This paper deals with the occurrence of construction defects, particularly those due to water penetration in buildings. The considered defects mainly originated from improper management of validation checks during the design or execution phases. From...
The appearance of construction defects in buildings can arise from a variety of factors, ranging from issues during the design and construction phases to problems that develop over time with the lifecycle of a building. These defects require repairs,...
This study aims to identify the defect generation rules between defects, to support effective defect prevention at construction sites. Numerous studies have been performed to identify the relations between defect causes, to prevent defects in constru...
Despite its potential to enhance construction quality, efficiency, and sustainability, modular construction continues to experience defects that hinder its broader adoption. Understanding and mitigating defects is essential for maximising the sustain...
The built environment accounts for the highest share of energy use and carbon emissions, particularly in emerging economies, caused by population growth and fast urbanization. This phenomenon is further exacerbated under extreme climatic conditions s...
Due to the rising prices of houses and rent, apartment buildings have become the preferred and most utilized dwellings in Australia. However, there have been cases of serious defects in multi-unit dwellings (apartment buildings), posing various risks...
The site analysis performed in the last ten years has found that building defects result from inconsistent decision-making and performance in the design, construction, and curing (DCC) processes. Therefore, for sustainable quality control, DCC integr...
This investigation proposes an analytical approach for analyzing the impact of random defects on light steel frame materials. The addition of random defects for the overall and the component units was achieved by integrating Matlab R2022a and Ansys R...
In literature relevant to this topic, attention is mainly paid to the qualitative and quantitative identification of defects in housing construction, and the factors that cause these defects. There is a research gap regarding the quantitative relatio...
In recent years, non-water reaction polymer grouting is a new technology for anti-seepage and reinforcement that has been widely employed in anti-seepage projects. However, there is little research on the consequence of defective polymer cutoff walls...
Many Korean local governments have enacted ordinances that enable resident participation in the supervision of public construction projects, yet an implementation gap persists between the legal framework and actual engagement. This study thus examine...
Reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls are frequently susceptible to construction-induced defects, such as localized basal holes, honeycombing, and reinforcement exposure. To ensure the structural integrity and seismic performance of these compromised...
Light-gauge steel frame (LGSF) materials are inherently susceptible to stochastic imperfections arising from their design, manufacturing, and erection. These defects can compromise operational integrity and adversely impact structural stability, espe...
The degree of technical wear of old buildings, which are made of basic materials (cement, concrete, steel, timber, plaster, brick) using traditional technology, is expressed by the size and intensity of damage to their elements. The topic of the rese...
The normal operation of automated equipment is essential for power grid regulation, making the accurate identification and diagnosis of defects in this equipment highly significant. Constructing a knowledge graph for automated equipment defects offer...
This article presents our findings from a three-stage research project, which consists of the identification, development, and evaluation of a defect management Augmented Reality (AR) prototype that incorporates Building Information Modelling (BIM) t...
Xiangyunsha (Gambiered Guangdong silk) is a naturally dyed, handcrafted textile whose sustainable value is constrained by material waste arising from conventional defect-rejection practices. This study reconceptualizes conventionally defined defects,...
A construction defect can cause schedule delay, cost overrun and quality deterioration. In order to minimize these negative impacts of construction defects, this paper aims to analyze the causality of construction defects. Specifically, association r...
Despite advances in cartilage repair strategies, treatment of focal chondral lesions remains an important challenge to prevent osteoarthritis. Articular cartilage is organized into several layers and lack of zonal organization of current grafts is he...
Reinforced concrete corbels were examined in this study for the cracking behavior and strength evaluation, focusing on defects typically found in these structures. A total of 11 corbel specimens were tested, including healthy specimens (HS), specimen...
This paper evaluates the effect of construction quality defects on the seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. The variability in the construction quality of material properties and structural detailing is considered to assess the e...
The decline in housing quality and the rising number of housing defect cases have become a serious social issue worldwide. To protect newly built home buyers from such defects, a new home warranty system is in place. In Korea, defects are categorized...
Natural disasters and warfare lead to the destruction of city buildings and infrastructure, leaving large numbers of people homeless. The rebuilding of destroyed cities needs to be carried out promptly while maintaining a balance between construction...
Evaluating the impact of defects in buildings and ranking the most impactful ones enables construction companies to better choose which paths to take in light of continuous improvement activities to support more sustainable decisions regarding the de...
Several authors have studied construction defects, but no studies were found implementing best practices and control strategies through the implementation of continuous improvement projects. This article shows a procedure based on Continuous Improvem...
