Offers the latest regulations on designing and installing commercial and residential buildings.

This essential resource is an indispensable tool for building officials, architects, fire marshals, plans examiners, inspectors and others who use the International Building Code. Providing detailed commentaries on the nonstructural provisions of the 2006 International Building Code, the 2006 IBC Handbook: Fire-and Life-Safety Provisions also traces the historical background and rationale of these code provisions. Coverage includes means of egress, occupancy classification, fire sprinklers and fire resistant construction, administrative, adopted standards, accessibility and the smoke control requirements contained in the 2006 International Building Code.

The 2003 International Building Code addresses the design and installation of building systems through requirements that emphasize performance, providing minimum regulations for building systems using prescriptive- and performance-related provisions, including structural as well as fire- and life-safety provisions covering seismic, wind, accessibility, egress, occupancy, roofs, and more.

The Handbook of Smoke Control Engineering extends the tradition of the comprehensive treatment of smoke control technology, including fundamental concepts, smoke control systems, and methods of analysis. The handbook provides information needed for the analysis of design fires, including considerations of sprinklers, shielded fires, and transient fuels. It is also extremely useful for practicing engineers, architects, code officials, researchers, and students. Following the success of Principles of Smoke Management in 2002, this new book incorporates the latest research and advances in smoke control practice. New topics in the handbook are: controls, fire and smoke control in transport tunnels, and full-scale fire testing. For those getting started with the computer models CONTAM and CFAST, there are simplified instructions with examples. This is the first smoke control book with climatic data so that users will have easy-to-use weather data specifically for smoke control design for locations in the U.S., Canada, and throughout the world. Systems discussed in the handbook include those for stairwell pressurization, elevator pressurization, zoned smoke control, and atrium smoke control. The latest smoke control research and most current engineering approaches are also included. Unique to previous smoke control literature, this handbook provides many example calculations to help designers prevent smoke damage.

"Issued by the Standards Council on August 17, 2017, with an effective date of September 6, 2017, and supersedes all previous editions"--Page 1.