1st Edition

The BPG Building Fabric Component Life Manual

    260 Pages
    by CRC Press

    246 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This manual provides a comprehensive source of building component life-span and maintenance data for commercial and industrial building components, following the same format as the ground-breaking HAPM Component Life Manual for domestic buildings. Each building component is allocated its own data sheet on which a number of generic descriptions are provided together with assessed life-spans and maintenance requirements. References to the relevant standards and codes of practice are also included.

    Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Origins of the durability data. Use of the manual. Flooring components. Walling and cladding components. Roofing components. Doors, windows and joinery components. Stairs and balustrades. Internal fixtures. Index. Appendices.

    Biography

    BPG (Building Performance Group) is a London-based practice specialising in the whole life performance of large building projects such as hospitals, schools and commercial buildings.