Building Failures - Diagnosis and Avoidance
Introduction
Most building defects are avoidable: they occur, in general, not
through a lack of basic knowledge but by non-application or misapplication
of it. Knowledge seems to become mislaid from time to time. Those with long memories, and
those whose business it is to make a particular study of building defects, are often struck
by the reemergence of problems which have been well researched and documented. Certain basic
properties of materials, such as their ability to move through changes in temperature and
moisture, seem to be overlooked and a rash of difficulties occurs. A call goes out
for more research but, in truth, all that is usually needed is a good system
for the retrieval of information, a better procedure for its dissemination
and, most important, the realization that an information search is desirable.
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