Building inspection manual : a guide for building professionals for maintenance, safety, and assessment /

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Autor principal: Schmid, Karl F. (Autor)
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2014.
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Taula de continguts:
  • Part 1. New building construction inspections
  • 1. House/light construction
  • Temporary power
  • Site work
  • Soils and foundation work
  • Basement/cellar walls, footings, and slabs
  • General
  • Concrete slabs
  • Concrete foundation walls
  • Concrete masonry foundation walls
  • Wood foundations
  • Electrical rough-in
  • General
  • Kitchens
  • Dining rooms
  • Bathrooms
  • Other interior spaces
  • Basements and attics
  • Outside areas
  • Mechanical rough-in
  • Forced-air furnaces
  • Condensing furnaces (high efficiency)
  • Oil burners
  • Ducting
  • Combustion air
  • Vents and connectors
  • Appliances
  • Exhaust venting
  • Whole house ventilation systems
  • Plumbing rough-in
  • Underground plumbing
  • Sewage ejectors
  • Drains
  • Traps
  • Cleanouts
  • Island-fixture venting
  • Vents
  • Air admittance valves (AAVs)
  • Wet vents
  • Water services
  • Waterlines
  • Gas piping
  • Water heaters
  • Laundries
  • Kitchens
  • Bathrooms
  • Exterior
  • Framing
  • General
  • Walls
  • Roofs
  • Trusses
  • Energy requirements
  • Moisture, thermal protection, and insulation
  • General
  • Access hatches and doors
  • Attic insulation
  • Wall, floor, and ceiling insulation
  • Slab insulation (on-grade and below grade)
  • Vapor retarders
  • One-coat stucco
  • Final inspections
  • Exteriors
  • Interiors
  • Fire inspections
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Furnaces
  • Plumbing
  • 2. High-rise building construction
  • Site construction
  • Earthwork, embankments, trenching, and grading
  • Soil treatment for termites
  • Utilities
  • Roads and parking areas
  • Water well drilling
  • Concrete
  • Lightweight concrete
  • Cold weather operations
  • Hot weather operations
  • Reinforcing bars (rebar)
  • Forms
  • Masonry
  • Structural steel
  • Carpentry and millwork
  • Thermal and moisture protection
  • Membrane roofing (ballasted and glued)
  • Asphalt shingle roofs
  • Sheet metal roofing
  • Standing seam metal roofs
  • Membrane roofing
  • Insulation materials
  • Stucco
  • Doors and windows
  • Steel doors and frames
  • Fire doors
  • Glass and glazing
  • Hardware
  • Interior finishes
  • Ceramic and quarry tile
  • Resilient floor covering/tile
  • Acoustical treatments
  • Drywall finishes
  • Painting
  • Conveying systems
  • Elevators
  • Platform lifts
  • Mechanical
  • Plumbing
  • Heating, all types
  • Ventilation systems
  • Air conditioning and refrigeration
  • Testing and training (HVAC systems)
  • Gas distribution
  • Electrical
  • Interior
  • Exterior
  • Construction safety
  • Pre-construction safety
  • Housekeeping standards
  • Final inspections
  • Architectural
  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Elevators
  • Part 2. Due diligence inspections and existing buildings capital project planning
  • 3. House/light construction
  • 4. Larger buildings
  • Site
  • Grading, drainage, and landscaping
  • Roads, walks, parking lots, and other paved surfaces
  • Reduction of one-person automobile use
  • Signage
  • Structural/seismic
  • Structural criteria
  • Walk-th rough survey
  • Structural/seismic design assessment
  • Building exterior
  • Exterior wall assembly
  • Fenestration
  • Hardware
  • Miscellaneous
  • Roofing
  • Water tightness
  • Construction
  • Other roofing details
  • Building interior
  • Entrances
  • Public rest rooms, shower rooms, kitchens, and fixtures
  • Floor coverings
  • Interior walls and partitions
  • Miscellaneous
  • Limited disabled access review
  • Parking and exterior accessible routes
  • Interior accessible routes
  • Bathrooms
  • Pay or public telephones
  • Elevators and lifts
  • Emergency egress
  • Stairs
  • Drinking fountains
  • Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems (HVAC)
  • Inventory and description
  • System inspections and evaluations
  • Plumbing
  • Occupied spaces
  • Sanitary systems
  • Storm water systems
  • Irrigation systems
  • Plumbing fixtures
  • Gas piping
  • Gas meters
  • Additional considerations
  • Electrical
  • Service and distribution
  • Exterior and site lighting
  • Interior lighting
  • Fire and safety
  • Electrical
  • Hazardous materials
  • Fire safety
  • Earthquake and other disaster preparedness
  • Vertical transportation
  • Appendix A. Inspecting a school district, a campus, or similar
  • Appendix B. Organizations that affect construction
  • Bibliography
  • Index.