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