Diagnosis of dampness in building conservation works. Case study: historical Fort Cornwallis, George Town, Penang / Al-Hafzan Abdullah Halim

• Main Author: Halim, Al-Hafzan Abdullah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Malaysia; Protection of buildings. Including protection from dampness, fire, burglary
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13849/1/TM_AL-HAFZAN%20ABDULLAH%20HALIM%20AP%2014_5%201.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13849/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Historic buildings have high value, particularly in architecture, history and past construction’s technology. Historic buildings usually experience physical defects like cracks, peeling paints, decays and others. The main factor that contributes to these defects is building dampness. Most decisions...