Building codes for existing and historic buildings / Melvyn Green.

Pameran Fakulti/Nijuyon/ Dr. Kamarul Afizi bin Kosman

Includes index.

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.