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Building codes for existing and historic buildings / Melvyn Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Melvyn
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic buildings--Standards--United States.
- Historic buildings.
- Standards, Engineering--United States.
- Standards, Engineering.
- United States.
- Building laws--United States.
- Building laws.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470195918
- 0470195916
- OCLC:
- 658200354
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