International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation: Volume 41 Issue 4

Design quality assessment of campus facilities through post occupancy evaluation

Mohammad A. Hassanain, Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire, Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud

This study aims to present the design quality assessment of facilities on a university campus in Saudi Arabia.

Developing a framework for fire safety management plan: the case of Malaysia's public hospital buildings

Mastura Jaafar, Nuzaihan Aras Agus Salim, Naziah Muhamad Salleh, Mohd Zailan Sulieman, Norhidayah Md Ulang, Andrew Ebekozien

Globally, several studies have shown that hospital building is charged with multiple inherent risks because a large number of users are vulnerable in tragic events. Thus, the need…

Diagnosis of degradation state of the historic building facade through qualitative and quantitative indicators: case study of the Former School of Agronomy Eliseu Maciel

Vitória Silveira da Costa, Ariela da Silva Torres

In Brazil, the city of Pelotas experienced an economic apex between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, reflecting in the construction of…

Condition assessment model of building indoor environment: a case study on educational buildings

Ahmed Eweda, Abobakr Al-Sakkaf, Tarek Zayed, Sabah Alkass

The purpose of this study is to develop a condition assessment (CA) model for a building's indoor 21 environments and to improve the building's asset management process.

Comparative case study research: an international analysis of nine home warranty schemes

Sebastien Royal, Nadia Lehoux, Pierre Blanchet

Construction defects in residential buildings are causing significant impacts both on consumers and the industry. As a consequence, several countries have established new home…

Diagnostic of degraded reinforced concrete bridges explaining the environmental condition effect and reinforcement method

Radhia Chabbi, Noureddine Ferhoune, Fouzia Bouabdallah

This research aims to study the materials that compose older reinforced concrete bridges which are damaged and degrading to explain the mechanisms and origins of various…

Postoccupancy evaluation of historic buildings after their adaptive reuse into boutique hotels: an experience from Yazd, Iran

Mohammadhossein Dehghan Pour Farashah, Ehsan Aslani, Solmaz Yadollahi, Zahed Ghaderi

In the early 2000s, a wave of new practices concerning the adaptive reuse (AR) of historic buildings into boutique hotels began in Yazd, Iran. This study presents the findings of…

The statistical sensitivity of highway project cost to geo-heterogeneity in the tropics

Alolote Amadi

The study is carried out to analytically reconnoiter geotechnical index properties of subgrade soils as key variables that shape the cost profile of road infrastructure projects…