Structural Survey

Kyte, C.T.

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006261

What is rising dampness Rising dampness results from the upward capillary flow of water from ground into masonry. The force responsible for the flow is associated with the surface characteristics of water particularly the surface tension, but is not a unique property of water. For example, upward capillary flow occurs in the wick of a paraffin heater, and carries molten wax up the wick of a candle. In the case of a wall not protected by a dampproof course, the process is a continuous one and the water will rise upwards and spread laterally to the wall surfaces until the rate of ingress is balanced by the evaporation from the wall surfaces.

Booth, Edmund

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006262

Introduction In a previous paper, I discussed the techniques for ensuring the earthquake resistance of new buildings. Experience of past earthquakes demonstrates that incorporating the methods and advances of the last 30 years in the planning, design and construction of new buildings is the best way of minimising loss of life and investment during major earthquakes.

Allaway, P.H.

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006263

Noise as a pollutant The usual concept of a pollutant is that of the presence of a physical contaminant which has some unwishedfor effect on its immediate surroundings. The pollutant may be in water, air or other media it may be dust, grit or, perhaps, some undesired chemical causing some degradation of its surroundings.

Mills, G.C.

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006264

Introduction New Building Regulations came into force in November 1985 and NHBC Building Control Services Ltd was granted Approved Inspector status by the Secretary of State for the Environment.

Uren, J.; Robertson, G.C.

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006265

Introduction This paper is a followup to one published in Structural Survey in 1985 under the title of Monitoring crack propagation using closerange photogrammetry. In that initial paper, some of the equipment and techniques used in closerange photogrammetry were outlined and details were given of an application of the method to monitor the propagation of cracks within one of the external walls of a detached house which was undergoing movement due to poor construction of the foundations.

Stammers, A.J.

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006266

Introduction The description riverside property is commonly used if any part of the boundary is formed by a waterway, be it a grand sweep of the tidal Thames or a trickling narrow stream.

Ross, M.G.

1987 Structural Survey

doi: 10.1108/eb006267

Increasing evidence exists to suggest that the courts are refusing to widen the negligence liability of surveyors any further. In part, as I explained in the previous issue of this journal, in Fraud and the surveyor any such stance would mirror the apparently rediscovered value of contractual terms in limiting separate tortious liability. But an equally important factor is the greater discernment by the courts of the different functions which may be performed under the general umbrella of surveying. While nobody would suggest that the courts have ever believed that all surveyors spent their entire lives in gumboots wielding theodolites, cases from Yianni v Edwin Evans & Sons 1982 11 SS 72 onwards have sometimes fuelled the belief that insufficient account has been taken of the different backgrounds of individual surveyors, the expertise demanded of various specialisms and the misperceptions of clients or consumers. The three recent cases discussed in this paper indicate judicial awareness that surveying tasks have legitimate boundaries.