Abstract: Presence of unwanted moisture in buildings leads to decrease in the strength of structural components, poor living conditions and health problems for the residents. In India, majority of residential structures are constructed using masonry and are usually not-engineered. Further, the residents use several moisture preventing mechanisms based on available market products using their own judgment. The present study is a step towards evaluating the efficacy of such treatment strategies used by residents in a scientific manner. A survey has been conducted in the Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad, India, to evaluate the present condition of residential buildings and the state of knowledge of the residents. A computational model has been developed to simulate moisture transport in masonry walls under different ambient conditions to facilitate identification of possible sources of moisture in the structures. Numerical studies have also been performed to assess the efficacy of plaster and damp proo

• Publication Date: 27-Aug-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-025-5-29
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Abstract: Using Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based design technology for various building design processes has been global and widely adopted in building construction projects. Many projects, however, are still conducted thru traditional 2D-based work methodologies, and there are some concerns when making submissions for building approvals derived from BIM-based design information. For example, when an applicant manually inputs information into a specific application form, subjectivity can become an issue. Human mistakes can be made during the input data process when there is some miscommunication between participants related a project. To address this problem, this paper proposed an improved BIM-based building approval system with a BIM-based information collection approach. To that end, we surveyed several countries where the building permit process use a web-based system. Then based on the information input method we classified the required information into two types: BIM-external and

• Publication Date: 27-Aug-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-025-5-30
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