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Second Edition
By
James Douglas, Lecturer at the Department of Building Engineering and Surveying, Heriot Watt University, UK
Description
As existing buildings age, nearly half of all construction activity in Britain is related to maintenance, refurbishment and conversions.
Building adaptation is an activity that continues to make a significant contribution to the workload of the construction industry.
Given its importance to sustainable construction, the proportion of adaptation works in relation to new build is likely to remain substantial
for the foreseeable future, especially in the developed parts of the world.
Building Adaptation, Second Edition is intended as a primer
on the physical changes that can affect older properties. It demonstrates the general principles, techniques, and processes needed when
existing buildings must undergo alteration, conversion, extension, improvement, or refurbishment.
The publication of the first edition
of Building Adaptation reflected the upsurge in refurbishment work. The book quickly established itself as one of the core texts for
building surveying students and others on undergraduate and postgraduate built environment courses.
This new edition continues to provide
a comprehensive introduction to all the key issues relating to the adaptation of buildings. It deals with any work to a building over
and above maintenance to change its capacity, function or performance.
Audience
Readership (primary):. Students (senior undergraduate, graduate, research) of Building Rehabilitation, Built Resources, Construction Management
and Surveying.
Readership (secondary): Professional Architects, Architectural Technologists, Builders, Building Surveyors
Contents
Introduction; Feasibility; Principles of Building Conversion; Adaptive fuses; Lateral extensions; Vertical extensions; Structural alterations;
Principles of refurbishment; Further aspects of refurbishment; Sustainable adaptation; Implementation; Appendices
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 680 pages, publication date: MAR-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6667-1
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6667-6
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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