Subsidence damage to domestic buildings
A guide to good technical practice
by Richard Driscoll and Hilary Skinner
A guide to good technical practice
by Richard Driscoll and Hilary Skinner
| New Book |
Description
Subsidence is a persistent problem in some parts of the UK: around
35,000 domestic insurance claims (often complex and protracted) are
made each year, which cost up to £550 million. This book provides
authoritative guidance to best practice in the technical and engineering
aspects of subsidence damage to domestic buildings, and covers
investigation, diagnosis, repair, prevention and mitigation of building
cracking and deformation. It reviews current information and provides a
clear, logically structured baseline of technical guidance for investigators.
The authors have drawn on many years of BRE experience of researching
subsidence problems, and on consultancy for difficult cases. Key BRE
publications on soils, site investigation and foundation are included in pdf
format in a CD-ROM accompanying the book.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Diagnosing subsidence damage
3. Investigating clay shrinkage and swelling
4. Subsidence monitoring
5. Dealing with the subsidence and repairing the damage
6. References
Readership
Structural engineers, building surveyors, contractors, soil investigationcompanies, insurance companies, loss adjustors, building owners.
Benefits
Product Details
Softback: 66pp, includes CD-ROM
Publisher: IHS BRE Press, UK
ISBN : 978-1-86081-977-3
Product Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Subsidence is a persistent problem in some parts of the UK: around
35,000 domestic insurance claims (often complex and protracted) are
made each year, which cost up to £550 million. This book provides
authoritative guidance to best practice in the technical and engineering
aspects of subsidence damage to domestic buildings, and covers
investigation, diagnosis, repair, prevention and mitigation of building
cracking and deformation. It reviews current information and provides a
clear, logically structured baseline of technical guidance for investigators.
The authors have drawn on many years of BRE experience of researching
subsidence problems, and on consultancy for difficult cases. Key BRE
publications on soils, site investigation and foundation are included in pdf
format in a CD-ROM accompanying the book.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
 | Background | |
| Subsidence: the persistent problem | |
| Preliminary actions in a new case of alleged subsidence damage |
| What are the symptons? | |
| Have the foundations moved? | |
| Why foundations move | |
| Movement due to shrinkable clay | |
| Investigating subsidence caused by leaking drains | |
| Other causes of foundation movement |
| Trees and desiccation | |
| Testing soil for evidence of tree influence | |
| Heave of desiccated clay | |
| Is soil testing sufficient? |
| Why monitor? | |
| Crack width change monitoring | |
| Interpreting crack measurements | |
| Monitoring vertical movement | |
| Monitoring lateral movements | |
| How often and for how long to monitor | |
| Summary of monitoring |
| Mitigating tree root causes of clay shrinkage | |
| Eradicating erosion subsidence by repairing leaking drains | |
| Repairing and strengthening the building | |
| Is remedial underpinning needed? |
Readership
Structural engineers, building surveyors, contractors, soil investigation
Benefits
- Distils BRE expertise into concise, practical guide
- Includes 15 key BRE publications on soils, site investigation and
foundations on CD-ROM - Highly experienced authors
Product Details
Softback: 66pp, includes CD-ROM
Publisher: IHS BRE Press, UK
ISBN : 978-1-86081-977-3
Product Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
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