Assessment method for buildings' Rehabilitation needs: Development and application

Assessment method for buildings' Rehabilitation needs: Development and application

Vilhena, A.
Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A.
Vasconcelos de Paiva, J.

OTB Research Institute

Housing Quality and Process Innovation

2010-12-31

The purpose of this study was to develop an assessment method of a building rehabilitation needs. It was considered that a building needs rehabilitation if it would not comply with the functional requirements defined in Portuguese legislation or determined by good practices of design and construction. The functional requirements considered were: safety requirements, health and comfort requirements and use adequacy requirements. Functional requirements may not be satisfied due to design problems, building defects, lack of maintenance or inappropriate use. It was developed in the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC) the Assessment Method for Building Rehabilitation Needs (MANR). The following tasks were carried out: analysis of Portuguese and foreign assessment methods for buildings condition; definition of assessment criteria; selection of functional elements of dwellings and buildings; establishment of weighting coefficients for the functional elements; definition of results calculation formula; development of a computer tool; and carry out of a pilot test. After the development phase the method was used to assess a neighbourhood of about 2000 dwellings. This application was done with the support of LNEC, which included the following tasks: training courses to evaluators, accompanying the field work and supervising the results. The results of this study were: a checklist to register the information obtained during inspections; instructions on how to conduct the inspection and fill in the checklist; a computer tool to record the checklists and suggest the rehabilitation needs in a three level scale (minor, medium or severe rehabilitation). The main conclusions drawn from the study were: the method is applicable to different dwellings and buildings regardless of use, construction date or construction process; it can be applied by evaluators who receive a short training course; it delivers results that correctly convey the rehabilitation level

assessment method
rehabilitation needs
buildings
pathology

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CIB 2010 World Congress

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Building a Better World: CIB World Congress 2010, May 10-13, Salford UK

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