Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-15 | Page 18 | Building Code Revision Will be Urged Here

BUILDING CODE REVISION WILL WILLBE t BE URGED HERE inspector S Studies t u d die I e s Changes While on Coast Salt Lake City should not fall into a decadent building era similar to that which threatened between 1913 and 1933 in the opinion of Roydon K McCullough city building Inspector lor tor or who returned Thursday from the Pacific coast building officials' officials conference held at San Francisco To avoid that the inspector said he hc will attempt within the next few months to get city commissioners to agree to adopt each year current editions of the uniform building code as improved revised anc and brought up to date in prescribing newest building features and nd construction con con- regulations t Without Cost The mere act of adopting the code will cost nothing Mr McCullough said said other than purchase of a afew few copies of the booklet which in turn may may be sold to building contractors and others having use for them From 1913 to 1933 when the present present present pres pres- ent building code was adopted after nearly three years' years compilation work the city code was code was revised only once and that hat was in 1920 recalled Mr McCullough It is true the code was ivas amended and patched up several several several sev sev- eral times during that period But Buthe Buthe he net result of such amending was not satisfactory The present ode code with very few changes has been in use since 1933 and is about as is good as any now in use in western United States and probably far beter better better bet- bet ter er than those in use in eastern and middle western states A A total of cities have now adopted the uniform building code Many of them use it under that name frame name In Salt Lake City however he same code has been republished inder the name of the city and is being used Code Changes Visits to many cities near San Francisco and Los Angeles convinced convinced con- con vinced Winced Mr McCullough the uniform c code de had been changed in many re respects respects re- re s since 1933 changes which snake male for clarification and more practical usage of code provisions Earthquakes of recent years have made California builders buildIng build- build Ing ng conscious said Mr McCullough Buildings are no being constructed constructed con con- with an eye to quality as veIl elI as quantity Special provisions are made for lateral shock based baseda n a a vast amount of data gathered as distant as Japan Control by inspection has been Increased 1 creased so that large construction projects are checked not only by local lo- lo cal gl building inspectors but are open o 0 Inspection by att attaches ches of the tate building commission The code las has as been amended to allow what ex- ex has taught to be better con- con of churches theaters and ils These amendments from what hat I learned in no way work 1 hardships on contractors or builders and provide increased safety for the public said Mr McCullough