The primordiality of structural rehabilitation has become increasingly frequent. The usage of concrete did not foresee the appearance of premature degradation in improvements and works of art. Change of usage of the building, ...

This paper consists of evaluating the quality control of the asphalt mixtures used in the coating of three highways in Rio Grande do Sul: ERS-122, RSC-470 and ERS-324, all under the jurisprudence of the 2nd Regional ...

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 ...

The present work has as its theme the performance standard NBR 15.575 (ABNT, 2013) regarding thermal performance requirements, the object of study being a private school building located in Caxias do Sul / RS. The objective ...

Reinforced concrete buildings are increasingly occupying the vertical planes of cities, with the recession of the Brazil's economy the market had to reinvent itself to maintain profitable enterprises, responsible for a ...

This course conclusion paper aims to analyze two different structural projects by applying the Load Standards for the calculation of building structures (ABNT NBR 6120), which was recently updated from its version from ...

Nowadays, the main Brazilian construction methods are blocks and concrete, which technology and evolution have not advanced much in the last years: the wastefulness and delay rates on most of the constructions are too high. ...

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 ...