Tan, Sin Wen and Othuman Mydin, Md Azree
(2013)
Distinctive Structural and Non-Structural Building Defects and Failures in Educational Buildings.
Analele Universităţii Eftimie Murgu Reşiţa. Fascicula de Inginerie, 20 (3).
pp. 67-76.
ISSN 1453-7397
Abstract
Although the maintenance-free building may be a theoretical possibility,
all buildings are subject to the vagaries of defects, failures, deterioration
and variation. The examples of these problems are fungus growth,
peeling paint, termite attack, dampness, defective rainwater goods,
roof defects, harmful growth, settlement, foundation failure, roof collapse
and others. There are a great number of building defects and
failures arose and being reported officially by mass media, especially
problems with educational buildings. Theoretically, all buildings tend to
deteriorate over period of time due to aging or other factors, regardless
the types of buildings. There are several main factors can be taken into
account such as design fault, poor maintenance, poor workmanship,
building age and location of building. This paper will discuss on distinctive
structural and non-structural building defects and failures than frequently
happened in educational buildings. This paper is noteworthy to
render varies of problems generally faced by Malaysian educational
buildings to the public. As such, the awareness among them can be
raised or improved. Furthermore, the public will concern, especially the
government authorities should emphasize the laws and regulations to
enforce the safety of construction work as well as the procedure in giving
approval to the occupation of educational buildings.
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