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http://dx.doi.org/10.5345/JKIBC.2021.21.2.129

Dispute Issues and Improvement of Inter-layer Joints in Apartment Houses  

Bang, Hong-Soon (Department of Architectural Engineering, Chungbuk University)
Bae, In-ho (Department of Architectural Engineering, Chungbuk University)
Kim, Ok-Kyue (Department of Architectural Engineering, Chungbuk University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction / v.21, no.2, 2021 , pp. 129-139 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recent rise in the supply rate of new public apartment houses leads to an increasement in disputes regarding the construction quality of the apartments between the residents and the construction companies. According to the dispute cases filed for claiming the collective defect repair fees, inter-layer concrete joints turned out to be the most frequently disputed item. For this reason, this study selects the inter-layer concrete joints to further analyze the primary causes and details of each dispute case. From the results of this study, three primary causes of the disputes are found, which are 1) the absence of standard specifications for construction quality control and management after construction; 2) the absence of established standards for repair when construction defects are found; and 3) the fact that the court grants generous compensation for disputes concerning the apartment houses. In order to prevent construction defects in inter-layer concrete joints, this study provides three suggestions including 1) the current standard specifications for inter-layer concrete joints should be further specified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport; 2) a construction defect should be judged according to the compliance to the standard specifications; and 3) a clear and institutional protocol needs to be established for defect repair in cases that new public apartment houses have been judged to have defects.
Keywords
an apartment house; crack between floors; inter-layer crack; construction joint; defect judgment;
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