00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.842177 CaOODSP 20221107152252 cr ||||||||||| 170822s1991 xxc #o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- NH15-614/1991E-PDF Innovation and building codes [electronic resource] : a study into performance codes / prepared for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Technological Working Group of the National Housing Research Committee ; by A.T. Hansen Consulting Services in association with Scanada Consultants Limited. Study into performance building codes Ottawa : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1991. viii, 108, [38] p. "CMHC Project Manager: Peter Russell". "March, 1991". Part IX report. Historical publication digitized 2015 [by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation]. Issued also in French under title: L'innovation et les codes du bâtiment : une étude des codes du bâtiment fondés sur la performance Includes bibliographic references. "This study of the building regulatory process was initiated to determine whether or not building codes are unduly inhibiting innovations in construction by virtue of their prescriptive nature, and addresses the issue of whether codes that are more performance based would facilitate innovations. The effect of the building regulatory process on innovation was examined from three principal aspects: the manner in which codes are written, how they are administered, and the procedures by which new products or systems are evaluated. ... Building regulations in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, USA, Britain, Norway and Sweden were also compared along with current developments in the EC countries who are preparing for the free flow of goods and services by 1992"--Abstract. Includes abstract in French. gccst Construction industry National Housing Research Committee (Canada). Technological Innovation Working Group. A.T. Hansen Consulting Services. Scanada Consultants Limited. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. L'innovation et les codes du bâtiment (CaOODSP)9.842188 PDF 4.42 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/schl-cmhc/NH15-614-1991-eng.pdf