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California Building Code
As of January 1, California adopted the new 2007 California
Building Code (CBC). The CBC consists of twelve volumes and provides
standards and safety guidelines for building in California. For a
summary of the building code and descriptions of various parts,
visit
California's Building Standards Commission website.
The complete 2007
California Building Code is available in print in the Reference
collections of the following
libraries:
Burlingame
Main Library - Rf343.078 C128
Redwood City
Main Library - R 690 CALIFORNIA
San Bruno
Library - RR 692 CAL
Other
libraries in the Peninsula Library System have selected volumes of the
California Building Code. Click here to find which library has the volume
you are looking for.
California Building Code Online
The 2007 California Building Code is also available free online.
You can either download entire parts of the code from Internet Archive and read them
as PDFs (larger files), or read them online through Public.Resource.org
(no download required, some parts are broken into multiple sections):
Part 1 - Building Standards Administrative Code
PDF |
online
Part 2 (vol. 1) - Building Code
PDF |
online
Part 2 (vol. 2) - Building Code
PDF |
online
Part 3 - Electrical Code
PDF |
online
Part 4 - Mechanical Code
PDF |
online
Part 5 - Plumbing Code
PDF |
online
Part 6 - Energy Code
PDF |
online
Part 7 - Elevator Safety Construction Code
PDF only
Part 8 - Historical Building Code
PDF |
online
Part 9 - Fire Code
PDF |
online
Part 10 - Code for Building Conservation
PDF |
online
Part 11 - Reserved for California Green Building Standards Code - NOT
YET WRITTEN
Part 12 - Reference Standards Code
PDF only
International Building Code
College of San Mateo Library has a copy of the
2006 International Building Code for use in the library available in
the College Reserves Collection: General Reserves - REF/K3538.I58 2006
Additional Titles & Resources
Designing for Earthquakes: A Manual for Architects - free download
from FEMA website
Code check building : an illustrated
guide to the building codes - REF/TH420.H36 2007
International mechanical code
- REF/KF5708.I55 2006
California Building
Standards Commission
California Energy Commission
International Code Council
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