Inspection Books & Study Guides
Books on Building Inspection, Electrical Inspection, Fire Inspection, Home & Residential Inspection, Mold Inspection, Plumbing Inspection, and Public Works Inspection

Building Inspection
Code Enforcement
Electrical Inspection
Fire Inspection
Home & Residential Inspection
Mold Inspection
Plumbing Inspection
Public Works Inspection

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Building Inspection

Building Contractor's Checklists and Forms
SIMPLIFY EVERY PHASE OF CONTRACTING, WHILE UPGRADING PROFITABILITY - With this unparalleled asset, you won’t miss a trick in the contracting business. Codifying Sidney Levy’s years of experience as a successful contractor and construction industry consultant, Building Contractor’s Checklists and Forms steers you clear of mistakes and step-by-step through an orderly, smoothly flowing process.

The Building Official's and Inspector's Guide to Codes, Forms and Complaints
Learn how to enforce the International Building Code® when violations occur, and to correctly write any document required by the job! This new book features a compilation of legal notices, letters, complaints, and other documents that inspectors can use for effective enforcement of the most common problems likely to be encountered in the field. In addition to the forms, valuable checklists help users follow the required steps in enforcement, and tables assist inspectors in better understanding the Code. Even if a municipality does not use the International Building Code, the documents in this book can be adapted for local use because they are so universal.

California Contractor Exam Prep: Home Inspection
The California Contractor Exam-Prep: Home Inspection CD, helps you understand exactly what knowledge is necessary in order to become proficient in Home Inspection. By answering more than 125 multiple-choice questions, you cover all of the areas that are needed for a home inspector to succeed. If you miss a question, Exam-Prep will give you the right answer and a full explanation of the basic principles involved in that question. Even if you guess the right answer, the explanation is there! So you actually LEARN what you need to know.

Code Check Series
A handy reference that provides comprehensive information on the most up-to-date codes. The convenient size of these books and their durable, laminated, spiral-bound format enable them to withstand job-site use, with information clearly presented in hundreds of line drawings and tables. Compiled by three certified experts with over 55 years combined experience, the Code Check series is endorsed by the International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO).

Code Check DVD Series
(4 vol.) - An in-depth study of the best selling construction guide - pictorial examples and on-site applications. The Series studies in depth the various principles that the major building codes are based on. Each DVD outlines the major rules and guidelines pertaining to the main systems and components in a home. Each narrative DVD explains hundreds of code facts in detail with on-site, real life displays and extensive pictorial examples. - Updated to the 2000 International Residential Code (IRC)

Concrete Manual
Provides the guidance and information that inspectors, and related professionals need to become more proficient in relating to concrete field practices and inspection. - A new printing of this classic field inspection reference that has been updated to American Concrete Institute's 318-02 and the 2003 International Building Code®. The Manual includes a CD-ROM containing the complete text - PLUS.

Corrosion Inspection and Monitoring
Comprehensive Reference on Modern Techniques and Methods for Monitoring and Inspecting Corrosion - The comprehensive reference on modern techniques and methods for monitoring and inspecting corrosion. Strategic corrosion inspection and monitoring can improve asset management and life cycle assessment and optimize operational budgets. Advances in computer technologies and electronics have led to very efficient tools for monitoring and inspecting corrosion, including impedance spectroscopy, electrical field signatures, acoustic emissions, and radiographs. This up-to-date reference explains both intrusive and non-intrusive methods of measuring corrosion rates.

Introduction to Engineering Construction Inspection
Expert Tools and Advice on Construction Inspection for Buildings and Civil Engineering Projects - Introduction to Engineering Construction Inspection offers expert tools and advice on construction inspection for buildings and civil engineering projects, including construction of roads, highways, pipelines, reservoirs, water and wastewater projects, hydroelectric, and other large engineered projects. More than 150 informative illustrations supplement expert coverage of the activities and processes involved in observing and documenting a project through the construction phase–from initial site work and geotechnical work to major engineered structural systems in concrete and steel, and project acceptance by the owner.

Electrical Inspection

One- and Two-Family Dwelling Electrical Systems - 2002 NEC
National Electrical Code and International Residential Code meet in the same volume. It is vital for all electricians to become expert in design and installation of electrical systems in new and existing one- and two-family dwellings. It is even more incumbent on inspectors to be fully prepared to diligently examine those installations for safety, regardless of the code their jurisdiction enforces. This fifth edition of One- and Two-family Dwelling Electrical Systems meticulously presents accurate and thorough information from all aspects of wiring

One- and Two-Family Dwelling Electrical Systems 6E, 2005 NEC
One- and Two-Family Dwelling Electrical Systems has been developed for those involved in design, installation, or inspection of electrical systems in new and existing dwellings. This sixth edition covers the subject in detail and provides information relative to application of not only the 2005 National Electrical Code, but also Part VIII of the 2006 International Residential Code. Every effort has been made to update the references and material in this book to be consistent with those code editions.

