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No. |
Subject |
Source |
Description |
| 100 | CODES AND GOVERNMENT | ||
| 110 | NC DOI | NC Dept. of Insurance | Can search NC Residential Building Code and interpretations |
| 120 | Local building codes, standards, & regulations | Mecklenburg County Engineering & Building Standards Home Page | Information about building standards, permits, & regulations |
| 130 | SBCCI | Southern Building Codes Conference International Home Page | Technical information, building codes |
| 140 | HUD | Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Home Page | Information about housing and communities |
| 150 | Foundation requirements for manufactured homes | HUD | "Permanent Foundation Guide for Manufactured Housing" |
| 160 | Design technology | HUD | Technical publications |
| 170 | NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology Home Page | Technical publications |
| 180 | FPL | Forest Products Laboratory Home Page | Research information about wood products & structures |
| 200 | ASSOCIATIONS | ||
| 210 | AWC | American Wood Council Home Page | Technical publications about wood design & construction |
| 211 | CWC | Canadian Wood Council Home Page | Technical publications about wood design & construction |
| 215 | FPS | Forest Products Society Home Page | Publications about forestry products |
| 220 | MAC | Masonry Advisory Council Home Page | Technical library of masonry information |
| 230 | NCMA | National Concrete Masonry Association Home Page | Information about masonry materials & construction |
| 240 | NAHB | National Association of Home Builders Home Page | Information about home building. Also has research group (NAHB-RC) |
| 245 | BSC | Building Science Corporation | General home construction and design |
| 246 | FSCP | Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology Home Page | Information about wood coatings |
| 250 | ASHI | American Society of Home Inspectors Home Page | Technical information about home construction & maintenance |
| 260 | IRC | Institute for Research in Construction Home Page | Canada's construction technology and research center |
| 270 | APA | The Engineered Wood Association | Information about plywood, OSB, glulam, wood I-joists, and laminated lumber (LVL's) |
| 280 | ACI | American Concrete Institute | Leading source for concrete information |
| 290 | ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials | Leading source for technical standards on building materials and methods |
| 300 | FOUNDATIONS & SOILS | ||
| 310 | Foundation & wall crack damage | Institute of Civil Engineers & Building Research, London, UK | Information about classifying cracks in foundations and walls, and the remedies |
| 320 | Indicators of foundation movement | Institute of Civil Engineers & Building Research, London, UK | Information about causes of foundation cracks |
| 330 | Foundation repair and underpinning | Atlas Engineered Products Home Page | Leading manufacture of foundation underpinning systems |
| 340 | Foundation repair, earth anchors, underpinning | A. B. Chance Company Home Page | Largest manufacture of earth anchors and foundation underpinning systems |
| 350 | Sunken garage floor | Home & Garden - The Advice Archives | Advice on what to do about a garage floor slab that settles and cracks |
| 355 | Soil Testing | Canadian Building Digest - National Research Council of Canada | Types, uses, and limitations of engineering soil tests. |
| 356 | Swelling and Shrinking Subsoils | Canadian Building Digest - National Research Council of Canada | How to prevent damage to buildings due to clay volume change. |
| 360 | Foundation movement | Canadian Building Digest - National Research Council of Canada | Types of settlement, expansive soils, foundation stresses. |
| 361 | Foundations on Swelling and Shrinking Subsoils. | Canadian Building Digest - National Research Council of Canada | Identifying hazardous subsoils and foundation selection. |
| 370 | Soils and foundation | SureVoid Products, Inc. | Information about building on expansive soils |
| 380 | Cracks in concrete | Home & Garden - The Advice Archives | Causes of cracks in concrete floors |
| 390 | Chimneys | Home & Garden - The Advice Archives | Information about chimney problems |
| 400 | FRAMING | ||
| 410 | Sweet's Catalog on line | Sweet’s System On Line Home Page | Information about building materials & equipment. Can find manufacturer’s information about thousands of building materials, supplies, and equipment |
| 420 | Structural connectors | Simpson Strong-Tie Company Home Page | Leading manufacture of wood connectors |
| 430 | Wood shrinkage | Canadian Building Digest | Nature of wood shrinkage and it's effect on building assemblies |
| 440 | Squeaky floors | Popular Mechanics | Cause of squeaky floors and how to fix them |
| 450 | WTCA | Wood Truss Council of America Home Page | Information about floor & roof trusses |
| 460 | Wood trusses | Alpine Engineered Products Home Page | Leading manufacture of wood trusses |
| 470 | Truss uplift | Fine Home Building Magazine | Dealing with truss uplift |
| 480 | Partition separation problem (truss uplift) | Trussnet - Wood Truss Council of America | Explains how arching trusses can cause cracks between ceiling and walls and how to prevent it |
| 490 | Engineered Lumber | Trus Joist Home Page | Several innovative wood products for home construction |
| 500 | ROOFING AND CLADDING | ||
| 510 | Synthetic stucco (EIFS) | USG Corporation | EIFS Inspection Protocol |
| 520 | EIFS/DEFS News | USG Corporation | Information about synthetic stucco construction |
| 530 | Masonite siding | Masonite Corporation Home Page | Information about masonite siding |
| 600 | INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION | ||
| 610 | Gypsum sheathing | Gypsum Association | Information about walls and ceilings |
| 700 | ROT & INSECT DAMAGE | ||
| 710 | Wood-destroying insects | Journal of Light Construction (JLC) | Information about various types of wood-destroying insects |
| 720 | Wood decay
|
Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service | "Biodeterioration of Wood in Houses" |
| 725 | Residential Housing | Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service | Articles on Moisture Control, Insect damage, and Wet foundations |
| 730 | Log homes
|
Forest Product Laboratory | "Protecting Log Homes From Decay" |
| 740 | Termites | North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service | Biology and control of subterranean termites |
| 800 | ENVIRONMENTAL | ||
| 810 | Lead paint | National Lead Information Center | Information about lead paint hazards |
| 820 | Lead paint | The National Lead Service Provider Listing System | Information about lead abatement specialists |
| 830 | Asbestos | Asbestos Institute | Information about asbestos hazards and abatement |
| 900 | SAFETY AND SECURITY | ||
| 910 | NCS | National Safety Council | Safety hazards around the home |
| 920 | CPSC | U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission | Safety hazards around the home |
| 1000 | OTHER INFORMATION | ||
| 1010 | Other Useful links | Southern Building Codes Conference International (SBCCI) Home Page | Links to 103 building-related web sites |
| 1020 | General building information | Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) Home Page | AEC information center |
| 1030 | Cost estimating | R.S. Means Company Home Page | Leading producer of cost estimating resources |
| 1040 | Home advice center | Home arts search center | Repair advise from various home magazines |
| 1050 | JLC Online | The Journal of Light Construction Home Page | Information resources for the home building industry |
