Deconstructing Building Stone
One day seminar from BRE and NSI
23 October 2007, East Kilbride
8 November 2007, Inverness
28 November 2007, Watford
22 January 2008, Port Talbot
This seminar reviews the different types of building stone, including slate, used in Britain. It poses the question of how to assess the quality of building stones, looking at British and the new European standards.
Presentations will cover the importance of selecting the correct building stone, new methods of testing relative durability of a slate, whole life cycle costs, regional building practices and stone extraction. To conclude there will be a review of the challenges of sourcing regional building stones for the repair and maintenance of the built heritage.
For further details and to book at the special online price of £145 per delegate, go to www.bre.co.uk/events or email events@bre.co.uk