isurv

Building value from knowledge

  • Heritage - Let them breathe

    10 June 2010

    Debbie Boffin explains how letting moisture evaporate helps to control condensation and damp. Lichfield, an important regional city in Staffordshire, is one of the smallest of England's cathedral...

  • Deleterious materials - The other side of the hill

    13 May 2010

    To understand deleterious materials of the future, says Trevor Rushton, we must learn the lessons of the past. Deleterious materials perform in an undesirable way. We have considered...

Summary

Defects interfere with the relationship between the physical building and the client's desires, perceptions and expectations. This section reflects defects that are common, difficult to diagnose, or complex to resolve, and provides a compendium of common defects.

This section is maintained by Geoffrey Hunt.