339) Surveying Buildings ***

Hollis, M. (2000). Surveying Buildings. RICS Business Services Limited, Coventry.

• What is a survey? (ms1-8)
• The inspection (ms9-28)
• Checklist in preparing for a survey (ms29-38)
• Reporting (ms39-66)
• Surveys of specialist buildings (ms67-94)
• Surveying equipment (ms95-100)
• The duties of surveyors, their performance and their breach (ms121-134)
• Health in buildings (ms147-154)
• Asbestos (ms155-158)
• Roofs (ms159-196)
• Walls (ms197-276)
• Plastics (ms277-280)
• Metals (ms281-284)
• Windows (ms285-312)
• Floors (ms313-328)
• Finishes (ms357-372)
• Surroundings (ms373-376)
• Dampness (ms377-392)
• Timber decay caused by insect attack (ms393-414)
• Rot and fungus damage to timber (ms417-437)
• Crack interpretation (ms438-490)
• Trees and their effect on buildings (ms491-506)
• Bibliography (ms509-510)