Impacts of design deficiencies on maintenance cost of high-rise residential buildings and mitigation measures

R Islam, TH Nazifa, SF Mohammed, MA Zishan… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The building design has drawn great attention in recent years because of its large impact on
many aspects of the functionality and maintenance activities in high-rise residential …

Semi‐supervised learning based on convolutional neural network and uncertainty filter for façade defects classification

J Guo, Q Wang, Y Li - Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** a classifier to identify the defects from façade images using deep learning
requires abundant labeled images. However, it is time‐consuming and uneconomical to …

Overview of design for maintainability in building and construction research

L Zhu, M Shan, BG Hwang - Journal of Performance of Constructed …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The body of knowledge on design for maintainability (DfM) is increasing. However, there is
currently no systematic analysis of the diversified DfM-related issues and research. Through …

Evaluation of CART, CHAID, and QUEST algorithms: a case study of construction defects in Taiwan

CL Lin, CL Fan - Journal of Asian Architecture and Building …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The type and number of defects constitute a major indicator of project quality and are thus
emphasized in project management. Therefore, it is necessary to explore appropriate tools …

Façade defects classification from imbalanced dataset using meta learning‐based convolutional neural network

J Guo, Q Wang, Y Li, P Liu - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Façade inspection is a regular but necessary maintenance task to ensure the safety,
functioning, and aesthetics of a building. Traditional visual identification of façade defects is …

Analysis of building maintenance requests using a text mining approach: building services evaluation

R Bortolini, N Forcada - Building Research & Information, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
End users' maintenance requests gathered from computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS) configure a rich source of information to evaluate the occupants' …

Building inspection system for evaluating the technical performance of existing buildings

R Bortolini, N Forcada - Journal of Performance of Constructed …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The technical performance assessment of a building is essential for planning maintenance
actions to improve its condition and functionality. The aim of this study is to present a …

Few-shot classification of façade defects based on extensible classifier and contrastive learning

Z Cui, Q Wang, J Guo, N Lu - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Façade defect classification based on deep learning has made great progresses in recent
years. However, deep learning models commonly need abundant labeled data for training …

MultiDefectNet: Multi-class defect detection of building façade based on deep convolutional neural network

K Lee, G Hong, L Sael, S Lee, HY Kim - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Defects in residential building façades affect the structural integrity of buildings and degrade
external appearances. Defects in a building façade are typically managed using manpower …

Defect risk assessment using a hybrid machine learning method

CL Fan - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Defects pose considerable risks to construction projects in terms of both cost and quality,
and identifying defects thus is crucial to effective construction quality management. In this …