An easy-to-use guide to building codes for health care facilities The construction industry is evolving a single
set of international building codes. Now, more than ever, architects need an interpretive guide to understand how
the building code affects the early design of specific projects. One in a series of focused guides to building
codes from Wiley, this book familiarizes code users with the 2006 International Building Code(r) (IBC) as it applies
to health care facilities. Early understanding and incorporation of code-compliant design provisions in a project
is essential. This book provides health care design professionals--architects, engineers, and other related design
professionals--with an understanding of how the International Building Code was developed, and how it is likely
to be interpreted when applied to the design and construction of health care facilities. Building Codes Illustrated
for Health care Facilities features: * A user-friendly visual format that makes finding the information you need
quick and easy * Nearly 900 illustrations, by architectural illustrator Steven Juroszek in the style of noted illustrator
and author Frank Ching, that help visualize and explain the codes * Text written by experienced experts who have
been instrumental in gaining acceptance for the new unified building code * A guide to navigating the new code
plus complete coverage of all key aspects of the IBC The newly adopted International Building Code is similar but
by no means identical to the three model codes that most practitioners have used in the past. Building Codes Illustrated
for Health care Facilities is an essential companion to the IBC for emerging practitioners seeking to master the
full scope of accepted knowledge in the field, and for experienced practitioners needing to understand the similarities
and differences between the familiar model codes and the new IBC.