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Construction technology. 3, Technology of refurbishment and maintenance / Mike Riley and Alison Cotgrave.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Second editionDescription: vi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • still image
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230290140
  • 9780230290143
Other title:
  • Technology of refurbishment and maintenance
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 690.240941 23
LOC classification:
  • TH57 .R55 2011
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Background to the refurbishment and maintenance of buildings -- 1. context of refurbishment -- 1.1. Definitions of refurbishment -- 1.2. amount of refurbishment work undertaken in the UK and associated costs -- 1.3. Issues that affect the decision to refurbish -- 1.4. Refurbishment vs. redevelopment from an environmental perspective -- 1.5. Overview of statutory control of buildings -- 2. context of maintenance -- 2.1. What is maintenance? -- 2.2. Building maintenance management -- pt. 2 Common defects encountered during construction -- 3. Common defects in buildings -- 3.1. Origins and mechanisms of defects -- 3.2. Analysis of defects -- 3.3. Substructure defects -- 3.4. Defects in walls, claddings and frames -- 3.5. Roof defects -- 3.6. Defects in non-timber floors -- 3.7. Timber defects -- 3.8. Dampness in walls -- 3.9. Flooding in buildings -- pt. 3 technology of maintenance and refurbishment -- 4. Common refurbishment technologies -- 4.1. Underpinning -- 4.2. Waterproofing of basements -- 4.3. Facade retention -- 4.4. Overcladding -- 4.5. Overroofing and reroofing -- 4.6. Upgrading and retrofitting of building services -- 4.7. Remedying dampness -- 4.8. Repairs to masonry -- 4.9. Treatment of timber defects -- pt. 4 Management of maintenance and refurbishment -- 5. management of refurbishment work -- 5.1. Management of design -- 5.2. Procurement and management of construction -- 6. Demolition and disposal -- 6.1. demolition decision -- 6.2. Demolition techniques -- 7. Case studies -- 7.1. Major refurbishment study -- 7.2. `Decision to demolish' study.
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Previous edition: 2005.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Background to the refurbishment and maintenance of buildings -- 1. context of refurbishment -- 1.1. Definitions of refurbishment -- 1.2. amount of refurbishment work undertaken in the UK and associated costs -- 1.3. Issues that affect the decision to refurbish -- 1.4. Refurbishment vs. redevelopment from an environmental perspective -- 1.5. Overview of statutory control of buildings -- 2. context of maintenance -- 2.1. What is maintenance? -- 2.2. Building maintenance management -- pt. 2 Common defects encountered during construction -- 3. Common defects in buildings -- 3.1. Origins and mechanisms of defects -- 3.2. Analysis of defects -- 3.3. Substructure defects -- 3.4. Defects in walls, claddings and frames -- 3.5. Roof defects -- 3.6. Defects in non-timber floors -- 3.7. Timber defects -- 3.8. Dampness in walls -- 3.9. Flooding in buildings -- pt. 3 technology of maintenance and refurbishment -- 4. Common refurbishment technologies -- 4.1. Underpinning -- 4.2. Waterproofing of basements -- 4.3. Facade retention -- 4.4. Overcladding -- 4.5. Overroofing and reroofing -- 4.6. Upgrading and retrofitting of building services -- 4.7. Remedying dampness -- 4.8. Repairs to masonry -- 4.9. Treatment of timber defects -- pt. 4 Management of maintenance and refurbishment -- 5. management of refurbishment work -- 5.1. Management of design -- 5.2. Procurement and management of construction -- 6. Demolition and disposal -- 6.1. demolition decision -- 6.2. Demolition techniques -- 7. Case studies -- 7.1. Major refurbishment study -- 7.2. `Decision to demolish' study.

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