scholarly journals THE RISKS AND LIABILITY OF PARTICIPANTS OF A CONSTRUCTION PROCESS FOR DEFECTS OF BUILDING PRODUCTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sigitas Mitkus
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Building Products ◽  
Construction Contracts ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Mutual Agreement

Sharing of the risk and liability is one of the most important functions of construction contracts. Proper sharing of the risks and liability between the parties of construction contract has a rather big influence on efficiency, quality, and probability of arising disputes between the parties of construction contract in construction projects. A lot of risk exists during the fulfillment of construction projects. One of those risks is the risk of defects of building products. The question of the liability of the parties of construction contract for inappropriate quality of the construction production caused by a bad quality of building products mainly depends on sharing of the risk of defects of building materials in the construction contract. Some aspects of the mentioned risk and liability of the parties of the construction contract might be set by mutual agreement in the construction contract. The other aspects are regulated by imperative norms of the law and the parties of construction contract have not a right to change those imperative conditions of sharing of risks and liability. The article deals with sharing of risk and liability for supplying building products of an improper quality for construction, taking in to account conditions of construction contract, legal regulation and behavior of parties of a construction contract. A tree of forming the alternatives of liability is presented in the article. Liability for supply of defected building products arises not only for parties of a construction contract. The producer (supplier) of building products is responsible for this as well. Variations of liability of the producer (supplier) depending on construction contract conditions are analyzed. A matrix of liability of the producer (supplier) of building products is presented in the article.

scholarly journals Analysis and Discussion on the Creative Design of Architectural Visual Modeling Elements

2020 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 01003
Author(s):  
Wang Dan
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Visual Modeling ◽  
Architectural Engineering ◽  
Design Creativity ◽  
Visual Impact

With the improvement of people’s living standards, the socio-economic development and the advancement of urbanization, the number of construction projects has gradually increased, and people have higher and higher requirements for building quality and living environment. More and more new building materials are used in construction work, which not only enhances the quality of the building to a certain extent, but also brings a richer visual impact to the building’s shape design. [1] Based on this, this article will briefly analyze the theme of “architectural visual modeling element design creativity” and analyze the application of architectural visual modeling elements in architectural engineering construction, which will bring about the role of architectural engineering construction.

scholarly journals Characterization of Bitumen Binders on the Basis of Their Thermo-Viscous Properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Michal Holý ◽  
Eva Remišová
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Traffic Loads ◽  
Bituminous Binders ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Temperature Susceptibility

Abstract Bitumen is one of the basic building materials that is mainly used in road construction. Nowadays, we can observe increased requirements for the quality of bituminous binders, which are due to increased traffic loads, changing climate conditions, and decreasing crude oil stocks. Besides “traditional” (empirical) tests (softening point, penetration), new types of tests have been developed that can better describe the quality and behavior of bitumen binders. Their composition can also be a significant part of the properties themselves. Therefore, the elemental and group composition of bitumen must also be observed. The use of the viscosity temperature susceptibility (VTS) test appears to be well suited to evaluate the properties of bitumen binders. The VTS parameter is directly dependent on the viscosity of bitumen, but it is necessary to say that VTS can be significantly affected by the composition of the bitumen. The paper is focused on determining the dependencies between the VTS and the bitumen’s composition, respectively, to find out how the composition influences the VTS.

scholarly journals A Socio-Pragmatic Analysis of the Impact of Impoliteness and Aggressive Language in Violent Online Games on the Players

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 206-216
Author(s):  
Fatima Abdul Ghany Idrees
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Online Games ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

