Effects of faulty design and construction on building maintenance

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Assaf, Sadi ^a,c   Al Hammad, Abdul Mohsen ^a   Al Shihah, Mansoor ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Gulf Steel Coating Industries   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Box #11142 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDINGS; DEFECTS; MAINTENANCE;

CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS; SEVERITY INDEX; SUBDEFECTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0030286264     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(1996)10:4(171)     Document Type: Article

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