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Structural Repair of Traditional Buildings
Hardback £39.50 $79.00
Publication date 1999
320 pages
ISBN 978 1 873394 40 3
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This book will be of interest to everyone involved in the repair, maintenance and refurbishment of traditional buildings. Its purpose is to promote the successful structural repair of masonry, timber and unfired earth.
The book begins by explaining how traditional structures work and how they are affected by the behaviour of the soil that supports them. It goes on to explain how the structural design of buildings has to cope with uncertainty. Techniques for doing so are well established for new buildings, but the viewpoint changes when existing buildings need to be repaired or refurbished.
The most common sources of structural damage are listed. The more serious and progressive ones are described in detail, as an aid to diagnosis and prognosis. An understanding of prognosis enables repairers to decide whether urgent intervention is necessary or whether the problem can be allowed to run its course. A straightforward method is proposed for arriving at the most suitable remedy. Several typical repairs are illustrated.
The book covers many allied topics, including the principles of conservation, health and safety and preventative maintenance. A chapter is devoted to the special needs of insured perils.
Part II Defects: Causes of structural damage v Below ground defects v Ground floor defects v Loss of equilibrium v Movement v Fire v Chemical attack on concrete v Deterioration.
Part III Options: Purpose of repair v Foundations v Ground floors v Timber v Masonry v Weak materials v Restraints.
Part IV Management: Preventive maintenance v Planning and conducting work v Insured perils v Law v Surprises.
Appendix: Risk assessment; health and safety v Further reading v Index.
Patrick Robson is a civil and structural engineering consultant with more than twenty years experience of investigating and remedying defects. He is also the author of Structural Appraisal of Traditional Buildings.
A useful all round book for surveyors who may find themselves dealing with traditional building.
RICS Building Conservation Journal
Down-to-earth
treatment of insured risks and legal considerations make this book
particularly useful for the ordinary building owner as well as the
industry’s professionals and contractors.
Ecclesiastical Heritage World
Pat Robson’s
book is also scholarly but with an aim which is more directly practical
Equally our knowledge of engineering history would be greatly enhanced if more of
the experiences of engineers like Robson would be fed into it.
SPAB
Although
the subject is structural repair it is not just for structural
engineers. The book is aimed at all those with an interest, as well as
students.
While many experienced architects will be familiar with the issues that
the book raises, it is a useful starting point for those less familiar
with repair to old buildings.
The Architects’ Journal
…particularly
useful for the ordinary building owner as well as the industry’s
professionals and contractors.
Construction Scotland
This book provides a
good, general overview of a complex subject, which architects, building
surveyors and students of both will often fine a useful book to dip into.
Journal of Architectural Conservation