- Author
-
Keune, R. V.
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Cooke, P.
- Title
- Assessment of Current Building Regulatory Methods as Applied to the Needs of Historic Preservation Projects. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC
National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBS SP 524
October 1978
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- NBS-6-13981
- Keywords
-
architecture; buildings; regulations; safety; objectives; requirements; criteria; tests; standards; health; building codes; research
- Identifiers
- historic preservation
- Abstract
- To meet contemporary health and safety requirements as defined by the building regulatory system, conflicts frequently occur with the needs of historic building preservation projects. This project: (1) identified, evaluated and proposed historic preservation categorical definitions as applied to buildings; (2) developed performance objectives, requirements, criteria and tests for each definition category; and (3) identified and assessed those current methods most commonly used by regulatory jurisdictions to mitigate adverse impacts on building preservation projects.