Abstract: A project team, working on a short contract research assignment and with a large number of professionals, is led by a project manager, who is on a peer level with many coworkers but hierarchically below others. This ...

Abstract: A building entity is decomposed into systems (containing subsystems and elements), which correspond to the various disciplines associated with it. A set of exhaustive, nonintersecting primary elements are identified for ...

Abstract: This paper describes the condition assessment of a 30 year old cement works, where some of the structures were clearly deteriorated. It was carried out for the purpose of obtaining material properties needed for evaluating ...

Abstract: Predictive modeling of deterioration is typically done based on visually inspected condition ratings of building components. This paper presents the concept of a cumulative lost value ratio (CLVR) for component groups to ...

Abstract: The typical approach to modeling building degradation is based on consecutive visual inspections using generic deterioration ratings to characterize the conditions of elements. Our research used snapshot data to capture a ...

Abstract: Age has often been the only factor considered in predictive models of degradation. This study, however, assesses the influence on degradation of coastal exposure for concrete beams, level of utilization for rendered cement ...

Abstract: An investigation was made into the causes of the collapse of one prestressed concrete roof girder and the cracking of many others at a cement plant. Visual inspection, measurement of cracking and deflection, assessment of ...