Moving structures

Richardson, C.

Moving structures - 2000 - Architects' Journal 14 September 2000, 42-45(3) .

Suggests that expectations of building performance have become unreasonably high and that many property owners are becoming too concerned with movement that doesn't actually threaten a building's use or safety. This article focuses on structural movement and discusses material decay, subsoil and foundations, instability and assessment of stability.


SUBSIDENCE
MOVEMENT
BUILDING PERFORMANCE
SAFETY
INSTABILITY
DECAY