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Behind Construction Fence: What Should We Do To Practice Zero Building Defects?

Table 3: Summary on future defects tackling factors on building components

FUTURE DEFECTS PROBLEM SUMMARY Cases/projects happened TOTAL/ MAIN
ROOF/ROOF RELATED COMPONENS WALL FLOOR/ DOOR/ CEILING EXPANSION JOINT/ SEALANT WET AREAS/ TOILET ETC
Concrete flat/ metal/ tile RWDP/Gutter Eaves/ AC piping Eternal Internal
Lack of innovative design, specification and detailing 21 11 14 21 11 23 11 18 130
Lack of innovative new material and chemical 19 3 4 14 11 16 9 17 93
Largely use of unskilled foreign labours 23 23 12 22 24 32 37 43 216
Lack of creative method to solve problem 31 12 21 32 34 34 34 36 234
Economic factors/ Using non-quality material to save cost 25 13 16 21 26 32 33 32 198
Poor maintenance/ Seek quality management 21 16 11 13 13 21 25 19 139
Using inappropriate construction methods to solve defects problems 25 14 12 12 18 20 19 32 152
Not follow building occupancy requirement 17 0 0 0 0 11 0 19 47
TOTAL/MAIN 182 92 90 135 137 189 168 216 1209
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