Footprint of construction errors on the structural damages

Abstract: The majority of structural failures are attributable to errors in construction. This problem exists in all countries, but it is more frequent in developing communities. This study focuses on construction errors of structures in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. In this study, eighty-eight buildings have been investigated during the construction phase. These buildings have been categorized into ten types and have been distributed in twenty-two suburbs. Results showed that the buildings of Tehran can suffer from at least forty-nine major construction problems. In addition, for the first time, this research has introduced the following three terms in relation to prioritizing of construction errors: Relative Importance Factor (RIF), Priority Index (PI) and Structural Importance Index (SII). As a part of the conclusions, the results showed one hundred percent of investigated buildings are affected dramatically by the “use of untrained workers” and “lack of sampling or wrong sampling” too. In this regard, the RIF and PI of each “Lack of sampling or wrong sampling” and “use of untrained workers” are 100 and 1, respectively. Also, suburb 3 has the best construction conditions while suburb 10 has the worst.

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 Nemati, S., Samali, B., Aliabadizadeh, Y & Haghighatpour, P. (2022). Footprint of construction errors on the structural damages.Engineering Solid Mechanics, 10(3), 241-252.

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