Housing quality is a subject of dispute worldwide, and these disputes are increasing due to the significant differences in the views of producers and consumers on quality standards. To arbitrate disputes, an objective evaluation of housing quality is...
Conveyor belts of special importance must have superior mechanical characteristics. The joining by vulcanization of the conveyor belts allows to obtain superior performances, but it has been found that at the vulcanizing joint of the conveyor belts,...
With apartment buildings representing a rapidly growing share of the residential market in South Korea, the effect of construction defects throughout the life cycle of construction projects, and particularly during the occupancy stage, has emerged as...
Prefabricated concrete structures are driving the development of green buildings, and the connection between prefabricated components is the main factor affecting the safety performance of these structures. Grouted sleeve technology can effectively i...
No standardised approach appears to exist in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry for the communication of tolerance information on drawings. As a result of this shortcoming, defects associated with dimensional and geometric...
The automated process of construction defect detection using non-contact methods provides vital information for quality control and updating building information modelling. The external cladding in modular construction should be regularly controlled...
Digital innovations have changed the way many industries operate, but the construction industry has been slow to adopt these technologies. However, challenges such as low productivity, project overruns, labor shortages, and inefficient performance ma...
Stone is a durable and high-performance paving material in standard and in intensive service regimes. Stone is thus a preferable material for sidewalk and promenade paving under intensive service regimes, such as touristic promenades and historic sit...
This manuscript attempts to classify typical errors occurring during the design, production, and use of prefabricated and prestressed concrete girders and slabs manufactured in Poland for industrial buildings since the 1950s. Although the cases discu...
This paper investigated the influence of manufacturing and assembly defects and the quality of materials on the performance of an axial-flux switched reluctance machine (AFSRM). An AFSRM drive was designed and built for the in-wheel propulsion of an...
The opening of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in 1997 heralded the beginning of an era in world architecture defined by iconic buildings underpinned by mediatic exposure and the belief in the power of design to leverage urban conditions. Today, a co...
The digitalization of shipbuilding processes has become an important trend in modern naval construction, enabling more efficient design, assembly, and maintenance operations. A key aspect of this digital transformation is traceability, which ensures...
Under the emerging topic of machine vision technology replacing manual examination, automatic optical inspection (AOI) technology has been adopted for the detection of defects in semi-finished/finished products and is widely used for the defect detec...
Defect inspection is an important issue in the field of industrial automation. In general, defect-inspection methods can be categorized into supervised and unsupervised methods. When supervised learning is applied to defect inspection, the large vari...
Ensuring the structural integrity of window frames and detecting subtle defects, such as dents and scratches, is crucial for maintaining product quality. Traditional machine vision systems face challenges in defect identification, especially with ref...
Additive manufacturing is increasingly used in construction, yet reliable quality assurance for three-dimensional-printed concrete elements remains a major challenge. Existing digital defect-detection methods, particularly voxel-based and mesh-based...
Foundations of wind turbines are subject to challenging conditions during their service life as they support ever larger wind turbines under complex loading situations. There have been numerous reports of cracked concrete foundations of wind turbines...
The rapid growth of the real estate market has led to the appearance of more and more residential areas and large apartment buildings that need to be managed and maintained by a single real estate developer or company. This scientific article details...
Accurate sensing is essential for automated inspection in complex construction environments. This study develops and field-validates an integrated mobile-robot framework combining worker localization, structural crack detection, and thermal monitorin...
In response to the current issues of poor real-time performance, high computational costs, and excessive memory usage of object detection algorithms based on deep convolutional neural networks in embedded devices, a method for improving deep convolut...
Bone defects in the maxillofacial region severely impair patient function and esthetics. Free autologous bone grafting remains the gold-standard treatment; however, surgical intervention at donor sites limits clinical applicability. Treatment using a...
Currently used methods to repair craniomaxillofacial (CMF) bone and tooth defects require a multi-staged surgical approach for bone repair followed by dental implant placement. Our previously published results demonstrated significant bioengineered b...
Oxygen vacancy manipulation and hierarchical morphology construction in oxygen-containing semiconductors have been demonstrated to be effective strategies for developing high efficiency photocatalysts. In most studies of bismuth-based photocatalysts,...
The use of porous scaffolds created by additive manufacturing is considered a viable approach for the regeneration of critical-size bone defects. This paper investigates the xenotransplantation of polycaprolactone (PCL) tissue constructs seeded with...
Architectural quality degradation during construction remains a persistent and costly challenge, driven by inadequate protection planning, poor trade sequencing, and the absence of structured sensitivity assessment. Existing frameworks address these...
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