ABOUT THE JOURNAL

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Aims and scope of journal

The leading professional journal for all those undertaking or advising on the diagnosis of defects and the condition of buildings.

  • building surveys
  • measured surveys
  • insurance assessment & claims
  • repairs and maintenance
  • building control
  • neighbourly matters
  • project management & monitoring
  • instrumentation and its use
  • defect investigation
  • dilapidations
  • professional liability
  • regulatory compliance
  • dispute resolution
  • refurbishment
  • remedial works

Guided by its respected Editor and an expert Editorial Board, Journal of Building Appraisal is designed to be the leading professional journal dealing with building condition, defects, repair and maintenance. This is not a trade magazine but a professional Journal which gives its readers practical information in a readily accessible, affordable format.

The journal publishes:

  • Practice papers

    Addressing the issues confronting professionals responsible for the appraisal and refurbishment of the built environment

  • Case studies

    The survey and appraisal undertaken, defects diagnosed and what treatment or refurbishment was recommended or undertaken

  • Reviews

    New instrumentation and how to use it

  • Legal updates

    Recent case law in negligence claims, professional indemnity, party walls and boundary disputes, as well as rights of light and rights of access

  • Regulatory updates

    Reviewing important changes in building regulations and standards, their interpretation by different local authorities and implications for building appraisal including listing, asbestos and accessibility

  • Trends

    Identifying and assessing important trends for building appraisal such as costs of building materials and works

Essential reading for:

  • building surveyors
  • structural engineers
  • building services engineers
  • specialist surveyors, such as those advising on accessibility and material sampling
  • building control surveyors
  • contractors
  • architects
  • lawyers advising on disputes involving party walls, dilapidations, liability, negligence and boundary issues
  • professionals involved in cpd and apc
  • academics
  • students
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Abstracted/indexed in

  • SCOPUS

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ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Journal of Building Appraisal is 1742-8262 and the electronic international standard serial number (eISSN) is 1744-9545.

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Editors

Managing Editor

Simon McLean, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Editorial Board

Stephen Boniface, Partner, The Whitworth Co-Partnership, UK
Graham Capper, Director of Building Surveying, School of the Built Environment, Northumbria, UK
Michael Chew Yit Lin, Professor, Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore
Sergio Croce, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Richard Cullingworth, CS2 Limited, UK
Tim Dixon, Professor of Real Estate, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Chris Fortune, Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, UK
Andrew Francis, Barrister, Serle Court, UK
Steve Goodhew, Professor of Sustainable Technology, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Hans Haenlein, Hans Haenlein Architects, UK
Justin Henshell, Henshell & Buccellato, Consulting Architects, USA
Malcolm Hollis, Professor of Building Pathology, University of Reading; Principal, Malcolm Hollis Chartered Surveyors
Vivien King, Consultant, Bond Pearce, UK
Richard Laing, Professor, The Robert Gordon University, UK
David Mann, Partner, Tuffin Ferraby Taylor, UK
Peter McKenzie, Partner, Jackson Teece, Australia
Graham North, Anstey Horne & Co, UK
John Parvin, Subsidence Claims Manager, Zurich Insurance, UK
John Reyers, Director, Sanderson Weatherall, UK
Clive Richardson, Technical Director-Structural Engineering, Cameron Taylor, UK
Igal Shohet, Associate Professor and Head of Construction Management Division, Department of Structural Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Jagjit Singh, Director, Environmental Building Solutions Ltd., UK
Andre Thomsen, Professor of Housing Renovation & Housing Management, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Peter Trotman, BRE Associate, UK
Roger Watts, Director, Trident Building Consultancy Limited, UK
Yung Yau, Assistant Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong

Editorial Office

  • Hannah Steer
    Publishing Manager
    Palgrave Macmillan Journals
    Houndmills
    Basingstoke
    Hampshire
    RG21 6XS, UK
    Telephone: +44 (0) 1256 302971
    Fax: +44 (0)1256 353774
    Email:hannah.steer@palgrave.com