The supply chain management can be considered as an expanded and updated vision of the traditional material s management. It is essential part of the quality of the construction, representing the integrated control and ...

Traditional and recycled mortar and concrete have been produced and the results from simple compression strength and water absorption tests have been compared. Recycled mortar and concrete have been produced out of sludge ...

In the context of construction companies, in general, planning is understood as the task of generating a plan and not as a management process. In most cases, the control is focused on management contracts, than in production. ...

In Hydraulic and Sanitary Building Systems there are nonconformance issues that can occur when user begins occupying and interacting with the building. Among other systems, the Hot Water Building System is responsible to ...

Our country current socioeconomic environment is critical, with significant reduction in the construction industry consumer trade and great competition among this sector corporations which, to keep producing, are obliged ...

This work presents design and executive procedures for pre-cast slabs with unidirectional ribs, which are one of the most used construction elements for small buildings in the country, discussing aspects related to ...

This dissertation deals with the use of fiberglass as a concrete addition, in order to improve its mechanical properties such as better crack distribution, or as polymer reinforcement, in order to form a composite to be ...

Analyzing the existent norms, this investigation pretends to offer subsidies to collect and elaborate the information that must be include into the building user guide. In this manner, the user could accomplish correctly ...

This research deals with the experimental investigation of time dependent deformations in partially precast floors with composite beam-and-block floor systems made with reinforced concrete lattice joist through the measurement ...

Flat slabs are associated with rationalization, better esthetic conditions and higher speed during construction. The use of post-tension can make this system viable since it strongly improves the structural performance in ...