This book will cover the updates to the international building code for 2006 (the first edition covered the IBC for 2000, not 2003). The building industry is moving toward a single set of construction codes that have no regional limitations. This single code replaces the three regional codes that have been used previously (the Uniform Building Code, the National Code, and the Standard Building Code). Now more than ever, architects need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects.

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