1)funding opportunity number: P23AS001452)funding opportunity goals: preservation technology and training grants (PTT grants) are awarded competitively and are intended to create better tools,…

1)funding opportunity number: P23AS001452)funding opportunity goals: preservation technology and training grants (PTT grants) are awarded competitively and are intended to create better tools, materials, and approaches to conserving buildings, landscapes, sites, and collections. The PTT grants are administered by the national center for preservation technology and training (NCPTT), the national park services innovation center for the preservation community.3)program goals and beneficiaries: the PTT competitive grants program will provide funding to federal agencies, states, tribes, local governments, and non-profit organizations. PTT grants will support the following activities:innovative research that develops new technologies or adapts existing technologies to preserve cultural resourcesspecialized workshops or symposia that identify and address national preservation needshow-to videos, mobile applications, podcasts, best practices publications, or webinars that disseminate practical preservation methods or provide better tools for preservation practice. The proposed project is for online and print publication of improving rehabilitation codes for historic and existing buildings, the findings and recommendations of a codes colloquium organized to advance modification of the model construction codes in the U.S. To serve historic and other existing buildings better. The colloquium publication will present a strategic path for code solutions to address current barriers to building reuse and development. The publication will provide background materials, identify potential changes submitted to the national model code body, and include materials to support state or local adoption of proposed code changes to meet a jurisdictions needs. In addition, the publication will address those technical issues regulated by the codes which experts gathered at the colloquium identify as being the greatest barriers to building reuse. While significant work on code-related matters associated with building rehabilitation was undertaken and published in the 1980S, little research and few significant code revisions have occurred in the decades since, a period during which codes have followed the natural course of becoming more stringent and more encompassing, losing sight of the 1980S intent to remove barriers. Given that existing building reuse provides proven opportunities to address the nations housing and climate crises, this publication will be a valuable resource.while the codes colloquium on which the publication will be based will convene experts to identify barriers and solutions and define strategies, the publication will make widely available solutions and supporting materials that can be adopted at the state or local level.