LibGuides: CEE 498 Senior Project Design (James): Standards and Building Codes

Finding and Getting Standards and Building Code Documents

UNLV Libraries provides access to a variety of standards documents and building codes documents to campus, and several sets are available in print format to the public.

Standards Documents Guide
On this webguide you can find more detailed information about how to search for and understand standards documents.
Interlibrary Loan - Get standards documents and other materials
Sign up for your free Interlibrary Loan account to get access to many more standards documents and materials from other libraries. You may use the interlibrary loan request form for either article or book, and please do add that you are "requesting a standards document" in the Notes field of the request form. You might need to first register your Rebel Card with the Libraries before getting an Interlibrary Loan account.
Library Rebel Card Barcode Registration and Update Form
Registering your Rebel Card barcode with the library will enable you to sign up for an Interlibrary Loan account.

Finding Standards and Codes

The below databases and webpages provide access to standards documents in Engineering and related fields, as well as building codes.

Techstreet
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UNLV employees, students, faculty, and staff may contact sue.wainscott@unlv.edu to request a user account. Search over 500,000 standards and code documents from hundreds of organizations, including ASCE, in a variety of fields. Registered UNLV users can request full text, notifications of updates, and redlined views of materials. Includes online access to current and historical versions of the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70).

UNLV employees, students, faculty, and staff can view full text and redlined views of historic changes to subscribed documents, and request full text of unsubscribed items through Interlibrary Loan. Sign up for a personal user account to receive notifications of updates and save annotations
ASTM Standards & Engineering Digital Library
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Online access to all of ASTM's more than 12,000 standards documents, as well as manuals, conference papers, journal articles, and other technical publications.

Description: Online access to all of ASTM's more than 12,000 standards documents, as well as manuals, conference papers, journal articles, and other technical publications. Content includes many engineering disciplines, such as aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science and solar engineering.
IEEE Xplore
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Articles, standards documents, and electrical codes from IEEE and affiliated organizations.

Provides access to almost a third of the world's current electrical engineering, telecommunications, power, and computer science literature. Full-text access to all IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, conference proceedings, and all current IEEE standards.
SAE MOBILUS
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Search within SAE International publications and media including 13 scholarly journals, over 140,000 additional peer-reviewed technical papers, industry magazines, e-books, the complete sets of SAE Automotive and Aerospace standards documents and more.

U.S. Department of Defense ASSIST Standards Quick Search
Search for and access .pdf files for Department of Defense standards and specification documents that have been cleared for public access.

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ASSIST stands for Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System. See http://www.dsp.dla.mil/Specs-Standards/ for more information.
International Codes for building safety and fire prevention
The non-profit International Code Council (ICC) provides free access to building safety and fire prevention codes and standards that are used by many government agencies. Includes 2012 International Energy Conservation Code, 2012 International Building Code, and 2012 International Fire Code. Be careful not to click on the shopping cart icon when opening any of the documents, as that launches an option to purchase the premium versions.
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials' Uniform Codes
Free public read-only access to Uniform codes including the 2012 Uniform Plumbing Code and 2012 Uniform Mechanical Code.

Standards and Codes in UNLV's Libraries

International Building Code 2018 online read only access
Note the legend for the meanings of blue and red text within the read only view of the fourth printing (2020) of the 2018 International Building Code.

International building code
Call Number: K3538 .I57x Architecture Studies Library Architecture Reference
Publication Date: various
Most recent version will be in the Architecture Studies Library branch, in the reference collection

International Code Council titles - read-only online
This page will allow you to search for and view several codes published by the International Code Council.
ASCE 7-16 2017 and prior editions Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures
This and other standards/codes/manuals are available within the UNLV Techstreet database subscriptions. Often these will include redlines showing changes from prior versions, and copies of historic versions

ASCE/SEI 7-05 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures by Structural Engineering Institute Staff (Contribution by); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Staff
Call Number: TH851 .M56 2006 Architecture Studies Library
ISBN: 0784408092
Publication Date: 2006-01-01

AASHTO GDHS-7 Green Book, - A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, 7th Edition and prior, Includes October 2019 Errata
This and other standards/codes/manuals are available within the UNLV Techstreet database subscriptions. Often these will include redlines showing changes from prior versions, and copies of historic versions.
AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, 8th Edition and prior
This and other standards/codes/manuals are available within the UNLV Techstreet database subscriptions. Often these will include redlines showing changes from prior versions, and copies of historic versions.

Planning Manuals and Codes for Southern Nevada Agencies

Clark County Regional Flood Control District Engineering Documents
Links to CCRFCD materials including the design manuals and flood model data.
Regional Transportation Commission Standard Specifications for Streets and Highways
Current Adopted Codes for Southern Nevada Municipalities
This webpage from the Southern Nevada Building Officials group lists current national and international building and safety codes adopted by the local municipalities, as well as efforts to consider adoption of additional or newer versions of these codes.

CEE 498 Senior Project Design (James): Standards and Building Codes

Finding and Getting Standards and Building Code Documents

Finding Standards and Codes

Standards and Codes in UNLV's Libraries

Planning Manuals and Codes for Southern Nevada Agencies

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