Maintainability problems of wet areas in high-rise residential buildings

Building Research and Information

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-69

  Chew, M Y L ^a   De Silva, Nayanthara ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building defects; Building performance; Design; Durability; Feedback; Life cycle; Maintainability; Post occupancy; Singapore; Wet areas

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTENANCE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

BUILDING DEFECTS; HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; WET AREAS;

TALL BUILDINGS;

EID: 0037255684     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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