Overview

 

QUICKLY LOCATE COMPLEX CODES, REQUIREMENTS, AND LAWS FOR EVERY BUILDING JOB!

If you're a building professional, here's your chance to slash untold hours of bureaucratic legwork from your schedule—with the McGraw-Hill Construction Locator.

Packed with a wealth of time-saving and budget-preserving solutions, this unique, 600-page resource delivers clear, where-to-find-it directions to:

• Building codes
• Building documents
• Construction standards
• Project specifications
• Federal and state regulations
• Government services
• And more!

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The McGraw-Hill Construction Locator is much more than a directory. It also gives you descriptions and contact information for the nearly 500 organizations that develop and produce these documents, codes and standards. Plus, the book follows the universally accepted CSI Master Format, to help accelerate your searches even more.

END THE PAPER CHASE!

Written by a 40-year veteran of the construction industry, the McGraw-Hill Construction Locator is the resource you'll turn to again and again during every project. It promises to dramatically minimize the time you spend wrangling paperwork - and maximize the time you can spend doing what you do best.

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Table of contents

Foreword
Preface
Section 1: Introduction
Historical Perspective
Document Identification
Section 2: BUILDING CODES
International Codes
Code Commentaries--ICC
Specialty Industry Codes
Section 3: Construction Standards
Facility Construction
Facility Services
Site & Infrastructure
Process Equipment
Section 4: Project Specifications
Facility Construction
Facility Services
Site & Infrastructure
Process Equipment
Section 5: Government Regulations
Federal Acts & Laws
Construction Criteria Base
Document Distributors
Research & Development
APPENDIX A: REFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
APPENDIX B: STANDARDS WRITING BODIES
APPENDIX C: DOCUMENT DISTRIBUTORS
APPENDIX D: KEYWORD INDEX
APPENDIX E: ORGANIZATION ACRONYMS
APPENDIX F: ORGANIZATION PROFILES
INDEX

Biographical note

Joseph A. MacDonald has more than 40 years of editorial experience including 18 years with Engineering News Record, Perspectives, and Private Power Executive magazines. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of U.S. Building and Construction Technology, co-editor for Handbook of Rigging and Scaffolding, and the Directory of Worldwide Engineering & Construction Organizations. His early career included a tour of duty with a USN Mobile Construction Battalion as Project Engineer, and positions as Construction Field Engineer for a number of engineering firms in New York, Massachusetts, and California.

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QUICKLY LOCATE COMPLEX CODES, REQUIREMENTS, AND LAWS FOR EVERY BUILDING JOB!

If you're a building professional, here's your chance to slash untold hours of bureaucratic legwork from your schedule with the McGraw-Hill Construction Locator.

Packed with a wealth of time-saving and budget-preserving solutions, this unique resource delivers clear, where-to-find-it directions to:
Building codes
Building documents
Construction standards
Project specifications
Federal and state regulations
Government services
And more!

CONQUER RED TAPE!
The McGraw-Hill Construction Locator is much more than a directory. It also gives you descriptions and contact information for the nearly 500 organizations that develop and produce these documents, codes, and standards. Plus, the book follows the universally accepted CSI Master Format, to help accelerate your searches even more.

END THE PAPER CHASE!
Written by a 40-year veteran of the construction industry, the McGraw-Hill Construction Locator is the resource you'll turn to again and again during every project. It promises to dramatically minimize the time you spend wrangling paperback -- and maximize the time you can spend doing what you do best.