This study attempted to discover and analyse the impact of violent online games on the players’ language and behavior as well as how these expressions might harm, intimidate, and damage others’ face. It is worth mentioning that online games become the young’s playground where they interact with others and may adopt a certain type of language and behavior.  As players engage in a competitive fight of characters, they use certain communicative styles to express their feelings and emotions, including impolite expressions. Hence, this paper looked into these expressions, their responses to those expressions, and the reasons behind them. In addition, this study identified whether there is any impact in choosing these impolite expressions. Moreover, these violent gaming can provide a good field of investigation because impoliteness is widely occurring in such situations, through which people from various cultures, ages and genders come in contact to fight each other, be uncivil, and criticize and damage the other’s face. Moreover, these games may even encourage certain harmful impolite terminology and aggressive behavior to inter the players ‘repertoire and become the language of everyday use. In gathering the data, impolite expressions were collected by participating in some battles involving abusive and impolite words. Based on the results obtained, the study reached some conclusions that Culpeper’s (2005) and Spencer-Oatey’s (2002 and 2005) models are applicable in the context of violent online games. There is a big tendency that young people adopt and use various impolite expressions according to their gender and their relations for many reasons. In addition, it is widely recognized that most players have limited politeness competence and directly reply to others’ impolite language with hostility. Finally yet importantly, positive impoliteness strategies are used more than the other models, whereas quality of face was the most damaged one in Spencer-Oatey model.

scholarly journals Analysis of school damage due to Lombok earthquake on August 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 05019
Author(s):  
M Sofian Asmirza
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
The Other ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Damage Pattern ◽  
Formal Rule ◽  
Earthquake Resistant ◽  
Lombok Island

The Lombok earthquakes on 5 and 19 August, 2018 have caused fatality and damage buildings including houses and schools. It was reported that the Lombok earthquake had caused damage to at least 606 schools in West Nusa Tenggara. Following the earthquake, the field survey was carried out in a few days to collecting data of damaged schools in Lombok. The global positions of surveyed schools were recorded during the survey to identify the geological and seismicity condition surrounding area. The data were analyzed to understand the cause of the damaged. The damage pattern of the schools is also analyzed and then compared to the other related studies. The damage on the schools in Lombok Island generally has a result of insufficient quality of the building materials. Further, understanding the earthquake resistant building for earthquake prone areas is the most basic knowledge to be informed to the Local Government who has authority to manage the schools. This study suggests for establish Local formal rule of related to minimal requirement for earthquake resistant school building following the microzonation.

scholarly journals Cloud interaction technologies in the design and construction

2018 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 01076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Garyaev ◽  
Angelina Rybakova
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Context Sensitive ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Implementation Time ◽  
Design And Construction

One of the problems that can arise in the way of successful implementation of construction projects is the separation and inadequate interaction between the participants in the process in the design and construction of the facility. This problem can adversely affect the results of the project, the quality of its implementation, implementation time and cost. Often in the implementation there is a problem of providing all parties of the design and construction process with access to information and communication tools. The article discusses the possibilities of joint activity in the design process using cloud computing. In particular, the introduction and development of concepts for innovative interaction tools, such as context-sensitive cloud computing information systems (CACCIS), is being considered to facilitate the design and construction processes using new technological capabilities.

Perceptions of Stakeholders on the ‘Redraftability’ of Construction Contracts

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Murali Jagannathan ◽  
Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Senior Management ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Traditional School ◽  
Construction Contracts ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Efficient Construction

Disputes in construction projects have become an integral part of the construction process. In addition to reducing their productivity, disputes create mistrust between the involved parties. A variety of reasons that contribute to the occurrence of disputes in construction projects have been discussed in the literature. One among them is the nature of the construction contract that exists between the parties. A review of the existing literature brings to the fore two schools of thought regarding the drafting of construction contracts. While the traditional school considers the contract as those documents that contain inherent incompleteness and hence prone to disputes, the liberal school believes that construction contracts can be drafted in an efficient manner to prevent disputes. In this exploratory research, we conducted semi-structured open-ended interviews with experts in contractual decision making and contract drafting in construction organizations to understand their perspective on contract drafting/redrafting process and to classify them under the respective school of thought. The study reveals some interesting insights about the perceptions and motivations of the contract drafters and the senior management of construction organizations in India, when it comes to drafting dispute-free equitable contract documents. We believe that the findings of our study will pave the way for further research in drafting efficient construction contracts that can be practicable and dispute-resistant in the Indian context.

scholarly journals Environmentally friendly building materials for residential high-rise construction

