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Playing back the past. Part 2: joining up the dots: surveying old buildings and the work of the RCHME

Simon Mack (Simon Mack is a Chartered Building Surveyor, and until recently was Estates and Facilities Manager for The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME), which from 1 April 1999 was amalgamated with English Heritage.)

Structural Survey

ISSN: 0263-080X

Article publication date: 1 October 2000

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Abstract

Describes how RCHME carries out surveys of old buildings in order to explain not only their present state, but the past stages of their development, and how this helps in understanding the past. Outlines how the archetypal stages of any survey (client’s requirements; inspection; documentary research; survey report) apply to surveys of this type. Describes how documentary research, vital in this type of survey, is used and explains the extent to which modern technology contributes; includes case examples. Concludes with some brief relevant anecdotes.

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Mack, S. (2000), "Playing back the past. Part 2: joining up the dots: surveying old buildings and the work of the RCHME", Structural Survey, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp. 130-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/02630800010341453

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