send in their comments to the editors,
the better the final volume will be. It
could be very good indeed!”
To be continued….
Part 2, the next part of this history,
will cover the period from 1976 to
1988, and include the 1978 First
and the 1985 Second editions of the
manual.
Acknowledgements
Many individuals assisted the author
in locating the older editions of the
manual, providing valuable additional
priately acknowledged in Part 4. The
author, however, accepts responsibility
for any errors or misinterpretations of
facts. If readers have additional infor-
mation, or comments, on the history of
the development of the
CFEM
and the
MCIF
, please send them to
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, published by the NAVFAC,
Alexandria, VA.
National Research Council (NBCC),
1941,
National Building Code of
Canada
, published by the NRC,
Ottawa, ON
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1975,
National Building Code of
Canada,
published by the NRC,
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