Building Adaptation

James Douglas

680 pages, parution le 01/04/2006 (2^eme édition)

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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.

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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

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Éditeur(s)	Butterworth-Heinemann
Auteur(s)	James Douglas
Parution	01/04/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	680
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1280g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750666671
ISBN13	978-0-7506-6667-1