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050	0	4	_a690.21 $2 18
100	1		_aDouglas, James
245	0	0	_aUnderstanding building failures _h[electronic building]
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aAbingdon _bSpon Press _c2007
300			_aeBook
505	1		_aIntroduction to building pathology -- Principles of building diagnostics -- Basic investigative methodology -- Diagnostic techniques and tools -- Deterioration mechanisms -- Durability and service life assessment -- Moisture -- Foundations -- Floors, floor finishes and DPMs -- Walls and DPCs -- Cladding -- Doors and windows -- Roofs -- Services -- Failure patterns and control
520			_aAddresses the reasons for the continuance of failures in the building industry and offers guidance for how the problems may be tackled. States that in order to understand why buildings fail it is important to understand how they are constructed. Discusses basic investigative methodology and diagnostic techniques and then considers areas such as moisture, foundations, floors, walls and DPCs, cladding, doors and windows and roofs.
590			_aKA
650	2	4	_aEBOOK
651		4	_aEngland and Wales _y1543-
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING SURVEYING-STRUCTURAL SURVEYING
700	1		_aRansom, Bill
856	4	8	_uhttps://www.vlebooks.com/ _zView on VLEbooks. Logins for members only from [email protected]
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999			_c107164 _d107164