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Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings

2nd Edition

By David Highfield, Christopher Gorse

A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-44124-7 (Spon Press)

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History, Performance and Conservation

By Barry Bridgwood, Lindsay LennieJoan Zunde

Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43420-1 (Taylor & Francis)

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Heritage, Weathering and Conservation

Proceedings of the International Heritage, Weathering and Conservation Conference (HWC-2006), 21-24 June 2006, Madrid, Spain

Edited by Rafael Fort, Monica Alvarez de Buergo, Miguel Gomez-Heras, Carmen Vazquez-Calvo

The conservation of cultural heritage is a major commitment for all countries around the world, since it is a complex task and a matter of…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41272-8 (Taylor & Francis)

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Testing of Concrete in Structures

By John H. Bungey, S.G. Millard, Michael G. Grantham

Providing a comprehensive overview of the techniques involved in testing concrete in structures, Testing of Concrete in Structures discusses both established techniques and new methods,…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26301-6 (Taylor & Francis)

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Earth Building

Methods and Materials, Repair and Conservation

By Laurence Keefe

Buildings with load-bearing earth walls were once widespread throughout Britain and many thousands still survive, including some dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Earth…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32322-2 (Taylor & Francis)

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Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions - 2 Volume Set

Possibilities of Numerical and Experimental Techniques - Proceedings of the IVth Int. Seminar on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, 10-13 November 2004, Padova, Italy

By Claudio Modena, P.B. Lourenço, P. Roca

Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions contains about 160 papers that were presented at the IV International Seminar on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions that was…

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2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36379-2 (Taylor & Francis)

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Conservation and Planning

Changing Values in Policy and Practice

By Edward Hobson

Conserving historic buildings continues to excite and inflame opinion. The means of protecting such buildings and areas are well established but frequently suffer a lack…

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2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27819-5 (Routledge)

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Roofing Failures

By Carl G. Cash

The book starts by setting out the duties of a building pathologist in the context of the modern roofing industry, defining failure and explaining its…

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2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29925-1 (Taylor & Francis)

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Steelwork Corrosion Control

2nd Edition

By D.A. Bayliss, D.H. Deacon

Engineers on major building projects continue to echo the sentiment that "painting amounts to 10% of the job, but provides 90% of the problems". This…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26101-2 (Taylor & Francis)

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Monitoring and Assessment of Structures

Edited by Graham Armer

This book details the latest methods available for the in-service assessment of buildings and other structures. Written by a team of international experts, it provides…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-419-23770-9 (Taylor & Francis)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Natural Stone in the Built Environment: Resources, Use and Conservation
By Bernard Smith, Akos Torok, Richard Prikryl, Jirina Prikrylova
To be published December 15th 2010

Traditional Construction for Sustainable New Building
By Carole Ryan
To be published March 1st 2011

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