Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors

The comprehensive study guide for understanding interior codes This revised and updated seventh edition of the Study Guide for the Codes Guidebook for Interiors is an essential companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the industry's reference of choice, with complete coverage of the major codes and standards that apply to interior projects. This Study Guide includes term lists, practice questions, practical application exercises, code tables, checklists, and a book companion site featuring interactive checklists, helping designers and architects check their knowledge and comprehension from reading The Codes Guidebook for Interior chapters and prepare for the NCIDQ and ARE exams. Since The Codes Guidebook for Interiors text covers the latest requirements, standards, terminology, and federal regulations, including the 2015 ICC, the current ADA standards, and ICC/ANSI requirements as well as information on green construction, this companion study guide is a comprehensive measure of designers understanding and application of codes for interior projects. It can help design students learn and practitioners keep their skills up to date. Because it is vital that designers and architects have an up-to-date working knowledge of the various codes involved with building interiors, whether during renovation or new construction, the study guide offers them an opportunity to: Check their knowledge of the key terms of the industry Test their working knowledge of codes using the practice questions and problem scenarios Utilize the code tables during the design process Employ the numerous checklists on proposed and real life projects to ensure complete compliance The revised Study Guide is a useful companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the essential reference for all interior professionals. Check your understanding of the individual chapters as exam prep or even just as a self-test. For the designer, architect, or student, the Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors is a must-have resource.

The comprehensive study guide for understanding interior codesThis revised and updated seventh edition of the Study Guide for the Codes Guidebook for Interiors is an essential companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the industry's reference of choice, with complete coverage of the major codes and standards that apply to interior projects. This Study Guide includes term lists, practice questions, practical application exercises, code tables, checklists, and a book companion site featuring interactive checklists, helping designers and architects check their knowledge and comprehension from reading The Codes Guidebook for Interior chapters and prepare for the NCIDQ and ARE exams. Since The Codes Guidebook for Interiors text covers the latest requirements, standards, terminology, and federal regulations, including the 2015 ICC, the current ADA standards, and ICC/ANSI requirements as well as information on green construction, this companion study guide is a comprehensive measure of designers understanding and application of codes for interior projects. It can help design students learn and practitioners keep their skills up to date.Because it is vital that designers and architects have an up-to-date working knowledge of the various codes involved with building interiors, whether during renovation or new construction, the study guide offers them an opportunity to:* Check their knowledge of the key terms of the industry* Test their working knowledge of codes using the practice questions and problem scenarios* Utilize the code tables during the design process* Employ the numerous checklists on proposed and real life projects to ensure complete complianceThe revised Study Guide is a useful companion to The Codes Guidebook for Interiors, the essential reference for all interior professionals. Check your understanding of the individual chapters as exam prep or even just as a self-test. For the designer, architect, or student, the Study Guide for The Codes Guidebook for Interiors is a must-have resource.

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ixPart 1 Data Gathering 11.0 Data Gathering Techniques 21.1 Benchmarking 31.2 Brainstorming 61.3 Check Sheets 81.4 Checklists 101.5 Focus Groups 121.6 Statistical Sampling 14Part 2 Data Analysis 172.0 Data Analysis Techniques 182.1 Alternatives Analysis 192.2 Cost Benefi t Analysis 242.3 Cost of Quality 272.4 Decision Tree 312.5 Earned Value Analysis 362.6 Infl uence Diagrams 412.7 Make-or-Buy Analysis 442.8 Performance Index 462.9 Regression Analysis 482.10 Reserve Analysis 512.11 Root Cause Analysis 552.12 Sensitivity Analysis 582.13 Stakeholder Analysis 632.14 SWOT Analysis 672.15 Technical Performance Analysis 702.16 Variance Analysis 722.17 What-If Analysis 74Part 3 Data Representation 773.0 Data Representation Techniques 783.1 Cause-and-Effect Diagram 793.2 Control Charts 823.3 Flowcharts 873.4 Histograms 903.5 Logical Data Model 933.6 Mind Mapping 963.7 Probability and Impact Matrix 983.8 Resource Breakdown Structure 1013.9 Responsibility Assignment Matrix 1033.10 Scatter Diagrams 1063.11 Stakeholder Mapping 108Part 4 Estimating 1114.0 Estimating Techniques 1124.1 Analogous Estimating 1134.2 Bottom-Up Estimating 1164.3 Estimate at Completion 1194.4 Estimate to Complete 1234.5 Parametric Estimating 1264.6 To-Complete Performance Index 1284.7 Three-Point Estimating 1314.8 Variance at Completion 134Part 5 Interpersonal and Team Skills 1375.0 Interpersonal and Team Skills 1385.1 Confl ict Management 1395.2 Decision Making 1455.3 Nominal Group Technique 1515.4 Problem Solving 153Part 6 Other Techniques 1576.0 Other Techniques 1586.1 Context Diagram 1596.2 Critical Path Method 1616.3 Funding Limit Reconciliation 1706.4 Inspection 1726.5 Leads and Lags 1746.6 Precedence Diagramming Method 1776.7 Prompt Lists 1816.8 Prototypes 1846.9 Resource Optimization 1866.10 Rolling-Wave Planning 1896.11 Schedule Compression 192Appendix: Case Study Scenarios 197Index 203