LEADER 05266nam 22006614a 450 001 9910143311903321 005 20170815110857.0 010 $a1-280-74791-9 010 $a9786610747917 010 $a0-470-98452-X 010 $a0-470-75946-1 010 $a1-4051-7169-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341971 035 $a(EBL)284159 035 $a(OCoLC)437176072 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115796 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145066 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115796 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10027254 035 $a(PQKB)11521614 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC284159 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341971 100 $a20050113d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuilding surveys and reports$b[electronic resource] /$fEdward A. Noy 205 $a3rd ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (434 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-2147-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-411) and index. 327 $aBuilding Surveys and Reports; Contents; Preface to Second Edition; Preface to Third Edition; Acknowledgements; 1 General Principles and Responsibilities; 1.1 What is a building survey?; 1.2 Housing quality initiatives; 1.3 The purpose of the survey; 1.4 Building condition assessment; 1.5 Surveyor's responsibilities; 1.6 Contracts and fees; 2 Procedure and Equipment; 2.1 Basic survey methodology; 2.2 Preliminary operations; 2.3 Property risks; 2.4 Equipment for measured drawing surveys; 2.5 Equipment for examining defects; 3 Measurement of Existing Buildings; 3.1 Preliminaries 327 $a3.2 Internal measuring3.3 Roof space; 3.4 External measuring; 3.5 Levelling; 3.6 Plotting the survey; 4 Surveys of Historic Buildings; 4.1 General considerations; 4.2 Medieval churches; 4.3 Church towers; 4.4 Church bells and fittings; 4.5 Measured drawings; 5 Foundation Failures; 5.1 Introductory; 5.2 Causes of failure; 5.3 Differential movement; 5.4 Inadequate foundations; 5.5 Overloading; 5.6 Unequal settlement; 5.7 Effect of tree roots; 5.8 Shallow foundations; 5.9 Building on sloping sites; 5.10 Building on made up ground; 5.11 Diagnosis; 6 Defective Walls and Partitions Above Ground 327 $a6.1 Type of failure6.2 Bulging and leaning walls; 6.3 Overloading; 6.4 Thermal and moisture movement; 6.5 Failure in arches and lintels; 6.6 Defective materials and chemical action; 6.7 Failure in bonding and defects at junctions; 6.8 Frost failure; 6.9 Cavity walls; 6.10 Built-in iron and steel members; 6.11 Tile and slate hanging and weatherboarding; 6.12 Partitions; 6.13 Assessment of cracks; 6.14 Natural stone masonry; 6.15 Sedimentary rocks; 6.16 Igneous rocks; 6.17 Metamorphic rocks; 6.18 Defects in stonework; 6.19 Cast stone; 6.20 Recording defects 327 $a7 Reinforced Concrete, Cladding Materials and Structural SteelworkREINFORCED CONCRETE; 7.1 Description; 7.2 Corrosion and cracking; 7.3 Aggregates; 7.4 High alumina cement; 7.5 Thermal expansion; 7.6 Frost damage; 7.7 Electrolytic action; 7.8 Lightweight aggregates; 7.9 Deflection; 7.10 Diagnosis; 7.11 Brick panel walls in RC frames; 7.12 No-fines concrete housing; 7.13 Autoclaved aerated concrete; CLADDING MATERIALS; 7.14 Description; 7.15 Cladding defects; 7.16 Joint problems; 7.17 Metallic fasteners; STRUCTURAL STEELWORK; 7.18 Description; 7.19 Diagnosis 327 $a8 Damp Penetration and Condensation8.1 Description; 8.2 Damp courses; 8.3 Diagnosis; RISING DAMP FROM THE GROUND; 8.4 Solid walls with DPC absent or defective; 8.5 Stone walls in older buildings; 8.6 Basement walls and floors; 8.7 Heaped earth or paving against walls and bridging of rendering; 8.8 Internal partitions; 8.9 Rising damp in ground floors; 8.10 Rising damp in old timber framed buildings; PENETRATING DAMP THROUGH WALLS; 8.11 Locating damp penetration; 8.12 Parapet walls; 8.13 Cavity walls; EXTRANEOUS CAUSES; 8.14 Leaks in plumbing systems; CONDENSATION; 8.15 Description 327 $a8.16 Causes 330 $aThis book deals with structural surveys for all types of building - domestic industrial and commercial - and includes diagnosis of a wide range of defects. It considers both modern and older construction methods, and deals with the particular problems of alterations and restoration work. Guidance is given on how to carry out measured surveys and on report writing. The third edition covers the latest definitions of types of property surveys, more information on report writing and a range of detail updates. * Covers all types of building - commercial, industrial and historical - not just domes 606 $aBuilding inspection 606 $aBuildings$xDefects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBuilding inspection. 615 0$aBuildings$xDefects. 676 $a690.21 676 $a690/.21 700 $aNoy$b Edward A$0864499 701 $aDouglas$b James$0627299 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910143311903321 996 $aBuilding surveys and reports$92201517 997 $aUNINA