{"id":40414,"date":"2025-09-03T08:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/40414\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T08:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:07:08","slug":"building-expert-publishes-latest-edition-of-industry-leading-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/40414\/","title":{"rendered":"Building expert publishes latest edition of industry-leading book"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a> <\/p>\n

A leading expert within the building sector has released the latest edition of his renowned book, Building Pathology: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition<\/p>\n

Dr David Watt<\/a>, associate director at Hutton + Rostron<\/a> (a SOCOTEC company) has published the third edition of the renowned title \u2013 26 years after the first edition was released in 1999.<\/p>\n

Speaking upon the release of the book\u2019s third edition, David said: \u201cThis edition arrives as the wider industry is facing an increasing number of new challenges \u2013 between building safety, climate resilience, retrofitting and the increasing complexity of heritage assets in active use.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, the case studies featured within the text have been updated and expanded to reflect that change, with a stronger focus of applying principles in varied, real-world contexts.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, we need to strive to give professionals the confidence to diagnose and act<\/a>, not just observe, and hopefully that will be achieved with this updated edition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Building Pathology<\/p>\n

A prolific author with several titles published within the surveying and building space, David is focused on using his extensive experience as a chartered building surveyor and historic buildings consultant to help unpeel the layers of buildings and their users in Building Pathology.<\/p>\n

This is managed through assisting in defect diagnosis, as well as the design and implementation of specific and appropriate remedial measures.<\/p>\n

For David, though, the book\u2019s aim is less about providing specific solutions and more of a focus on the processes involved: \u201cWhat I wanted to get across in the book is that we can\u2019t fix what we don\u2019t understand. Often, there is a rush to treat the symptom without fully diagnosing the cause, but true building pathology is all about getting to the heart of what is going on and understanding the interplay of materials, environment and use.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefit of taking this approach is that remediation is far more robust, sustainable and cost-effective, as well as protecting the long-term value of a building.\u201d<\/p>\n

David says this approach is indicative of one that is shared by the wider SOCOTEC business: \u201cAt SOCOTEC, we focus on practical outcomes, based on solid evidence, extensive research and careful inspection. We could be dealing with a listed building that is suffering from damp and decay or a modern fa\u00e7ade with movement issues \u2013 whatever the issue, we approach it methodically.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Hutton + Rostron team has a substantial depth of knowledge on traditional materials and historic fabric that is critical in heritage work.<\/p>\n

The third edition of Building Pathology by David Watt can be purchased in all good bookstores, as well as online<\/a>. Use code ENG20 for 20% off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*Please note that this is a commercial profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A leading expert within the building sector has released the latest edition of his renowned book, Building Pathology:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[359,30823,30824,30825,18,117,1176,19,17,30826,30827],"class_list":{"0":"post-40414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-building-control","10":"tag-building-design","11":"tag-contributor-profile","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-featured","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-pbc-today-august-2025","18":"tag-surveyors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}