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Conservation
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Conservation

by Hugh Feilden
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
3h 45m
English
RIBA Publishing
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Stage 4Technical Design

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Chapter overview

This stage is about detailed design, specification and sourcing of materials and locating specialist craftspeople. The design team working with an historic building cannot rely on catalogues of products and standard specification clauses to the extent that is possible for new build, and in a building of any complexity there are likely to be many more junction and compatibility issues to deal with. With the rather narrowly focused skill set currently available within the construction industry, the design team will have to search more widely to find the suppliers and skilled operatives necessary for ...

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ISBN: 9781000699111