Building inspection as a tool in the prevention of claims in historic buildings

Abstract

Inspection of historic buildings is an important instrument to ensure the safety, performance and useful life of buildings. In Brazil, building inspection
standards are generic and lacking in detail, and there is a need for improvement, as is the case with international standards. Therefore, this article aims to analyze building inspection standards as a  preventive instrument in the preservation of claims by identifying current methodologies. A conceptual analysis of prevention was carried out in the field of preservationist thinking and research into current national and international regulations relevant to the conservation of historic buildings. The results
showed seven European countries with specific inspection standards for built heritage, and another twenty-seven European countries and Turkey that follow normative regulations. In Brazil, despite the efforts of researchers and the existence of laws and regulations for preservation including guidelines
for projects to prevent and combat fire and panic in listed buildings, the technical standards for building inspection do not yet provide subsidies that take into account the specificities of cultural heritage.