Building refurbishment
Building refurbishment
- 1987
- Building Trades Journal 193(5695) 5 March 1987, 28-65(22) .
The article begins with a review of inner city aid in the form of urban regeneration grants .Continues by describing the efficient undertaking of remedial works during a refurbishment project and looks at the redevelopment of a rundown housing estate in the London Borough of Southwark. Considers the many concrete repair systems on the market and explains the principles of mini-piling in low rise buildings . Stresses the importance of the correct diagnosis of the cause of damage to buildings from insects and fungus and concludes with case studies and a product review. Photos, diagrams.
DAMP
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING PATHOLOGY-INFESTATION (FUNGAL)-FUNGI-DRY ROT
HOUSING
JOINT VENTURES
UNDERPINNING
The article begins with a review of inner city aid in the form of urban regeneration grants .Continues by describing the efficient undertaking of remedial works during a refurbishment project and looks at the redevelopment of a rundown housing estate in the London Borough of Southwark. Considers the many concrete repair systems on the market and explains the principles of mini-piling in low rise buildings . Stresses the importance of the correct diagnosis of the cause of damage to buildings from insects and fungus and concludes with case studies and a product review. Photos, diagrams.
DAMP
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING PATHOLOGY-INFESTATION (FUNGAL)-FUNGI-DRY ROT
HOUSING
JOINT VENTURES
UNDERPINNING