A surveyor’s millennium review of building and design
H.S. Staveley
(H.S. Staveley is a Chartered Surveyor, Devon, UK.)
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Abstract
Presents the writer’s personal review of construction and design of mainly domestic buildings of the Second Millennium. After a brief historical commentary a summary of the main defects the surveyor is likely to encounter in buildings of each period of the millennium is given. The importance of local knowledge is emphasised and as an example the main problems encountered in buildings of the West of England are presented.
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Citation
Staveley, H.S. (2000), "A surveyor’s millennium review of building and design", Structural Survey, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800010322445
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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