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Understanding Building Failures 4th edition [Mīkstie vāki]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 352 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 521 g, 32 Tables, black and white; 98 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sērija : Understanding Construction
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Apr-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415508797
  • ISBN-13: 9780415508797
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 352 pages, height x width: 234x156 mm, weight: 521 g, 32 Tables, black and white; 98 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sērija : Understanding Construction
  • Izdošanas datums: 12-Apr-2013
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415508797
  • ISBN-13: 9780415508797
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Building defects still continue to plague the construction industry. The lessons learned over the last forty years have not been fully applied. Many new or refurbished buildings still leak or crack. Lack of awareness by designers and installers as to the main mechanisms that trigger such failures remains a problem for the industry.

Investigating and rectifying building failures form a major part of building surveyors bread and butter work. This book provides guidance on this work for typical residential, commercial and industrial buildings with advice on how to diagnose a wide range of defects with an emphasis on evidence based practice throughout. It considers both modern and older construction methods, together with new and traditional materials. The particular problems of alteration and renovation work are also discussed.

The first four chapters provide information and guidance on the methodology for investigating failures how to prepare for and conduct an investigation into a building defect and subsequently diagnose its cause in a logical manner.

This fourth edition has been updated and expanded to cover the latest diagnostic procedures and research. It also includes Appendices and a new Bibliography, and provides an extensive list of books on building pathology and related topics in the UK and North America. It is essential reading for all students and practitioners interested in building surveying and building conservation.

Recenzijas

"Provides well-structured content for students and practitioners; it is easily readable, written in good English and, finally, it has achieved its objective, namely, to provide a thorough knowledge for understanding building failures." - Building Engineer

List of figures
ix
List of tables
xiii
Preface to fourth edition xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Disclaimer xix
1 Introduction to building pathology
1(28)
1.1 Context
1(10)
1.2 Background to the construction industry
11(7)
1.3 A model of best practice in building pathology
18(1)
1.4 Evidence-based practice
19(3)
1.5 Personal-based practice
22(6)
1.6 Summary
28(1)
2 Principles of building diagnostics
29(24)
2.1 Introduction to diagnostics
29(8)
2.2 Judgment and decision making in defects diagnosis
37(10)
2.3 Risk in building diagnostics
47(3)
2.4 Assessing the severity of a defect
50(2)
2.5 Summary
52(1)
3 Basic investigative methodology
53(22)
3.1 Background
53(2)
3.2 General investigative procedure
55(2)
3.3 Diagnostic process
57(7)
3.4 Models of analysing defects
64(6)
3.5 Problems in defects diagnosis
70(4)
3.6 Summary
74(1)
4 Diagnostic techniques and tools
75(24)
4.1 Information and decision aids
75(1)
4.2 Physical aids
76(1)
4.3 Background to analytical techniques
77(2)
4.4 Spectroscopy
79(4)
4.5 Other analytical techniques
83(9)
4.6 Non-destructive testing
92(5)
4.7 Summary
97(2)
5 Deterioration mechanisms
99(18)
5.1 Background
99(1)
5.2 Principal deterioration mechanisms
100(11)
5.3 Degrees of deterioration
111(1)
5.4 Staining
112(3)
5.5 Relationship between deterioration, obsolescence and depreciation
115(1)
5.6 Summary
116(1)
6 Durability and service life assessment
117(31)
6.1 Durability of materials
117(24)
6.2 Service life assessment
141(6)
6.3 Summary
147(1)
7 Moisture
148(12)
7.1 Introduction
148(1)
7.2 Sources of moisture
148(5)
7.3 Moisture from human activities
153(1)
7.4 Condensation
153(4)
7.5 Avoidance of condensation
157(2)
7.6 Summary
159(1)
8 Foundations
160(10)
8.1 Introduction
160(1)
8.2 Type and structure of the soil
160(1)
8.3 Interaction between soils and buildings
161(1)
8.4 Soil movement
161(6)
8.5 Fill
167(2)
8.6 Summary
169(1)
9 Floors, floor finishes and DPMs
170(16)
9.1 Background
170(1)
9.2 Hardcore
170(3)
9.3 Damp-proofing of floors
173(1)
9.4 Concrete floors
174(5)
9.5 Magnesite flooring
179(1)
9.6 Timber flooring
179(4)
9.7 Clay floor tiles
183(1)
9.8 Plastic sheets and tiles
183(2)
9.9 Summary
185(1)
10 Walls and DPCs
186(22)
10.1 Moisture penetration from the ground
186(1)
10.2 Rain penetration
187(7)
10.3 Cold bridges and interstitial condensation
194(1)
10.4 Cracking and spalling of masonry through movement
195(4)
10.5 Damage to walls by chemical attack
199(3)
10.6 Damage to walls by physical attack
202(3)
10.7 Problems with renderings
205(2)
10.8 Summary
207(1)
11 Cladding
208(16)
11.1 Background
208(1)
11.2 Differential movement
208(3)
11.3 Inaccuracies in construction
211(1)
11.4 Faults caused by movement and inaccuracy
212(3)
11.5 Sealants
215(1)
11.6 Fixing methods
215(3)
11.7 Prevention of loss of integrity in cladding
218(2)
11.8 Water entry
220(2)
11.9 Metal cladding
222(1)
11.10 Summary
223(1)
12 Doors and windows
224(9)
12.1 Background
224(1)
12.2 Doors
224(1)
12.3 Windows
225(6)
12.4 Prevention of failure and remedial work
231(1)
12.5 Summary
232(1)
13 Roofs
233(23)
13.1 Background
233(1)
13.2 Flat roofs
233(17)
13.3 Pitched roofs
250(5)
13.4 Summary
255(1)
14 Services
256(9)
14.1 Background
256(1)
14.2 Heating installations
256(2)
14.3 Chimneys and flues
258(3)
14.4 Plumbing and drainage
261(2)
14.5 Electricity supply
263(1)
14.6 Summary
264(1)
15 Failure patterns and control
265(15)
15.1 Background
265(1)
15.2 Ongoing defects
265(1)
15.3 Review of causes
266(1)
15.4 Recap on reasons for failure
267(2)
15.5 Problems of innovation
269(2)
15.6 Minimising building failures
271(3)
15.7 Towards better control
274(4)
15.8 Summary
278(2)
Appendix A Glossary 280(16)
Appendix B Schedule of defects 296(1)
Appendix C Various defects data analysis checklists 297(5)
Appendix D Sample diagnostic report 302(4)
Bibliography 306(13)
Index 319
James Douglas retired as a Lecturer and Course Leader in Building Surveying at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at the end of December 2009. He qualified as a chartered building surveyor in 1986 after over twelve years in the public sector, dealing primarily with the maintenance and adaptation of building. In 1992 the College of Estate Management appointed him as a Visiting Lecturer in Technology, teaching and tutoring building technology and maintenance technology on its Diploma in Surveying course. In December 2012, as this book was nearing completion, he passed away after a long battle with illness.  



Bill Ransom was a government research scientist working for the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Department of the Environment and the Colonial Office travelling widely abroad to help resolve problems in construction technology. He retired in 1981 as head of the Building Integrity Division of the BRE and now lives in Devon.