Standardising the repair of flood-damaged properties
Series: Building Engineer ; March 2002, 34-36(3)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: Discusses the need to benchmark the assessment of flood damage caused to domestic properties. Argues it is important to consider a dwelling's condition prior to it being flooded as this provides a useful comparison when any repair work is carried out. Also the level and quantity of repair work needs to be standardised to try to reduce the subjective perceptive of individual building engineers. To attempt to determine future benchmarks, an internet based questionnaire has been produced. For details: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/sebe/flooding| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS65156 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 117086-1001 |
Discusses the need to benchmark the assessment of flood damage caused to domestic properties. Argues it is important to consider a dwelling's condition prior to it being flooded as this provides a useful comparison when any repair work is carried out. Also the level and quantity of repair work needs to be standardised to try to reduce the subjective perceptive of individual building engineers. To attempt to determine future benchmarks, an internet based questionnaire has been produced. For details: http://www.wlv.ac.uk/sebe/flooding