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Ruben Kazaryan ◽  
Vitaly Khvan
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
Building Systems ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Sufficient Strength

Materials, products and systems used as finishing of external surfaces and/or interior rooms when erecting or reconstructing buildings and structures should: protect the person in the room finished with these materials from the pathogenic effects of materials, products and building systems; if possible, do not exert pathological physiological and/or activity loads on people carrying out production or life activities in rooms finished with these materials and/or equipped with products and systems. As a result of the research, it was found that the source of 80% of the chemicals found in the air environment of the apartments is used construction and finishing materials. Currently, the quality of raw materials for building materials and the building materials and structures themselves are determined by GOST and Technical Specifications. A civil engineer is required to correctly select a material, product, or structure that has sufficient strength, reliability, and durability for specific conditions. Safe in themselves, finishing materials, products, and systems in the composition can acquire and demonstrate new properties. Therefore, the study of this problem is an urgent task of the near future and one of the directions of construction anthropotechnology, in particular, when implementing high-rise construction projects.

Evaluation of the Optimum Index of Target Analysis for Rural Residential Building Products

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6592-6596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tian Bo Liu ◽  
Fang Jun Luan ◽  
Shou Jin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Hierarchical Model ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
The Other ◽  
Building Products ◽  
Target Analysis

The quality of rural residential building products related to the construction pace of new socialist countryside in China. In order to improve the products quality, the optimum index of target analysis is used here. Analyzed and established the evaluation hierarchical model for the rural residential building products, using the optimum index of target analysis to evaluate the quality of the product, the concrete steps is given with the examples, obtained the quantify the quality of evaluation value. Compared with the other evaluation methods, the evaluation of the optimum index of target analysis has the feature of Intuitive, simple, quantitative, precise, and has greater application value.

scholarly journals Main Illusions about the Audit Market in Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
O. Yu. Redko
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
International Standards ◽  
The Other ◽  
Semantic Meaning ◽  
Audit Market ◽  
Business Entities

The term “market of audit services” or “audit market” is often used in course of legislative work, scientific discussions or professional communications. But the semantic meaning of this term is interpreted differently, giving rise to misunderstanding among the discussion participants as well as the broader public. Given the permanent market reforms implemented in Ukraine, the treatment of audit as a market of professional services needs to be in a way clarified.  This article is devoted to the criteria by which the audit is recognized in Ukraine as a market of professional services. It covers essential issues such as pricing of audit works and services, market entry for new auditors, self-regulation of the profession, quality of audit services.   Problems of the Ukrainian audit are critically addressed by the author in the context of the requirements of the International Standards of Auditing and the foundations of the Law of Ukraine “On Audit of Financial Reporting and Audit Activities”. It is stated that the contemporary Ukrainian audit is differentiated into the two unequal groups: the so called large business entities in audit and the other business entities in audit. This differentiation is accompanied by attempts of the former group to monopolize the market of professional services and price dumping by the latter group. One of the key author’s arguments is the illusiveness of the quality of audit in Ukraine, first and foremost the existing system of audit control. According to the author, this can bring to naught all the novelties of legal regulation of audit in Ukraine.      Apart from the statements of facts, the article contains concrete, although polemic, propositions of the author concerning implementation of the new Law of Ukraine “On Audit of Financial Reporting and Audit Activities”.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Application of Grouting Technology in Building Civil Engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Binghao Zhou ◽  
Gerong Zhang ◽  
Cheng Zeng ◽  
Miao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Continuous Development ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Material Life ◽  
Building Safety ◽  
Common Problems

<p>Due to the continuous development of social economy, people's demand for materials is also increasing. In the context of increasing attention to the quality of material life and quality, people's attention and requirements for building safety have also increased. Cracks in buildings are the most common problems of civil engineering in the current construction, which will seriously affect the aesthetics and safety of buildings, thereby bringing hidden safety hazards to people's production and life. It is very necessary to improve the safety of construction civil engineering. In the construction process, the use of grouting technology can effectively avoid the occurrence of cracks. This article discusses and analyzes the application of grouting technology in order to provide some methods and suggestions for future construction projects.</p>

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