1- & 2-Family Dwelling Study Guide, 2005
Electrical Inspection Certification Program
For over twenty years, the IAEI study guides have strived to be the most comprehensive available to prepare you for certification success. The One- and Two-Family Study Guide has been painstakingly updated to the 2005 National Electrical Code. Questions are formulated to be similar to test formats you are likely to find in the electrical inspector certification examinations.

Electrical General Study Guide, 2005
Electrical Inspection Certification Program
For over twenty years, the IAEI study guides have strived to be the most comprehensive available to prepare you for certification success. The Electrical General Study Guide has been painstakingly updated to the 2005 National Electrical Code. Questions are formulated to be similar to test formats you are likely to find in the electrical inspector certification examinations.

Electrical Inspection Notes : Up to Code
An on-the-job “cliff notes” resource, packed with information about electrical systems and wiring methods that will save time and money while ensuring quality. To-do checklists, charts and tables with at-a-glance calculations, who’s-responsible-for-what info, and diagrams that clearly illustrate complicated information make it fast and easy for busy building professionals to do their jobs thoroughly and efficiently, and avoid costly mistakes.

Electrical Plan Review Study Guide, 2005
For over twenty years, the IAEI study guides have strived to be the most comprehensive available to prepare you for certification success in 1- and 2-Family Dwelling Electrical Systems, Electrical General, and Electrical Plan Review, or any master electrician or journeyman electrician exams. Learn the language and style of the Certification Exams for easy topic recognition and faster navigation through the exams.

Fire Inspection

Fire Prevention: Inspection and Code Enforcement
Features step-by-step explanations and practical examples of the use of model building and fire prevention codes, including detailed information on the legal, economic, and political aspects of the fire inspection process. A comprehensive guide to the "nuts and bolts" of actually inspecting and enforcing code, topics addressed include: right of entry, enforcement authority, the permit system, building limits and types of construction, and fire protection

Home & Residential Inspection

The Complete Book of Home Inspection
Probably the best source available for prospective homebuyer’s to use for evaluating property, inside and out. Originally intended to be for buyers and owners, it has sufficient detail that professional home inspectors use it throughout the country. Loaded with charts, checklists, and photographs, this is a must have for anyone considering a new or used home purchase. If you want to avoid costly mistakes and headaches down the road, don’t even think of making an offer on a house without reading this book first!

Exam-Prep Home Inspection CD-ROM
Question and Answer Learning Tool - For fast and easy results, the Exam-Prep Home Inspection, Question and Answer Learning Tool CD-ROM helps you understand exactly what knowledge is necessary in order to become proficient in Home Inspection. By answering more than 125 multiple-choice questions, you cover all of the areas that are needed for a home inspector to succeed.

House Check
Finding and fixing common house problems - Bubbling paint. Water dripping from light fixtures. Mysterious smells. Groaning pipes and gurgling tubs. Your house is trying to tell you something. House Check is designed to help you learn what it's saying. With this guide, you can probably figure out quickly what's causing those odd symptoms and what, in a nutshell, you should do to set things right. The information in its charts is based on thousands of houses we've observed, from Vermont to California.

The Illustrated Mold Handbook
Identifies the causes of mold, how to find mold, how to sample mold, and how mold works in the indoor environment. This handbook is a collection of site photographs and case studies of fungi contaminated locations. Contained within this manual is information, including charts and graphs, to gain insight into causes, sampling, health effects, locations and general information about MOLD. Great resource for Home Inspectors and Homeowners.

Inspecting a House
A Logical and Comprehensive Approach to Home Inspections for Inspectors and Homeowners - In this heavily illustrated guide, a master plumber, electrician, and inspector presents a rational sequence of home inspection so that you won't miss anything in heating, electrical, plumbing and drainage systems. Whether it's an overloaded electrical panel, a driveway that sends water into the basement when it rains or a gas furnace that's improperly vented, you're shown how to spot and evaluate areas of concern.

Moisture Control Handbook
Identifies the causes of mold, how to find mold, how to sample mold, and how mold works in the indoor environment. This handbook is a collection of site photographs and case studies of fungi contaminated locations. Contained within this manual is information, including charts and graphs, to gain insight into causes, sampling, health effects, locations and general information about MOLD. Great resource for Home Inspectors and Homeowners.

Mold Inspection

Plumbing Inspection

Pressure Vessels - ASME Code Simplified
Get Up to Speed with the ASME Code - Revised and updated, this classic engineering tool simplifies the tasks of understanding and applying the complex ASME Code for fabricating, purchasing, testing, and inspecting pressure vessels. Pressure Vessels explains the value of Code standards, shows you hot the Code applies to each component, and clarifies requirements that may be confusing. This valuable text also features tables for calculating allowable internal pressures

Public Works Inspection

Public Works Inspectors’ Manual
A complete operational and technical guidebook for all professionals involved in public works construction. The most complete and authoritative reference of its kind ever written. 75 charts, tables and drawings. Written by a former Public Works inspector.

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