Forthcoming content

A selection of the in-depth articles and real world case studies scheduled for publication in Volume 8 of Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation - consisting of four quarterly 100-page issues - includes:

Damp in traditional buildings: What conservation issues and solutions damp buildings may present
Georgina Allison, conservation architect and Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Common defects found in tenement housing, their diagnosis and remediation
David Gibbon, Director, GLM
Specifying mortars and replacement stone
Roz Artis, Director, Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Dilapidations: Listed buildings and costings
Gillian Murray, Building Surveyor, The National Trust for Scotland
Daylight and density
Simone Pagani, Senior Partner, Daylight + Solar Design, GIA
Understanding fire safety requirements for high rise buildings
Adrian Pargeter, Kingspan Insulation
Materials, methods and conservation solutions for conserving interwar shopfronts
Lennie Lindsay, Director, Historic Shop Conservation
Timber frame defects and investigations
Joe Malone, Principal, Malone Associates
Investigation of window, partition and barrier glass failures in buildings
Richard Harris and David Metcalfe, Centre for Window and Cladding Technology
Techniques Historic Environment Scotland has tested to improve the thermal refurbishment of traditional and historic buildings
Moses Jenkins, Senior Technical Officer, Historic Scotland
Carrying out effective matching patch repairs in concrete in historic buildings
Chris Wood, Senior Architectural Conservator, Building Conservation & Geospatial Survey, Historic England
Traditional hot mixed lime mortars for conservation and repair
Nigel Copsey, Stonemason and Building Conservator
Investigation of window, partition and barrier glass failures in buildings
Richard Harris and David Metcalfe, Centre for Window and Cladding Technology
Uncertainty on the line of junction
Stephen Cornish, Chartered Building Surveyor, Woodward Chartered Surveyors
The different technologies available to residential surveyors, their pros and cons and when and how they should be used
Stewart Little, CEO, IRT Surveys
Dilapidations claims and consecutive leases: problems and possible solutions
Anthony Tanney, Barrister and Catherine Takis, Barrister, Falcon Chambers
Trees related risk to structures
Dealga O'Callaghan, Chartered Arboricultural Consultant, Dealga's Tree Consultancy and Giles Mercer, Arboricultural Consultant, Arbour Consultancy
Dilapidations case update
Emma Humphreys, Partners, Charles Russell, Speechlys
The ‘Mind the Gap’ project : Investigating the difference, in performance, between design and the building ‘in-use’
Andy Lewry, BRE Global, Lorna Hamilton, Senior Statistician, BRE, Mindy Hadi, Head of Social Research, BRE, Jaie Bennett, Director, GreenRock Energy and Richard Peters, Director, Peters Research
Party walls: Awards, appeals and a case law update
Philip Harris, Partner, Head of Construction, Wright Hassall Solicitors
Compulsory purchase orders in practice: Approaches to CPOs, examples and responding to opposition
James Squier, Partner – Rural, Bidwells
Crucial negotiation skills
Nick Davies, LLB (hons), barrister, and owner, The Really Great Training Company
Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards and steps to improve energy inefficient properties
Daniel Montlake, Chartered Surveyor, Director of Core Sustainability, and Sivan Gelb, Solicitor, Partner, MCG Law
Horton Court: A modern conversation project through the eyes of the contractor
Chris Foster, Director and Oskar Niewadzi, Pre-Construction Manager, Corbel Conservation
Serving valid notices: Not as simple as it first appears
Rob French, Partner, Delva Patman Redler LLP
Ain't nothin' goin' on but the rent? - or - How do you make a loss of rent claim work?
Richard Kay, Partner, Beckett and Kay and Nicholas Taggart, Landmark Chambers
Avoiding lime failures
William Napier, Adams Napier Partnership Chartered Building Surveyors & Heritage Consultants
Cavity wall tie failure
Bernie Smith, Managing Director, Smith Building Services