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AWI 0601–2024 – Historic Restoration of Architectural Woodwork is intended to provide standards and tolerances for the quality and fit of historic restoration of architectural woodwork and related interior finishes.This standard is intended for use by individuals and organizations from all aspects of the architectural woodwork industry, including architects, design professionals, manufacturer/suppliers, contractors, installers, and end users. Individuals within the architectural woodwork industry will use this standard to maintain a high degree of control over the aesthetic quality and the structural integrity of their work, ensuring that potential differentiations in the workmanship and implementation of architectural woodwork projects are made uniform.

The requirements contained within this standard are derived from AWI’s Architectural Woodwork Standards that the organization has been publishing in various formats since its inception in 1953. Each requirement has been thoroughly vetted by a committee of leading volunteer professionals in the architectural woodwork industry to ensure that the content is up-to-date and relevant to the current industry requirements.

This standard is meant to function in harmony with all current AWI Standards and is not meant to stand alone.

Effective November 15, 2024, this standard succeeds, replaces, and supplants Section 12 of the Architectural Woodwork Standards, Ed. 2 (2014) as the AWI Standard for Historic Restoration of Architectural Woodwork.

Architectural Woodwork Institute
46179 Westlake Drive, Suite 120
Potomac Falls, VA 20165

AWI Technical Committee
Cory Bittner, Committee Chair
Jordan Backs
Jordan Clarke
Randy Jensen
Greg Lutz
Michael McNulty
William Munyan
Greg Parham

AWI Standards Development
Doug Hague, Chief Executive Officer
Hunter Morrison, Technical Director
Cheryl Dermyre, Technical Project Manager
Jairus Whitley, Editor & Illustrator

a) Provide standards and tolerances for the quality and fit of historic restoration of architectural woodwork and related interior finishes (henceforth referred to as “Product”).

b) Establish minimum aesthetic and performance requirements intended to provide a well-defined degree of control over a project’s quality of materials and workmanship.