New Guide Helps Builders Navigate Residential Code
March 8, 2010 – A new pocket guide co-published by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the International Code Council® (ICC) provides critical answers to the most frequently asked residential construction jobsite code questions.
Available through both BuilderBooks, NAHB’s publishing arm and the ICC store, the 2009 Home Builders’ Jobsite Codes: A Quick Guide to the 2009 International Residential Code, is a portable guide for home builders, contractors, inspectors, architects, engineers and other construction professionals. The convenient field guide is a quick reference to the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), and provides easy-to-read code requirements for every aspect of residential construction.
“This new pocket guide is a convenient resource for building professionals to refer to on the job site for any code requirement questions, said NAHB Chairman Bob Jones, a home builder from Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “With its illustrations, tables and figures to help the reader understand specific code requirements, as well as a glossary of construction-related terms, this book really puts information at the readers’ fingertips.”
The user-friendly guide helps building professionals better understand elements of the 2009 IRC including:
*Provisions addressing all aspects of conventional construction of dwellings and their accessory buildings.
*Safety requirements such as egress, emergency escape, fall protection, safe design criteria, fire protection and safe and healthy living environments.
*Code provisions for foundations, floors, walls, roofs, chimneys and fireplaces, mechanical, fuel gas, plumbing and electrical systems.
Author Stephen A. Van Note, a senior technical staff of the ICC Product Development Group, is a certified building official and plans examiner, with 15 years of experience in code administration and enforcement, and more than 20 years of experience in the construction field, including project planning and management for residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
