Ken -

Any chance we can get your list in a more degenerating order (within quibbling distance, at least) maybe something like this (with some editing):

Conservation, Preservation, Restoration, Refurbishment, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Replicataton, Reuse, Conversion (Adaptive Reuse), Change, Alter, Repair and Maintain(ence), Salvage, Replacement, Demolish.

To me, repair and maintain should probably not be in the list... as most buildings need TLC through normal use this would fit into conservation / good use / preservation - so unless we are talking about wholesale changes (which fit into reconstruction or rehabilitation) I think repair and maintain(ence) are just parts of the everyday life of a building (replacing broken panes of glass, touching up plaster, tuck pointing, etc... and the Japanese might argue that replacements of certain post bottoms and other wood components are just part of 'maintain'...)


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