Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation

Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation is the major peer-reviewed journal for building surveyors, structural engineers and other professionals and scholars concerned with building condition, defects, valuation, repair and maintenance. Published quarterly and guided by an expert Editor and Editorial Board, each 100-page issue - published both in print and online - contains in-depth, practical articles on building condition, defects, valuation, repair and maintenance written by and for leading surveying professionals. The journal provides detailed, actionable advice on the latest thinking, techniques and instrumentation available to the surveyor in the diagnosis and repair of building defects, as well as valuation and legal and regulatory updates - with no advertising.

Retro-injected cavity wall insulation: Kill or cure? -- Tim Davies, Director and Principal, TR Davies Chartered Surveyors -- Diagnosing and repairing carbonation in concrete structures -- Toby Ware, Senior Surveyor, Head of Building Consultancy, Naylors Chartered Surveyors -- Rising damp Part 2: Case study examples and practical tests: Lambeth Pier test update and an introduction to the 'Camberwell Pier II' test -- Ralph Burkinshaw, Damp Diagnosis Services -- Void property: The hidden pitfalls of arranging insurance cover and adhering to terms and conditions -- Trevor M. Palmer, Senior Property Account Executive, Pi-Property Insurance -- Complying with asbestos regulations -- Tim Hill, Partner and Claire Lamont, Associate, Business Compliance and Enforcement, Eversheds -- Processing of high-definition scan data for use within building conservation practice -- Emma Jane Mantle, Faculty of Advanced Technology, University of Glamorgan and Richard Laing, Professor, The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, Robert Gordon University -- Professional negligence: An overview -- Martin Collingwood, Associate and Head of Construction, Andrew Jackson -- The influence of flooding on the value of property -- Sebastian Kropp, Department for Urban Planning and Real Estate Management, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhems-University Bonn -- Improving access to goods and services in commercial property -- Simon McLean, Chartered Building Surveyor and Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying, Sheffield Hallam University.