Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated) by Francis D. K. Ching, Steven R., FAIA,PE Winkel
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Book Reviews of Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated)
Book Review: Easy understand and get to the point
Summary: 5 Stars
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!Book Review: Building Codes Illustrated - Understanding the 2006 IBC
Summary: 5 Stars
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. Book Review: A bit basic for the professional, perhaps valuable for a student.
Summary: 3 Stars
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.Book Review: Excellent illustrations/explanations
Summary: 5 Stars
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. Book Review: Not as good as the reviews made it out to be
Summary: 3 Stars
I am not sure why everyone was so high on this. The organization is a bit scattered and it doesn't really cover a great deal of code. If you are using this as a general learning book, it is ok. But if you are looking up specifics about something you are working on, I bet that most of the time it will let you down.