A study of contribution factors to building failures and defects in construction industry

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue , 2011, Pages 249-255

  Ahzahar, N ^a   Karim, N A ^a   Hassan, S H ^a   Eman, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Building defects; Building failures

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DEFECTS; BUILDING FAILURE; BUILDING FAILURES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; MALAYSIA; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; STRUCTURAL DEFECT;

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DISASTERS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84855666178     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. The Chartered Institute of Building. Corruption in Construction Industry. Retrieved at Julai 2008 from http://www.ciob.org.uk