the architect member of the California
Building Standards Commission, a past national board member of The
American Institute of Architects (AIA), and past president of the
AIA California Council.
The INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL (ICC), a membership
association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention,
develops the codes used to construct residential and commercial
buildings, including homes and schools. Most U.S. cities, counties,
and states that adopt codes choose the International Codes developed
by the ICC. The ICC mission is to provide the highest quality codes,
standards, products, and services for all concerned with the safety
and performance of the built environment.
Table of Contents:
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of Contents (PDF)
Preface.
1. Building Codes.
2. Navigating the Code.
3. Use and Occupancy.
4. Special Uses and Occupancies.
5.
Building
Heights and
Areas.
6. Types of Construction.
7. Fire-Resistive Construction.
8. Interior Finishes.
9. Fire-Protection Systems.
10. Means of Egress.
11. Accessibility.
12. Interior Environment.
13. Energy Efficiency.
14. Exterior Walls.
15. Roof Assemblies.
16. Structural Provisions.
17. Building Materials and Systems.
18. Existing Structures.
Bibliography.
Index.
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Index (PDF)
Hard-cover,
432 pages
Published 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-04847-4
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