Maintaining and Repairing Old and Historic Buildings
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Beschreibung
A practical guide to the maintenance and repair of old and historic buildings
Carrying out work in accordance with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's standards and guidelines can be a challenge for professionals charged with the preservation, restoration, and care of historic properties. This book-with-CD package facilitates the process with more than 400 field guidelines for the treatment of historic building structures, systems, and materials. It includes:
* Background and rationale for treatment
* Annotated standards and guidelines
* Step-by-step treatment instructions
* Information on energy conservation and meeting LEED and ADA requirements
The treatment guidelines cover a wide range of issues, from how to replace broken glass in wood and metal windows to preparing historic mortar. Each guideline can be printed out individually from the accompanying CD for easy reference and on-site use.
Well organized and easy to use, Maintaining and Repairing Old and Historic Buildings is a valuable resource for architects, engineers, facility managers, and related professionals working in the areas of building preservation and restoration.
The book includes background, rationale for treatment, annotated standards and guidelines for the treatment of historic buildings, building systems, and materials. It includes information on energy conservation, and meeting LEED as well as ADA requirements. Including a companion CD featuring more than 400 how-to field guidelines individually printable for various treatment applications, this book provides comprehensive coverage for preservation professionals, architects, engineers, facility managers, and others working on preservation and restoration field.
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John J. Cullinane
Themen in »Maintaining and Repairing Old and Historic Buildings«
Architecture Architektur Bauentwurf Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen Bausanierung Bautenschutz Bautenschutz u. Bausanierung Building Design Civil Engineering & Construction Denkmalpflege Historic Preservation Preservation & Renovation of Structures