{"id":14038,"date":"2016-10-26T14:08:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T13:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14038"},"modified":"2016-10-24T16:28:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:28:38","slug":"ihbc-trustee-highlights-risk-to-rics-one-in-four-uk-buildings-is-at-risk-so-just-follow-bs-7913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14038","title":{"rendered":"IHBC trustee highlights risk to RICS: \u2018One in four UK buildings is at risk\u2026 so just follow BS 7913\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BS_7913_RCowan-e1475582533409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13896\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/BS_7913_RCowan-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"bs_7913_rcowan\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>IHBC trustee John Edwards has featured an article in the November issue of the RICS Property Journal where he \u2018argues that traditional buildings are in need of better treatment and understanding\u2019 by the profession.<\/h3>\n<p>John Edwards writes: \u2018Nearly all buildings are economic assets that should also be healthy places to occupy; but they are at risk if not treated properly. Such risks often arise, however, because of a lack of understanding and inappropriate treatment\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Best practice\u2026 means following BS 7913: 2013, which gives authoritative guidance on how to deal with traditional and historic buildings\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardshart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/John-Edwards-RICS-PJ-November16-pp38-9-1-in-4-Buildings-are-at-Risk.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read\u00a0the article<\/a>\u00a0and for more on the application of BS 7913 see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=13895\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/bs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copies of BS 7913<\/a> are available to IHBC members and their employers at the discounted rate of \u00a3112, plus UK p+p of \u00a38 (overseas postage on enquiry).<\/p>\n<p>Online purchase is also available linked from the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/bs\/\" target=\"_blank\">web page<\/a>, with a surcharge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC trustee John Edwards has featured an article in the November issue of the RICS Property Journal where he \u2018argues that traditional buildings are in need of better treatment and understanding\u2019 by the profession. John Edwards writes: \u2018Nearly all buildings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14038\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14039,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14038\/revisions\/14039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}