MTU Library Catalogue

Building maintenance and preservation : a guide for design and management / edited by Edward D. Mills.

Contributor(s): Mills, Edward David.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 309 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0750609001 : (£45.00); 9780750609005.Uniform titles: Building maintenance & preservation. Subject(s): Architecture -- Conservation and restoration | Buildings -- Maintenance | Buildings -- Maintenance and repair | Conservation of buildings & building materialsDDC classification: 690.24 MIL Summary: Building maintenance has become an expensive problem occupying much of the output of the construction industry. This book emphasizes the importance of adequate consideration of maintenance at the design stage as well as the need for properly planned maintenance throughout the life of the building.

Cover title: Building maintenance & preservation.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-303) and index.

Building maintenance has become an expensive problem occupying much of the output of the construction industry. This book emphasizes the importance of adequate consideration of maintenance at the design stage as well as the need for properly planned maintenance throughout the life of the building.