| Description |
1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Pocket Bks |
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Routledge Pocket Bks
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements and contributors -- Chapter 1 Building surveying: an introduction -- Surveying for property investment -- Surveying for building works -- Surveying for legislation -- Surveying activities discussion and summary -- Models of survey approaches -- Building surveying and sustainability -- Chapter 2 Form and construction -- Building form -- Wind and building form -- Wind in urban areas -- Protecting the building envelope from rain and solar -- Ground floors -- Walls -- Walls and upgrade risks -- Functional requirement of walls -- Strength and stability of existing walls -- Wall construction, the positioning of insulation and condensation -- Comparing different walls and their thermal properties -- Walls and conservation of energy -- Foundations -- Functional requirements -- Differential settlement -- Seasonal variation in clay soils -- Foundation types -- Strip foundation -- Pad foundations -- Combined foundations -- Raft foundations -- Pile foundations -- Placing of piles -- Jacked piles -- Ground stabilisation -- Heat transfer through the foundation structure -- References -- Chapter 3 Legal and regulatory frameworks -- Building works and building regulation -- Planning and historic listing or registration -- Adjoining property and neighbourly matters -- Party walls -- Acoustics and noise control: Minimising noise transition -- Contracts -- Landlord and Tenant -- Decent Homes -- Dilapidations -- Types of survey -- Health and safety -- Inclusivity -- References -- Guidance, Standards and Codes -- Chapter 4 Building pathology -- Introduction -- Traditional and modern construction -- Defect management -- The trouble with water -- Damp -- Condensation -- Penetrating damp -- Rising damp -- Mould, decay fungi, and bacteria -- Everything under the sun |
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Timber infestation: fungal attack and insects -- All together now! Complex interactions -- Concrete -- Movement and stability -- Chapter 5 Retrofitting and refurbishment -- Introduction -- Considerations for refurbishment -- Upgrading thermal performance -- Discussion surrounding thermal upgrades -- Underpinning -- Upgrading acoustic performance -- Upgrading fire protection -- Fashion -- References -- Chapter 6 Thermal performance -- Introduction to thermal performance -- Thermal comfort -- Refocusing sustainability assessment methods: A comparative introduction to the Building Energy Rating (BER) Certificate -- Thermal performance -- Thermal performance of existing buildings and retrofit -- Emerging themes: Gaps and needs in building performance simulation for building retrofit -- Chapter 7 Fire safety -- Nature and development of fire -- Effects of a fire: Physiological and behavioural -- Fire precautions from first principles -- Means of escape -- External fire spread -- Introduction to fire engineering concepts -- Chapter 8 Disasters and the built environment -- Disasters -- Disaster management cycle -- Sustainability -- Housing in LDCs and post-disaster contexts: Approaches, participation, and barriers -- References -- Chapter 9 Environmental considerations -- Environmental issues -- Ground -- Flooding -- Flora and fauna -- Climate and construction -- References -- Chapter 10 Sustainability -- Sustainability: An introduction -- Managing sustainability: Introduction -- Construction materials and sustainability: An introduction -- References and further reading -- Chapter 11 Glossary and reference section -- Glossary -- Reference Section -- References -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gorse, Christopher
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| ISBN |
9781351391054 |
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1351391054 |
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