Building codes for existing and historic buildings / Melvyn Green.

Author/creator Green, Melvyn
Format Electronic
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Wiley,
Descriptionxv, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Historic buildings--Standards. --United States.
Standards, Engineering--United States.
Building laws--United States.

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.
General noteIncludes index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010033337
ISBN9780470195918 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0470195916 (cloth : alk. paper)