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Field Guides & Working Tools

Paid IMC field guides and project tools sit alongside free references from the Daily Code Talk archive. Use them to prepare, review, coordinate, and close out real project decisions.

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Match the guide to your decision before buying. Each product's price and contents are in the catalog below.

Chapter field guidesFollow an IMC or combustion-air workflow, from permits and definitions through ducts, exhaust, and venting.Compare guides →Decision-focused packsPrepare a permit, review owner-side risk, or coordinate ventilation and exhaust on a project.See project packs →

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Field Guides & Working Tools

Standalone paid toolkits built from the free Daily Code Talk archive. Permit checklists, review packs, and field guides written and reviewed by MasterBuild's licensed PE. Bilingual English and Spanish.

IMC Chapter 1 Permit Process Field Guide — $57

Covers all 15 sections of IMC Chapter 1: scope, applicability, permits, construction documents, approvals, fees, service utilities, temporary systems, inspections, appeals, violations, and stop-work orders.

Get the Guide — $57

Specialty Working Guides

Permit Readiness Review Pack — $79: a cross-discipline pre-upload, resubmittal, field-readiness, issue-closure, and final-decision system.
Owner-Side MEP Review Checklist Bundle — $99: maintainability, change-order, inspection, cost, schedule, and issue risk.
Ventilation & Special Exhaust Field Guide — $149: outdoor air, special exhaust, drawing proof, controls, and field closeout.

IMC Chapter 2 Definitions & Redline Prevention Field Guide — $57

Use the 19-page field guide, Definition Control Matrix, 30-minute pre-submittal audit, and field change/dispute record to identify definition-sensitive terms, trace what they activate, and close redline risk before issue.

Get the Guide — $57

IMC 2024 Chapter 3 Installation Readiness & Field Coordination Guide — $57

Use the 19-page field guide, Equipment Approval and Location Matrix, Structure and Rated-Assembly Coordination Record, 45-Minute Installation Readiness Audit, and Field Change Stop / Proceed Workflow to resolve material installation risk before procurement, concealment, or startup.

Get the Guide — $57

IMC 2024 Chapter 6 Duct Systems Field Guide — $149

A 22-page field-first guide for duct air paths, materials, insulation, sizing, plenum and shaft coordination, protected openings, damper access, coastal salt exposure, and pre-TAB readiness. Includes four printable working tools.

Get the Guide — $149 · Download the free sample

Decision support, not engineering

These guides are general-purpose educational reference. They are not project-specific engineering, a code determination, or a substitute for sealed work by a licensed engineer of record.

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