- Author
- National Bureau of Standards
- Title
- Building Code Requirements for New Dwellin Construction. Recommended by the National Housing Agency and Prepared in Consultation With the National Bureau of Standards.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- BMS 107, January 1, 1947, 45 p.
- Keywords
- building codes | residential buildings | building construction | housing | standards
- Abstract
- Recommended minimum requirements for dwelling construction, developed by the National Housing Agency in consultation with the National Bureau of Standards, are presented for consideration by local authorities in revising their building codes. The requirements are based on an earlier publication "Recommended Building Code Requirements for New Dwelling Construction," which has been revised in the light of suggestions from governmental housing agencies, the Forest Products Laboratory, and many industrial organizations. They make free use of national standards, with such additions, modifications, and exceptions as the experience of the housing agencies has demonstrated to be advisable in the case of dwelling construction. An appendix supplies information intended to be helpful in applying and interpreting the provisions of the requirements themselves.