Architectural security codes and guidelines : best practices for today's construction challenges /
Robert C. Wible.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007.
- xx, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
PART I:: Codes and Regulations and the Construction Team-- Challenges Facing the Construction Team: Revising Codes and Standards, Redefining Roles and Responsibilities -- Findings from the World Trade Center Towers Collapse and Other Post-9/11 Disasters-- What Is It That We Want Buildings to Do?-- PART II: Existing Guidelines, Codes and Standards and How They Protect Buildings and the Public from Disasters-- Beginning with the End in Mind: Assessing Risk, Threats, and Mitigation Strategies-- Existing Construction Standards, Codes, Practices, and Guidelines that Promote Security and Disaster Resilience in New Construction-- Existing Buildings: Inspections and Retrofitting-- PART III: Addressing New Issues: Viewing the Building as a Complete Life-Cycle System-- Homeland Security and the Issues of Energy, Sustainability, Environment, Accessibility and New Products, Materials and Techniques-- A World Transformed: A Vision of One Possible Future for the Construction Industry and Construction Team --APPENDIX: RESOURCES, WEB SITES, AND CHAPTER NOTES--