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CA EDM RG-16-6 · Series · [ca. 1953] - 1963
Part of City of Edmonton. City Architect and Building Inspector's Department fonds

The Permanent Revisions Committee for the City of Edmonton Building Code was established in 1960 through Building Code Bylaw #2106. The Committee was created to recommend revisions to the Building Code and to integrate the City of Edmonton Building Code with the National Building Code. The Committee was comprised of representatives from the City Architect and Building Inspector's Department, the Fire Department, the Edmonton House Builder's Association, the Edmonton Builder's Exchange, the Alberta Architect's Department, and the Association of Professional Engineers of Alberta. Staff from the City Architect and Building Inspector's Department provided administrative support.

CA EDM RG-16-7 · Series · 1955 - 1967
Part of City of Edmonton. City Architect and Building Inspector's Department fonds

The Board of Examiners and Appeals From the City of Edmonton Building Code was established in 1935 through the Edmonton Building Code Bylaw (#781). The Board was responsible for determining the suitability of alternate materials and means of construction and providing reasonable interpretation of the Building Code. By the mid-1950s the Board was also hearing appeals from decisions of the Building Inspector as they related to the Building Code. Issues would be forwarded to the Board via a City Commissioner or by the Building Inspector. The decisions of the Board were final. The Board was appointed by Council, and consisted of members who were knowledgeable about building practices. By the 1950s this included the Fire Marshall and representatives of the Edmonton House Builder's Association, the Edmonton Builder's Exchange, the Alberta Architect's Association, and the Association of Professional Engineers of Alberta.

Other Photos
CA EDM RG-16-4 · Series · 1871 - 1915
Part of City of Edmonton. City Architect and Building Inspector's Department fonds

This series contains photographs of early Edmonton collected by City Architect Robert Falconer Duke.

  • EA-97-1: Prairie Schooner (1905)
  • EA-97-2: Horse & Wagon (n.d.)
  • EA-97-3: Fort Edmonton from West Side (1871)
  • EA-97-4: Parliament Buildings (ca. 1915) [Alberta Legislature with Fort Edmonton in foreground]
  • EA-97-5: Edmonton Incline Railway (ca. 1910)
  • EA-97-6: Dr. Harry Smith’s Buggy & Coachman (n.d.)
Architectural Panel
CA EDM RG-16-5 · Series · 1959 - 1962
Part of City of Edmonton. City Architect and Building Inspector's Department fonds

The Architectural Panel was created in 1950 as part of the Interim Development Appeal Bylaw (#1339). The Panel was appointed by Council to consider and advise the Interim Development Officer on applications to display signs, billboards, or advertising devices on land or buildings, as well as to advise upon architectural control throughout the City. The Panel was chaired by the City Architect and had representatives from other departments as well as members of the community. All applications relating to signs or which, in the opinion of the Development Officer, involved a degree of architectural control (i.e. exterior design and aesthetic considerations), were referred to the Panel. Upon the Panel's recommendation the Officer could approve applications in whole, approve them subject to certain changes, or reject them. Unsuccessful applicants could take their case to the Interim Development Appeal Board.

CA EDM RG-16 · Fonds · 1871-1977, predominant 1945-1970

Fonds consists of reports, minutes, correspondence, blueprints, and other records relating to the business of the Architect and Building Inspector's Department and its predecessors.

An order has been imposed on the material. The arrangement includes 7 series which are as follows:

  • Series 1: Administrative Records
  • Series 2: Civic Buildings
  • Series 3: Inspection Services
  • Series 4: Other Photos
  • Series 5: Architectural Panel
  • Series 6: Permanent Revisions Committee for the City of Edmonton Building Code
  • Series 7: Board of Examiners and Appeals From the City of Edmonton Building Code
City Architect and Building Inspector's Department