{"id":2664,"date":"2016-02-11T04:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T12:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development-partneresi-clients.connect.media\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2023-04-04T15:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T22:02:22","slug":"astm-publishes-updated-pca-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partneresi.com\/resources\/articles\/astm-publishes-updated-pca-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"ASTM Publishes Updated PCA Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"subtitle\">EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: THE UPDATED ASTM E2018-15 STANDARD GUIDE FOR PCA&#8217;S<\/h2>\n<div class=\"field field--body\">\n<p>ASTM recently published<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astm.org\/Standards\/E2018.htm\">\u00a0ASTM E2018-15<\/a>, the update to the Standard Guide for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partneresi.com\/services\/building-assessments\/property-condition-assessments\">Property Condition Assessments (PCA)<\/a>. Revisions involved the simplification and reorganization of existing guidance, new definitions, and the elimination of the recommended table of contents. The standard&#8217;s ADA checklist was also updated to reflect changes published in 2010, and a screening checklist for the preliminary evaluation of compliance with Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) requirements was introduced. Additionally, the previous version of E2018 (ASTM E 2018-08) included out-of-scope considerations noted in various sections; these have now been consolidated into Section 11.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading the GlobeSt blog\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globest.com\/2016\/02\/11\/astm-publishes-updated-pca-standard\/?channel=contributors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: THE UPDATED ASTM E2018-15 STANDARD GUIDE FOR PCA&#8217;S ASTM recently published\u00a0ASTM E2018-15, the update to the Standard Guide for\u00a0Property Condition Assessments (PCA). 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