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Barry Richardson
Defects and Deterioration in Buildings [PDF ebook]
A Practical Guide to the Science and Technology of Material Failure

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A professional reference designed to assist surveyors, engineers, architects and contractors in diagnosing existing problems and avoiding them in new buildings. Fully revised and updated, this edition, in new clearer format, covers developments in building defects, and problems such as sick building syndrome. Well liked for its mixture of theory and practice the new edition will complement Hinks and Cook’s student textbook on defects at the practitioner level.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9780203042748 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2002 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2285567 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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