Pathological manifestations affect the performance of building components and can be caused by faults in the design, choice of materials, executive processes, use and natural aging. The façades have the function of protecting ...

Due to the significant increase in electricity costs paid monthly to the concessionaire responsible, studies were made to reduce these values. Thus, the main objective of this work is to study the feasibility between ...

With the construction market increasingly competitive, different construction companies can reach different costs for the same project, by the diversity of construction techniques and by the price of labor. To evaluate the ...

The present study aims at the structural analysis of existing slabs where the information about the structure is not known, and it is necessary to determine the load capacity of the structural element. In these cases, a ...

Floods and inundations are the consequences of the natural phenomena, but their increase is perceived due to disordered urbanization of the cities, climate and environmental changes and to social inequalities that increase ...

In recent years, the civil construction sector has made great progress on the construction site, using products with great technological evolution. As a consequence of this, there was an increase in the strengths obtained ...