Defects on Building Facades in Desa Bakti Employee Housing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Defects are seen in many newly constructed houses around the world caused of various flaws and lacking such as design defect, construction, execution of work, material’s performance/selection etc. As building façade is exposed to the weather and environment so that defects can easily occur on it, especially in the tropical region. Studies have proved that the common defects occur on building facades damages the beauty and aesthetic view of the building. This research is designed to identify the defects on building facades, their position and magnitude. Therefore to achieve these objectives a physical survey is conducted within the selected housing area “Desa Bakti” and mapping is done according to the observation by using computer aided drawing tool and then results are calculated to identify the total affected area. It is to add that no special investigation or scientific method was used for this research except the physical observation method. From the data collection, it was found that building facades of several housing units were affected by common defects. These defects might not be of severe nature which may cause damages to stock and human life but it is more to aesthetic defect and still costs good amount to fix. No cracking or structural failure was noticed during the survey and the focus was only given to defects on building facades. It was found that most of the defects on building facades were located near the floor area or at lower level of facade which shows that these defects are reachable and can be easily fixed.
Building Defects, Building Facade, Housing Survey, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Engineering, computing & technology, Architecture, Ingénierie, informatique & technologie
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