- Author
- Pielert, J. H.
- Title
- Removing Regulatory Restraints to Building Rehabilitation: The Massachusetts Experience.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS SP 623, October 1981,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- buildings; renovating; state government; government policies; regulations; building codes; Massachusetts | rehabilitation
- Abstract
- Throughout the United States, increasing concern is being expressed for the need to more fully utilize the existing building stock. The report documents a process that was initiated in late 1977 and continues to the present time in which particular regulatory problems impacting building rehabilitation were identified, a regulatory concept which responded to these problems was formulated, and the actual implementation of the new approach in the State of Massachusetts. Article 22 of the Massachusetts State Building Code is printed in the Appendix of the report and four case studies of actual buildings which were rehabilitated are included.