Common Day Care Safety Renovations [microform] : Descriptions, Explanations and Cost Estimates / Stan Spack.

This booklet explains some of the day care safety features specified by the new Massachusetts State Building Code (January 1, 1975) which must be met before a new day care center can be licensed. The safety features described are those which most often require renovation to meet the building code st...

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Main Author: Spack, Stan
Corporate Author: Massachusetts. Office for Children
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1975.
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Summary:This booklet explains some of the day care safety features specified by the new Massachusetts State Building Code (January 1, 1975) which must be met before a new day care center can be licensed. The safety features described are those which most often require renovation to meet the building code standards. Best estimates of the costs involved in such renovations have also been detailed and included. The renovations described include: (1) fire doors, (2) boiler rooms (especially walls, ceilings, and fire doors), (3) emergency lighting, (4) double handrails, (5) fire extinguishers, (6) radiator guards, (7) stairway enclosures, (8) fire alarms, (9) vents and (10) access for the handicapped. (JMB)
Item Description:Sponsoring Agency: Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: OCD-CB-507.
ERIC Document Number: ED145923.
Physical Description:18 pages