The Birmingham TERN Project Non‐traditional housing – Defects and repair Available to Purchase

The aim of the project entitled Training for the Evaluation and Repair of Non‐Traditional Buildings is to bring together current research, knowledge, practice and development in a range of units, comprising videos and handbooks on a wide spectrum of subjects. These relate to the effective diagnosis, evaluation and repair of defects to non‐traditional buildings, primarily housing. The definition of non‐traditional for this project is any structure not built in load‐bearing masonry walls. It includes concrete‐, timber‐ and steel‐frame; pre‐cast concrete columns, beam panels; large panel construction in concrete; in situ concrete framed multi‐storey blocks using a variety of cladding panels. It covers low‐, medium‐ and high‐rise. It embraces a large number of structures, for example Birmingham City Housing Department term all their housing over six storeys (426 blocks) as non‐traditional as it was not the normal method for housing people in the UK prior to the development of the 1960s. The material, six videos and 22 handbooks, is produced in an open learning style for in‐house or at home study and is intended for use by anyone involved, whether they are clients/owners, professional advisers, or builders. It is intended to bridge gaps in knowledge and stimulate thought and practice procedures in specifying and executing appropriate remedial works.