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Special Issue "Assessment, Diagnosis and Service Life Prediction"

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 14 October 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Ana Silva
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CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Av.Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: pathology and rehabilitation of buildings; service life prediction, durability and life cycle of buildings and their components.
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Service life prediction is crucial for the adoption of more sustainable solutions, allowing optimizing the costs and environmental impact of buildings during their life cycle. Accurate assessment of the service life of buildings requires a thorough understanding of degradation mechanisms and material’s behavior. Building pathology assessment methods allow characterizing the deterioration state of the buildings and their components, using as indicators specific measurable properties. Based on this information, different service life prediction methodologies can be defined, in order to provide reliable data concerning the most probable failure time of buildings and components according to their characteristics and their age.

This special issue intends to provide an overview of the existing knowledge related with various aspects of Assessment, Diagnosis and Service Life Prediction of buildings and components.

Original research, theoretical and experimental, case studies, and comprehensive review papers are invited for possible publication in this special issue. Relevant topics to this special issue include, but not limited to the following subjects:

  • Building pathology assessment methods;
  • Identification and classification of defects in buildings and components;
  • Probable causes of defects;
  • Diagnosis techniques;
  • Appropriate intervention and repair techniques;
  • Deterministic service life prediction models;
  • Stochastic service life prediction models.

Dr. Ana Silva
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Building pathology assessment methods
  • Inspection and diagnosis
  • Classification of defects
  • Diagnosis techniques
  • Service life prediction
  • Deterministic models
  • Stochastic models

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Critical Analysis about Emerging Technologies for Building’s Façade Inspection
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Ilídio S. Dias
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Inês Flores-Colen
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Ana Silva
Buildings 2021, 11(2), 53; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020053 - 04 Feb 2021
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The diagnosis of the building’s façades pathology is extremely important to support rational and technically informed decisions regarding maintenance and rehabilitation actions. With a reliable diagnosis, the probable causes of the anomalies can be correctly identified, and the correction measures adopted can be [...] Read more.
The diagnosis of the building’s façades pathology is extremely important to support rational and technically informed decisions regarding maintenance and rehabilitation actions. With a reliable diagnosis, the probable causes of the anomalies can be correctly identified, and the correction measures adopted can be more compatible with the existing elements, promoting the durability of the façades. Visual inspection is the most common approach to identify anomalies in a building’s façade and, in many cases, this technique is sufficient to support the decision to intervene. However, the pathological phenomenon is complex, and the anomalies observed may indicate the presence of other defects, or some anomalies may not be visible in a simple visual observation. This study intends to discuss the application of emerging technologies on the diagnosis and anamneses of building’s façade, in order to automatise the collection of reliable on-site data and, thus, reduce the uncertainty of the diagnosis. The use of these techniques can help existing inspection methodologies, already tested, based mainly on the visual assessment of the buildings’ elements degradation condition. Full article
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Most Frequent Problems of Building Structures of Urban Apartment Buildings from 2nd Half of 19th Century and the Start of 20th Century
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Klara Kroftova
Buildings 2021, 11(1), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010027 - 12 Jan 2021
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An urban residential building from the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, the so-called tenement house, is a significant representative of the architecture of the developing urban fabric in Central Europe. The vertical and horizontal load-bearing [...] Read more.
An urban residential building from the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, the so-called tenement house, is a significant representative of the architecture of the developing urban fabric in Central Europe. The vertical and horizontal load-bearing structures of these houses currently tend to show characteristic, repeated defects and failures. Their knowledge may, in many cases, facilitate and speed up the design of the historic building’s restoration without compromising its heritage value in this process. The article presents the summary of the most frequently occurring defects and failures of these buildings. The summary, however, is not an absolute one, and, in the case of major damage to the building, it still applies that, first of all, a detailed analysis of the causes and consequences of defects and failures must be made as a basic prerequisite for the reliability and long-term durability of the building’s restoration and rehabilitation. An integral part of the rehabilitation of buildings must be the elimination of the causes of the appearance of their failures and remediation of all defects impairing their structural safety, health safety and energy efficiency. Full article
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How Long Can a Wood Flooring System Last?
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Pedro Coelho
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Ana Silva
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Jorge de Brito
Buildings 2021, 11(1), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010023 - 07 Jan 2021
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Wood is a natural, sustainable, and renewable material, which has been used as flooring for centuries, but not enough is known about its durability and performance over time when subjected to different degradation agents. This study proposes a methodology for the service life [...] Read more.
Wood is a natural, sustainable, and renewable material, which has been used as flooring for centuries, but not enough is known about its durability and performance over time when subjected to different degradation agents. This study proposes a methodology for the service life prediction of wood flooring systems, considering the impact of different factors that influence the floors’ durability. For that purpose, a fieldwork survey is performed to evaluate the degradation phenomena of 96 indoor wood floorings in-use conditions, located in Portugal. The data collected are converted into degradation patterns that graphically illustrate the loss of performance of wood floorings over time. An estimated service life of 44 years is obtained. This study thus allows quantifying the impact of various characteristics on the indoor wood floorings’ service life. The results reveal the high importance of the type of protection, the type of wood, and the type of floor (with a range of estimated service life values of around 18, 17 and 16 years, respectively). This study is a first step to understanding the degradation mechanisms of the wood flooring systems, in order to extend their service life, while allowing optimising of maintenance actions, thus promoting the durability and sustainability of these floorings. Full article
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