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by Steve Van Note (Author)
Answers to common code questions at your fingertips. This handy jobsite tool will become as indispensable to you as your cell phone, tape measure, and level. This pocket-friendly companion to the International Residential Code discusses the impact of 2021 code changes to fire resistance provisions, emergency escape and rescue openings, safety glazing adjacent to bathtubs and showers, and many more for single-family dwellings, duplexes, and townhomes. 2021 Home Builders' Jobsite Codes also updates footing tables, requirements for smoke alarms, and wood deck provisions. It includes more than 100 detailed illustrations and useful tables and discussion, among other areas, of foundations, fire safety, energy efficiency, mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems, safe and healthy living environments. 2021 Home Builders' Jobsite Codes is meant to be of practical use on the jobsite, not as a substitute for the IRC.
Author Biography
Steve Van Note has over 45 years of experience in the construction and building code arena. He spent 14 years with the product development team for the International Code Council (ICC), where he developed technical resource materials in support of the International Codes. His role also included the management, review, and technical editing of publications developed by ICC staff members and other expert authors. He has authored a number of ICC support publications including Significant Changes to the International Residential Code, Residential Code Essentials, and Inspector Skills.
