Defect analysis in wet areas of buildings

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-173

  Chew, M Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building defects; Building pathology; Building performance; Durability; Life cycle; Maintainability; Wet areas

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DEFECTS; BUILDING PATHOLOGY; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; WET AREAS;

CONCRETES; CORROSION; DEFECTS; DURABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MAINTAINABILITY; MAINTENANCE; PIPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPALLING; VENTILATION;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 10444221888     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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