Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects

This paper focuses on the contribution factors of building defects in Malaysian school buildings. There are several building defects commonly found in Malaysia school buildings. In fact, building defects are becoming ordinary phenomena in the construction industry which results in negative impact...

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Main Authors: Othuman Mydin, M.A., Agus Salim, N.A., Tan, S.W., Tawil, N.M., Md Ulang, N.
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2014
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author Othuman Mydin, M.A.
Agus Salim, N.A.
Tan, S.W.
Tawil, N.M.
Md Ulang, N.
author_facet Othuman Mydin, M.A.
Agus Salim, N.A.
Tan, S.W.
Tawil, N.M.
Md Ulang, N.
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description This paper focuses on the contribution factors of building defects in Malaysian school buildings. There are several building defects commonly found in Malaysia school buildings. In fact, building defects are becoming ordinary phenomena in the construction industry which results in negative impacts on schools, in the means of building performance, health and safety aspects and overall environment conditions as well as teaching and learning processes. Thus, a study is planned to identify the common building defects faced by school buildings in Kedah, Malaysia. Then, a thorough inspection is conducted and the respective defects are recorded with the aid of photographic. As the outcomes from the interview between researcher and person-in-charge from some schools, the main factors contributing to those building defects had been determined. Besides, appropriate mitigation solutions on the building defects have been offered, which are extremely essential in retaining a healthy and serviceable school building.
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spelling usm-383682018-01-15T02:32:20Z http://eprints.usm.my/38368/ Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects Othuman Mydin, M.A. Agus Salim, N.A. Tan, S.W. Tawil, N.M. Md Ulang, N. TH1-9745 Building construction This paper focuses on the contribution factors of building defects in Malaysian school buildings. There are several building defects commonly found in Malaysia school buildings. In fact, building defects are becoming ordinary phenomena in the construction industry which results in negative impacts on schools, in the means of building performance, health and safety aspects and overall environment conditions as well as teaching and learning processes. Thus, a study is planned to identify the common building defects faced by school buildings in Kedah, Malaysia. Then, a thorough inspection is conducted and the respective defects are recorded with the aid of photographic. As the outcomes from the interview between researcher and person-in-charge from some schools, the main factors contributing to those building defects had been determined. Besides, appropriate mitigation solutions on the building defects have been offered, which are extremely essential in retaining a healthy and serviceable school building. EDP Sciences 2014-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38368/1/Assessment_of_Significant_Causes_to_School_Building_Defects.pdf Othuman Mydin, M.A. and Agus Salim, N.A. and Tan, S.W. and Tawil, N.M. and Md Ulang, N. (2014) Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects. E3S Web of Conferences, 3 (01002). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2267-1242 https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20140301002
spellingShingle TH1-9745 Building construction
Othuman Mydin, M.A.
Agus Salim, N.A.
Tan, S.W.
Tawil, N.M.
Md Ulang, N.
Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects
title Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects
title_full Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects
title_fullStr Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects
title_short Assessment of Significant Causes to School Building Defects
title_sort assessment of significant causes to school building defects
topic TH1-9745 Building construction
url http://eprints.usm.my/38368/
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http://eprints.usm.my/38368/1/Assessment_of_Significant_Causes_to_School_Building_Defects.pdf