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Building codes for existing and historic buildings
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Building codes for existing and historic buildings / Melvyn Green.
ISBN
9780470195918 (cloth)
0470195916 (cloth)
Published
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012.
Physical Description
xv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 27, 2012
Contents
Introduction
How codes regulate buildings
Development of building codes in the United States
Development of model code provisions for existing buildings
Development of code provisions for historic buildings
Occupancy
Planning and construction factors
Principles of regulating existing buildings
International existing building code compliance methods
International existing building code
prescriptive compliance method
International existing building code-work area compliance method: repairs and alterations
International existing building code-work area compliance method: special conditions
International existing building code performance compliance method
Summary of the compliance methodologies
The legal basis for historic preservation regulations
The rationale behind historic preservation regulations
The IEBC and the secretary of the interior's standards.
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