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Practical Building Conservation: Concrete
Historic England
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Description for Practical Building Conservation: Concrete
Hardback. A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures, but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. This volume, Concrete, offers guidance as to how that should be done. It includes a brief history of the use of the material and explains the criteria for listing. Series: Practical Building Conservation. Num Pages: 320 pages, Includes 217 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1206.
A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. This volume offers guidance as to how that should be done. It includes a brief history of the use of the material and explains the criteria for listing before assessing decay mechanisms and determining appropriate repair strategies. A bibliography and case studies are also included.
A great deal of research and literature has been produced on repairing concrete structures but very little aimed at conserving the character or appearance of historic examples. This volume offers guidance as to how that should be done. It includes a brief history of the use of the material and explains the criteria for listing before assessing decay mechanisms and determining appropriate repair strategies. A bibliography and case studies are also included.
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Practical Building Conservation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754645658
SKU
V9780754645658
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Historic England
The contents reflect the work of the Building Conservation and Research Team, their colleagues at Historic England, and their consultants and researchers, who together have many decades of accumulated experience in dealing with deteriorating building materials and systems of all types. This multi-disciplinary team of architects, surveyors, conservators and scientists are responsible for standard setting and research across a ... Read more
Reviews for Practical Building Conservation: Concrete
'This hardback book is a delight to handle, the text is well laid out and pleasing to the eye and there are numerous well-drawn diagrams. Both colour and black-and-white photographs (many supplied by The Concrete Society) are artistically used to richly illustrate this volume, bringing to life what can sometimes be a dull material. This really is an impressive-looking book.' ... Read more