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Reconstruction Standards for Historic Buildings
Jeffrey Havelin, P.E.
Overview
This
(two-hour) course will be specifically based on the portion of those standards
and guidelines, which concern “Reconstruction” of historic buildings.
Reconstruction is defined as the act or process of depicting, by means of new
construction, the form, features, and detailing of a non-surviving site,
landscape, building, structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its
appearance at a specific period of time and in its historic location.
Whereas
the treatment Restoration provides guidance on restoring—or re-creating—building
features, the Standards for Reconstruction and Guidelines for Reconstructing
Historic Buildings address those aspects of treatment necessary to re-create an
entire non-surviving building with new material. Much like restoration, the goal
is to make the building appear as it did at a particular—and most
significant—time in its history. The difference is, in Reconstruction, there is
far less extant historic material prior to treatment and, in some cases, nothing
visible.
The Secretary of the Interior is
responsible for establishing professional standards and providing advice on the
preservation and protection of all cultural resources listed in or eligible for
listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, apply to all
proposed development grant-in-aid projects assisted through the National
Historic Preservation Fund, and are intended to be applied to a wide variety of
resource types, including buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts.
They address four treatments: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and
Reconstruction. The treatment Standards, developed in 1992, were codified as 36
CFR Part 68 in the
July 12,
1995 Federal Register (Vol. 60, No. 133).
Please
note that The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties are only regulatory for projects receiving federal
grant-in-aid funds; otherwise, the Standards and Guidelines are intended only as
general guidance for work on any historic building.
This course is based
entirely on the selected “Reconstruction”
portion of The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating,
Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings published by the U.S.
Department of the Interior-National Park Service.
The
student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions at
the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course will
specifically review “Reconstruction” of
historic buildings, and will cover the following topics:
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Research and Documentation
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Building Exterior
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Building Interior
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Mechanical Systems
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Building Site -Setting (District/Neighborhood)
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Special Requirements
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Energy Efficiency
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Accessibility Considerations
- Health
and Safety Considerations
Course
This course is based
entirely on the selected “Reconstruction”
portion of The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating,
Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings published by the U.S.
Department of the Interior-National Park Service.
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Related Books
Structural Analysis of Historic
Buildings
Historical Building Construction
Historic Preservation: Project
Planning and Estimating
Historic Building Facades: The
Manual for Maintenance and Rehabilitation
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