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English Heritage practical building conservation. Conservation basics / volume editor, Iain McCaig ; principal contributors, Graham Abrey, Paul Bryan and Alan Cathersides.

Contributor(s): McCaig, Iain (Building conservator) [editor.] | Abrey, Graham [contributors.] | Cathersides, Alan [contributors.] | English Heritage.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Ashgate : English Heritage, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: viii, 382 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780754645511 (hardback).Other title: Practical building conservation | Conservation basics : practical building conservation [Spine title].Subject(s): Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Historic buildings -- Law and legislation -- EnglandDDC classification: 720.288
Contents:
The evolving concept of building conservation -- Current law, policy and guidance -- Conservation planning for maintenance & repair -- Survey & investigation methods -- Ecological considerations -- Managing maintenance & repair -- Emergency planning for heritage buildings & collections.
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Conservation Basics examines the evolving theories and principles that underpin building conservation in England in the 21st century, and looks at their application in practice. The process of conservation planning for the maintenance and repair of historic buildings and places is described in detail, and is illustrated through case studies. Topics include understanding and assessment, surveys and recording, ecological considerations, planning and managing maintenance and repair programmes, risk management, specifying works, and contract procurement.

Bibliography: (pages 360-370) and index.

The evolving concept of building conservation -- Current law, policy and guidance -- Conservation planning for maintenance & repair -- Survey & investigation methods -- Ecological considerations -- Managing maintenance & repair -- Emergency planning for heritage buildings & collections.

CIT Module ARCH 8003 - Core reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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 wide range of Historic England activities. The team specialises in dealing with the practical, technical and scientific aspects of building materials decay and their treatment. The aim has been to provide practical advice by advocating a common approach of firstly understanding the material or building element and why it is deteriorating, and then dealing with the causes. The books concentrate on those aspects which are significant in conservation terms, and reflect the requests for information received by Historic England.