Structural Survey: Volume 5 Issue 1

Recycling – The reuse of demolition debris

Peter Lindsell, Mike Mulheron

Introduction In a recent paper in this journal, Campbell outlined some of the techniques and problems associated with the demolition of existing structures and touched upon the…

Approved documents

P.H. Pitt

The new system of building control which came into effect a few months ago brought many changes: some basic legal changes:

Empty houses — 3

Richard Catt

The first paper in this series identified the plight of empty buildings and explored the legilation that applies. It concluded that existing legal safeguards are inadequate and…

Conservation in Bombay

John Anstey

You know about the celebrated encyclopaedia entry ‘Snakes in Ireland: There are no snakes in Ireland’. Well, see above: there is no conservation in Bombay.

Railway arches

Charles Hendey

Introduction The development of a national railway network in the United Kingdom was inextricably linked with the progress of the Industrial Revolution. Railways dominated and…