Design, Construction, and Curing Integrated Management of Defects in Finishing Works of Apartment Buildings

Seogun Yoon, Seunghyun Son and Sunkuk Kim
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Seogun Yoon: Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si 17104, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Seunghyun Son: Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si 17104, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Sunkuk Kim: Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si 17104, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 10, 1-23

Abstract: The site analysis performed in the last ten years has found that building defects result from inconsistent decision-making and performance in the design, construction, and curing (DCC) processes. Therefore, for sustainable quality control, DCC integrated analysis and the management of causes by type and response measures should be in place. The objective of this study is to propose DCC integrated management of defects in finishing works of apartment buildings. To this end, the study surveyed 69,944 defects from 3299 apartment households and analyzed the defect types and causes by project stage. As a result, in the case of opening work (WT1), opening and closing (DT1) accounted for the highest proportion at 35.7%. In the case of furnishing work (WT2), floor installation (DT1) has the most defects. Moreover, the proposed integrated defect management technique was applied onsite, which resulted in an improvement where the defect frequency decreased by 56.80%. The results of this study will be used as the basic data for high-quality finishing projects, and the proposed management concept can be used as reference data in the establishment of a defect management system.

Keywords: finishing work; defect management; apartment building; design; construction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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