New-York tribune., 1922-05-28
Cost of Home
Cons structiOE2
To Be Lowered
Government Presents Thrc
Ways to Bring Do"
Building Figures; STAN
ardizaiion One of The:

he pleased to know that the nitsd
states goyernment-witht the co-ope rs-
tion Of a volunteer committee of lead
Ing architects and engineers-js on
dcayoring TO simplify, standardizc and
over the construction cost Of homes.
According to the building code com
mittee. a part OF the newly organized
Division OF Building and Housing un-
dcT the United States Department ot
Commerce, appointed for this purpo,e
IN May. 1927, effective progress is he
iue made toward accomplishing tr -
following three main objectives:
/. To eliminate waste in hoee
building.
2. To secure safe and yet econom-
ical construction
3. To reconcile inha~monious and
frequently too restrictive provisions
IN existing building codes
With about year TO make tho neces-
sary national survey Of existing mu.
ncIpal building codes and of the re-
culrements Of the general public and
ot the construction industry, this gov
crnmental committee issued recently
report on proposed Minimum Reuuire-
nserts for Small House Construction" o."
Daring that time hundreds of officials
architects. engineers, builders and ma
'eria'S men nave been interviewed
WIN 'H' Nt'W 70 Scientf lcally simph'N
a'ia ecoh0mlz" sioaIl house constNc-
Gh 'nIoJghoo' me I nlted States.
''" "a "o'Soh' oi NeW 1oiH City,
consulting eng neer for The National
Roord OF Ere nderwritcrs. heads the
Nu-iolHg code committee as chair
nan. appointed by Secretary HeYbert
Hooy"r. Rudolph Z Miller, former Su-
perirtcudent Of Buildings for the Cjtv
O. New York, and president of the
o'lIo'n& oiEciais conference. IS the
9 her New York member Of the com
ftttee.
food Building Methods ignored
"in 1000 the United s,otos e.,o.o
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d,ction n3aJe .,,,,.a,. ~ a." 10.
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C',s r,1.,, " Voolson ~ ea,I,J 80
huijein,. codes ard b,',,,in,' ,-.,'1
tAro,,,h .,.ro,aroo -. s(Irsh
freo,;or,I,. s.,Ioi ,..o,-;.' ','0'. 1S'
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ing with The assnmntion ,oa, oa'.
,n, "SS 'f'at oniN
shall be used IN the cors-rnc.;on NJ
small topscs. Win properly regulated
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g., .,.o o'i' "'u "" iafn-
....s..,.,,ao =. a tPdie'' ih"t any
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80, ,ro,,Il 60 o. ucH oonS'ruc
Ao.ordi,V,- 'nI'lISG '1'F h@pI ~.
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+ ritod c,,,os uono1 "o5I,eS or oan aa me
200 600 ''--'' -
n reoon,merds,,or, ,..1, L.. 49,.
committee are co,r;od o,+4 :,
,ision If ovis.ine hn,11lIn,, o,,i1-
various mu1;cinrli+ias ,a', .I
Cttv. and uationajl,, .o,.,oI o,N
ipps i'm cooef,,,c4 ,a,, N"T
according 70 CEajrn,.n woa1lo'. ,'l 'V9ui''
"Matoriais isiar 00'eoI'
,oorcv sa,.-,,-, ,,,,, oISe4ueht
uisrlv in the cenet,,,,4,a'r ~ c p" l,c-
tiors and evtorio, n.s1ls % .oU"ud1
t,vo ran,Iv d,yeI,ros 10 0"' anu
tv use of certain niaeto,. hoo,gs <,'So
present nerYmittad rcdo, Vs. ''oO a.
huilding codes thn noesGl,il:.. ""l.'V ~ o"S
savings i'm nlumhinq cos+a i o,'a Oa '~t .i. 20
O. special sl1b-committoo has boo,, '.'a'
pointed TO iake .tbie nb,1o ~, 'P
anore cvtensivej,, 'F e'V"
r,omoloa p ,.e-..
A""'P''S % hfalr 'odcs
Another example Of Unfair code re-
tD ff"fats Is NE tact that floor loads
P'' A'tlied IN dwellings, vary 400 per
'e't I'M d'hFfent cltice. Charlotte.