Factors and defects analysis of physical and environmental condition of buildings

Faqih, Faisal; Zayed, Tarek; Soliman, Ehab

doi:10.1007/s41024-020-00084-0

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“…These buildings may be aged. Faqih et al (2020) affirmed that constructed buildings, including hospital buildings and service lifespan, are usually 50 years. Some may last longer without evidence of defects while others in less than a few years start to exhibit defects.…”

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Maintenance practices in Nigeria’s public health-care buildings: a systematic review of issues and feasible solutions

Ebekozien

2020

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Purpose Health-care building maintenance has been receiving concern because of the recent global pandemic. However, there are inadequate broad studies affecting health-care facilities maintenance and feasible solutions in Nigeria. This study aims to conduct an all-inclusive review of public hospital building maintenance issues and proffer possible solutions to improve maintenance practices in health-care buildings via a framework that will support studies in the future. Design/methodology/approach A review of published papers from 2006 to 2020 was conducted. Based on the keywords, 3 pertinent databases were searched and descriptions of the findings from 40 studies were recognised and used in line with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Findings Two main themes (issues and feasible solutions to improve practices) emerged from public health-care building maintenance practices. The study developed a framework that describes the relationship between issues and possible solutions with an emphasis on how to improve human development, management efficiency, technical competence and professional skills, cost-minimisation and others. Practical implications As part of the paper implications, emerged issues were group into five categories (human development, management, technical, limited financial resources and others). The proposed framework for future studies will attempt to mitigate issues and proffer feasible solutions to improve hospital building maintenance practices in Nigeria and other developing countries that are facing similar challenges. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this paper is possibly the first comprehensive review of public health-care building maintenance practices in Nigeria. Moreover, this review demonstrates how the proposed feasible solutions can mitigate problems.

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Maintenance practices in Nigeria’s public health-care buildings: a systematic review of issues and feasible solutions

Ebekozien

2020

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“…Sci. 2020, 10, x FOR PEER REVIEW 3 of 17 with regard to lighting quality in the oldest building at ETSIA (building A, dating back to 1955), despite the importance of lighting maintenance as one of the categories which influence building environment condition [42]. The paper is organized as follows: Section 2 describes the instrumentation and methodology used in the measurement campaign and subsequent simulations.…”

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“…To the best of the authors' knowledge, no study of this type had ever been conducted at ETSIAE or any other faculties at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). It is worth emphasizing the lack of renovation with regard to lighting quality in the oldest building at ETSIA (building A, dating back to 1955), despite the importance of lighting maintenance as one of the categories which influence building environment condition [42].…”

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Measuring the Lighting Quality in Academic Institutions: The UPM Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (Spain)

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This article analyzes the current status of the lighting quality at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio (ETSIAE), the aerospace engineering faculty at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), and evaluates possible improvement actions based on the use of DIALux® lighting simulation software together with measured data. The results show rather low levels of measured illuminance on classroom desks and blackboards in one of the buildings comprising the faculty. The improvements proposed (a new coat of paint on the walls and replacement of luminaires) were simulated in four individual classrooms representing all rooms in two of the ETSIAE buildings (where the lower illuminance levels were measured). In order to study these improvements, the current situation of the four selected classrooms was simulated using DIALux® and fine-tuning attenuation of the luminaires to take into account their wear and tear. The correlation between the DIALux® simulation and the test results was analyzed with quite good results. The results clearly reveal a need to fully replace the classroom lighting systems in ETSIAE building A (the oldest building, dating back to 1955). According to the results from the selected classrooms, the average lighting over the desks can be greatly improved by using LED technology in order to meet UNE 12464-1 standard (that is, 500 lx, from an initial situation with much lower illuminance values: 129 lx to 295 lx). This article represents an innovative way to perform lighting improvement projects as real measured lighting data is used as initial input for the lighting simulations.

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“…Building deterioration has negative consequences from an economic and environmental point of view. Irrespective of building age, defects occur in buildings due to aging, wear and tear, and inadequate maintenance (Faqih et al , 2020; Wahida et al , 2012). The deterioration of a building reduces its ability to perform its intended function (James et al , 2019; Marcel et al , 2013), while environmental deterioration influences the comfort and health of building occupants (Heinzerling et al , 2013; Thomas et al , 2019).…”

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“…A defect can be considered as a “shortcoming in the function, performance, statutory or user requirements of a building” (Lee et al , 2018). Building defects can pose potential risks to building occupants or users and can also affect the safe functioning and use of building facilities (Faqih et al , 2020). Thus, building defects can be considered as a failure to meet an expected functional requirement, including health and safety.…”

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Technology-based multi-tiered building diagnosis framework

Faqih

Zayed

Alfalah

2021

IJBPA

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PurposeA building deteriorates over time due to aging, wear and tear, and inadequate maintenance. Building diagnosis requires a sound knowledge of engineering, building defects, and detection tools to assess the condition of a building. The physical deterioration of a building reduces its ability to perform its intended function, while environmental deterioration influences the comfort and health of building occupants. This study presents a multi-tiered framework for the inspection of building elements and the environmental conditions of a building.Design/methodology/approachA three-tiered building inspection framework is proposed in this study, which consists of the following: Tier-I—a preliminary inspection, Tier-II—a detailed inspection, and Tier-III—an expert investigation. Each tier of inspection assesses the severity of building defects using different technologies for different levels of inspection.FindingsProposed multi-tier inspection framework is tested and implemented on a case study. Results were promising, with organized data management on a common platform for both physical and environmental condition inspection having the potential to save time.Originality/valueThe application program developed for the implementation of structured multi-tiered building inspection provides better documentation and data management for building inspection data that can save time involved in manual data operations in traditional paper-based processes.

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Factors and defects analysis of physical and environmental condition of buildings

Cited by 28 publications

References 33 publications

Maintenance practices in Nigeria’s public health-care buildings: a systematic review of issues and feasible solutions

Maintenance practices in Nigeria’s public health-care buildings: a systematic review of issues and feasible solutions

Measuring the Lighting Quality in Academic Institutions: The UPM Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (Spain)

Technology-based multi-tiered building diagnosis framework

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