Exploració per tema "Building--Quality control"

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    • Assessment of construction defects in residential buildings in Spain 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel (2014-06-11)
      Article
      Accés obert
      The building industry is noted for its repeated building defects causing cost increases and time delays during construction. In Spain, despite the Ley de Ordenación de la Edificación (Building Regulation Act), which ...

    • Assessment of residential defects at post-handover 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Love, Peter E.D. (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2013-04)
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      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      In Spain, the Ley de Ordenación de la Edificación (Building Regulation Act) has established compulsory warranties to ensure that buildings meet basic requirements with regard to functionality, general safety and structure, ...

    • Handover defects: comparison of construction and post-handover housing defects 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel (2016-03)
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      Accés obert
      Although inspections occur during construction or at handover, customers do not normally participate. This situation creates a gap between the quality perceived by both contractors and customers. An analysis of 52 552 ...

    • Influence of building type on post-handover defects in housing 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2012-08)
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      Accés obert
      Clients’ lack of involvement in defining quality requirements for dwellings built by developers leads to a perception of poor quality at the time of purchase. The research presented in this paper aims to broaden previous ...

    • Post-handover housing defects: sources and origins 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2013-12-01)
      Article
      Accés obert
      In Spain, the high levels of inexperienced workers and the long chains of subcontracting contribute to the poor quality of dwellings. Althoughthe Ley reguladora de la subcontratación en el Sector de la Construcción (s ...

    • Prácticum en control de calidad: prácticas en el Área Metreopolitana de Barcelona (AMB) 

      Viteri Medranda, María Cecilia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-23)
      Treball Final de Grau
      Accés restringit per decisió de l'autor
      Realitzat a/amb:   Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona
      En el presente trabajo expongo el Trabajo Final de Grado en la modalidad Prácticum, después de haber realizado un período de dos años de prácticas en la empresa Área Metropolitana de Barcelona, en concreto en el departamento ...

    • Rework in urban renewal projects in Colombia 

      Forcada Matheu, Núria; Álvarez, Ángela Patricia; Love, Peter E.D.; Edwards, David J. (2017-06)
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      Accés obert
      There a paucity of systematic knowledge on the dynamics of rework in urban renewal projects even though such projects frequently exceed budget and schedule. The causal factors of rework and cost impact upon 69 Colombian ...

    • Standardizing housing defects: classification, validation and benefits 

      Macarulla Martí, Marcel; Forcada Matheu, Núria; Casals Casanova, Miquel; Gangolells Solanellas, Marta; Fuertes Casals, Alba; Roca Ramon, Xavier (2013-08)
      Article
      Accés restringit per política de l'editorial
      Defects produce economic and temporal deviations in construction projects. Although learning from past experiences can help reduce defects and their consequences, usually data is not easily available, or is poorly structured ...