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Swallow, Peter George was born on September 24, 1947 in Nottingham, England. Son of Geoffrey and Winifred Mary (Ellwood) Swallow.
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Now in its second edition, this book provides a practical guide to measured building surveys with special emphasis on recording the fabric of historic buildings. It includes two new chapters dealing with modern survey practice using instruments and photographic techniques, as well as a chapter examining recording methods as used on a specific project case study undertaken by the Museum of London Archaeology Service. Measured surveys for producing accurate scaled drawings of buildings and their immediate surroundings may be undertaken for a variety of reasons. The principal ones are to provide a historic record, and to form the base drawings upon which a proposed programme of works involving repairs, alterations, adaptations or extensions can be prepared. This book provides a practical guide to preparing measured surveys of historic buildings, with special emphasis on recording the fabric. The text assumes little previous knowledge of surveying and begins by describing basic measuring techniques before introducing elementary surveying and levelling. From these principles, the practices and techniques used to measure and record existing buildings are developed in a detailed step-by-step approach, covering sketching, measuring, plotting and drawing presentation. For this new edition the text on hand survey methods has been revised to note where new techniques and equipment can be incorporated, as well as explaining where more advanced survey methods may be best used to advantage. Information on locating early maps and plans, aerial photography and its uses, documentary research, procurement of surveys and conventional photography has been incorporated at various points as appropriate. In addition, Ross Dallas provides two new chapters dealing with modern survey practice using instruments and photographic techniques. Also, the opportunity has been taken to present a wider view of building recording projects by including a new chapter from the Museum of London Archaeological Service (MoLAS) building recording team. It encompasses their five key principles for recording within an illustrative case study.
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This new edition of an informative and accessible book guides building surveyors and facilities managers through the key aspects of property maintenance and continues to be of value to both students and practitioners. With the increasing cost of new-build, effective maintenance of existing building stock is becoming ever more important and building maintenance work now represents nearly half of total construction output in the UK. Building Maintenance Management provides a comprehensive profile of the many aspects of property maintenance. This second edition has been updated throughout, with sections on outsourcing; maintenance planning; benchmarking and KPIs; and current trends in procurement routes (including partnering and the growth of PFI) integrated into the text. There is also a new chapter on the changing context within which maintenance is carried out, largely concerned with its relationship to facilities management. More coverage is given of maintenance organisations and there are major updates to relevant aspects of health and safety and to contract forms.
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Swallow, Peter George was born on September 24, 1947 in Nottingham, England. Son of Geoffrey and Winifred Mary (Ellwood) Swallow.
Diploma in surveying, Leicester (England) Polytechnic, 1971. Post graduate diploma in architectural building conservation, Leicester (England) Polytechnic, 1978.
Architectural assistant, British Shoe Corporation, Leicester, 1968-1969; building surveyor, Bruton Knowles & Company, Gloucester, England, 1971-1973; building surveyor, Eric Cole Design Company, England, 1973-1974; lecturer, Leicester Polytechnic, 1974-1989; professor building surveying, De Montfort U., Leicester, since 1989; head of department, De Montfort U., Leicester, since 1990. Principal Swallow Enterprises, Leicester, since 1990.
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Honorary secretary Fleckney Village Trust, Leicester, since 1990. Specialist, advisor in conservation Leicester City Council, since 1994. Fellow Royal Institute Chartered Surveyors, Association Building Engineers, Royal Society Arts, Institute History Building Conservation.
Married Lynne Louise Farhall, June 12, 1971. Children: John Richard, Robert Geoffrey.