Structural Survey: Volume 1 Issue 1
Table of contents
Commercial surveys — a comprehensive approach
Robert HeadlamIt would perhaps be an exaggeration to suggest that carrying out a survey of commercial premises requires a completely different expertise to that for residential property, but…
Building Societies and surveyors: where now?
J.M. HunterThe words ‘Building Society’ are synonymous with safety, security and freedom from risk, operating with a smooth, simple and almost magical efficiency. The Building Society…
Care in wording the surveyor's report
Bernard HollandIt is not my intention to write upon the complexities of the law of professional negligence but to use this article to start the reader thinking; I propose to do this from the…
Energy wastage in non‐residential buildings — basic principles
H.L. DawsonThe realisation that any edifice is both a static and also a continuously dynamic entity, should lead to the acceptance of the need to apply the skills of a number of disciplines…
Inspecting insulation in situ
S.J. CarrollWhilst the overall need to conserve energy is generally accepted, the importance of undertaking a detailed survey before the start of any insulation work in existing buildings is…
Assessing fire damaged structures
D.M. Tucker, R.E.H. ReadBuildings, or portions of buildings, look a sorry sight after a fire: some may have collapsed and be only twisted ruins, others may have mainly suffered damage from smoke. Between…
Understanding cracks in houses
John F.S. PrykeBefore beginning a detailed technical discussion on cracks it is necessary to put the subject into perspective and ask what ‘cracking’ means to a house owner or prospective house…
Surveying buildings in London's docklands
A.J. FaulknerThe area loosely described as London's Docklands contains a great variety of building types which are, in general, poorly maintained. A large proportion of the commercial and…
Video — its uses and limitations
Gregory AngelVideo and its associated technology is becoming increasingly prominent in every aspect of commercial and domestic life. The proliferation of hardware is almost as bewildering as…
Basic facts about concrete — design and constituents
G.T. Williams BSc FICE FIStructEConcrete is the most basic of building materials and yet, in the hands of the expert, is capable of providing strength, durability and even elegance far in excess of many of its…
Residential surveys of interwar semi‐detached properties
Malcolm FRICS Hollis BSc, AIAS ASVA, ACIArbBetween the first and second world wars there was an expansion of building within Britain, which is personified by the British suburban ‘semi’. With only minor variations in their…