Structural Survey: Volume 7 Issue 2
Table of contents
The design and bracing of trussed rafters – the 1988 Amendment to BS 5268: Part 3
A.V. PageDuring the early 'sixties trussed rafters were introduced from North America, where they had been widely and successfully used in conjunction with plywood sarking. The omission of…
The characteristics of vernacular buildings in East Yorkshire
Nigel C. LindleyIf one accepts that the development of a regional building type is a function of geology and knowhow then R. M. Brunskill's definition of the ‘vernacular’ as ‘the products of…
Property surveys in Israel
Ivor MindelIntroduction The concept of a property survey as understood in the UK has only recently emerged in the Israeli market. This was brought home to me on one of my earliest surveys…
The corrosion and protection of steel‐piled structures
John MorleyEarth retaining and structural foundation works are commonly built from rolled steel piling products which are designed and manufactured to cover a wide range of structural…
Mundic – its effect on 2,000 houses in Cornwall
Richard CattMany surveyors seem to have become cynical about the regular claims that more and more building materials, systems and conditions are now to be treated as dangerous or…
Buildmark – NHBC's improved ten‐year scheme
Rhona WylesOn 1st April, 1988, the National House‐building Council (NHBC) introduced its new improved ten‐year scheme, the ‘Build‐mark’, which gives ten years protection for new homes. The…
Prestressed brickwork
W.G. CurtinBrickwork has been around for some 4,000 years and its durability, strength and other good qualities are well known. It is a useful structural material — but limited to…
Rewriting defective premises law
M.G. RossThe House of Lords has just taken a bulldozer to defective premises law in the shape of D. & F. Estates v Church Commissioners [1988] 3 WLR 368, which will be published in the…