<EM>Adapting Building for Changing Uses</EM> discusses the comprehensive refurbishment of buildings to enable them to be used for purposes different to those originally intended.<BR>For those involved in the often risky business of conversion of buildings from one type of use to another, <EM>Adapting Building for Changing Uses</EM> provides secure guidance on which uses may be best suited to a particular location. This guidance is based on a unique decision tool, the "Use Comparator", which was developed through research carried out at UCL in the mid 1990''s. The "Use Comparator" compares the physical and locational characteristics of a building with the characteristics best suited to various types of use. A total of 77 targeted types of use are evaluated, in contrast to the 17 uses normally considers by regulatory planners.<BR><EM>Adapting Building for Changing Uses</EM> also identifies the key problems experienced by building managers involved in assembling the coalition of Producers