Defects and Deterioration in Buildings: A Practical Guide to the Science and Technology of Material Failure

By Barry Richardson

Book Overview

A professional reference designed to assist surveyors, engineers, architects and contractors in diagnosing existing problems and avoiding them in new buildings. Fully revised and updated, this edition, in new clearer format, covers developments in building defects, and problems such as sick building syndrome. Well liked for its mixture of theory and practice the new edition will complement Hinks and Cook's student textbook on defects at the practitioner level.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367397528
• ISBN13: 9780367397524
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 11.6"