Hey Scott, thanks for sharing a great resource with us all!
I like the interface and ease of searching and navigating the code manuals on UpCodes. The coordination tool looks like it could be really handy. I know there is a project that I am working on right now that we were determining whether or not we needed smoke/fire dampers in a mechanical chase, and we were collaborating with a team of mechanical engineers in one of our other offices across the country. Rather than typing things out in an email it would have been useful to use the coordination tool on UpCode I think, so that has great potential!
The firm I work for has also moved to a digital library for codes and we use an online system similar to UpCodes called
MADCAD. It is a paid subscription service but it offers a broader range of resources to use such as FGI, ASTM, BOMA, ASHRAE, and USGBC standards. It has a pretty good search interface and can organize codes based on state and even city and county levels. Not quite as clean and designer-friendly an interface as what UpCodes looks like it has but it works pretty well.
Thanks again for sharing Scott!
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Matthew Skarin Assoc. AIA
BSA LifeStructures
Austin TX
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-10-2017 22:08
From: Scott Reynolds
Subject: A new approach to building code research/ coordination
I wanted to share with the group a new approach for building code research. Would also love to hear how your office currently manages a code library and the coordination within teams.
UpCodes brings together building and construction codes with a friendly interface and AEC specific search engine. The service also provides mobile accessibility for meetings and on site code lookup. The codes have been organized around jurisdiction like the California codes, including the California building code, or base codes like the IBC 2015.
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Scott Reynolds AIA
Brooklyn, NY
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