Construction Inspection Manual

This extensively revised and updated eighth edition is updated with detailed testing procedures, and inspection checklists covering everything from sitework and earthwork to finishes and electrical installations. This book represents the standard in inspection procedures on all types of construction work. It was written to achieve a consensus among owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and construction inspectors as to the best methods and practices. The need for good field inspection is essential, due to the number of overlapping building codes, specification standards, and individual interpretations among architects, engineers and other agencies. This book supplies standards from the duties and responsibilities of the inspector, to achieving code compliance, to checklists to be used in the inspection process, to handling specific concerns dealing with the project location. Expanded appendix, with graphs, charts and tables. This new edition represents an extremely valuable reference for the inspector, architect, engineer, contractor, specification writer, construction manager, owner and facilities manager.