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001			ABS64487
008			011003n2001 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u114976
100			_aCoday, A.
245			_aPortable test equipment being used for commercial building surveys
260			_c2001
490			_aStructural Survey _v19(4) 2001, 173-184(12)
520			_aPresents an early publication of the results of an RICS Research Foundation Education Trust funded project investigating the use of modern non-destructive test equipment during commercial property surveys. Discusses the data collection and analysis phases of the project. Results suggest that new technology has made some impact. More surveyors are using digital cameras and electronic measurement aids. Use of endoscopes, some environmental measuring aids, metal detectors and electrical installation testing is evidently increasing. However, the survey also suggests that little use is being made of portable materials testing equipment. (Partly taken from journal headnote).
590			_aABS
650			_aABOUT RICS-RELATED ORGANISATIONS-RICS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
650			_aSURVEY
650			_aPROPERTY-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
650			_aPORTABLE TEST EQUIPMENT
650			_aTESTS
650			_aEQUIPMENT
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING INSPECTION
700			_aHoxley, M.
942			_n0
999			_c68459 _d68459