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050 0 4 _a690.25 $2 18
100 1 _aRushton, Trevor
245 0 0 _aInvestigating defects in commercial and industrial buildings
260 _aCoventry
_bRICS Books
_c2009
300 _axii, 244p.
_bill.
_c30cm.
350 _a49.95
505 2 _aDefinitions and processes -- Corrosion -- Deterioration of concrete -- High Alumina Cement (HAC) concrete -- Glulam and box beams -- Asbestos cement and cement fibre roofing -- Profiled metal sheet roofing -- Roof drainage -- Flat roofing -- Masonry facades -- Applied exterior finishes -- Thin stone cladding -- Concrete cladding -- GRC cladding -- Curtain walling -- Insulating glass units -- Upper floor and roof decks -- Floor screeds and finishes -- Raised access floors -- Vibration in composite floors -- Ground bearing floor slabs -- Multi-storey car parks -- Glossary -- Further information -- Endnotes
520 _aAimed at building surveyors, engineers, and other built environment professionals, this book sets out essential information on forms of construction, aspects of design and problem areas in commercial and industrial buildings. The book is arranged by building element and follows a workflows structure, echoing the order of inspection in a building survey.
521 _aAdvanced
590 _aKA
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
_y
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING PATHOLOGY
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999 _c109245
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