TY - BOOK AU - Richardson, Barry A. TI - Defects and deterioration in buildings SN - 9780815351023 U1 - 690.24 RIC-B PY - 2001/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Building failures KW - Buildings--Protection KW - Buildings--Defects KW - Buildings--Deterioration N1 - 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 ER -