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A Basic Study on the Introduction of Professional Indemnity Insurance for Construction Project Managers

  • Cho, Young-Jun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.102-111
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    • 2013
  • During the administration of a construction project, various types of participants are engaged in the project. From the design phase to the maintenance phase, these participants may confront many risks. To avoid these risks, participants should utilize an insurance company or a bond company. The types of risks and liability that a construction manager may face are listed in the construction law or contract. But there are some arguments related to risk transferring and the content of risks. For this reason, construction managers must carefully consider any possible risks in the contract and the construction law. Therefore, for construction managers to deal with risks appropriately, the introduction of a legal requirement to carry professional liability insurance, a defined compensation range for damages, a method of guarantee in the event of defects, a defined compensation claim period for damage, and a method of damage claim were suggested in this study.

An Experimental Study on the Salt Damage Resistance of High Durable Concrete (고내구성콘크리트의 염해저항성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Yoon, Jai-Hwan;Jaung, Jae-Dong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, salt damage resistance of high durable concrete was tested. High durable concrete was made by using low water cement ratio, chemical admixture called super-durable admixture and mineral admixtures such as fly-ash, ground granulated blast-furnace slag, silica fume. Two kinds of salt damage resistance test were carried out. One method is chloride ion penetration test(ASTM C1202), and the other one is depth of chloride penetration test in saline solution. Test results were as followers: 1) The depth of chloride ion penetration increased exponentially as water cement ratio was increased and time passed. 2) Super-durable admixture had little effect on the improvement of salt damage resistance of concrete. 3) Silica fume and ground granulated blast-furnace slag were effective on salt damage resistance because of pozzolanic reaction, but fly-ash had a little effect.

A Study on the Problems and Improvement measures of Investigation of Fishing Damages Caused by Offshore Wind Power Development (해상풍력 발전사업에 따른 어업피해조사 문제점 및 개선방안에 대한 연구)

  • Youn-Suk Nam;Hyun-Gi Choo;Geo-Hyun Ryu
    • The Journal of Fisheries Business Administration
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.91-107
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    • 2023
  • Offshore wind power development has been promoted in countries around the world to cope with global warming. Despite its many advantages, offshore wind power affects the marine environment during construction and operation. As a result, the reduction of fishing areas, changes in the habitat of marine animals, damage to fishing gear, and impeding the safety of fishing activities are occurring. If the offshore wind power generation project is carried out, a fishing damage investigation is nescssary. There are only four fishing damage investigations related to offshore wind power, which are being conducted similarly to the existing fishing damage investigation related to offshore construction. Therefore, this study reviewed and analyzed the report on fisheries damage investigation related to offshore wind power conducted in Korea and suggested problems and improvement measures accordingly.

A Descriptive Analysis of Project Participants' Perception about Complaint in Public Construction Projects

  • Lee, Changjun;Lee, Ju-Hui;Yun, Sungmin;Han, Seung Heon
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.111-118
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    • 2022
  • Conflicts in public construction projects become more serious and complex so that they have a negative effect on performance of projecets. Conflicts in public construction projects are defined as expanding in complaints. This study analyzes the relationship structure and effect on performance between complaints and conflicts. First of all, 219 survey data collected from industry experts were used to derive complaints arising from the project and to understand the characteristics of each complaint. In the case of environmental damages, rather than environmental damage during construction, harmful substances or effects that can occur in completed facilities cause complaints from local residents, and opposition from environmental groups has a great effect on time and cost increase. As for safety damage, civil complaints related to prevention and countermeasures for safety accidents occur frequently, and additional construction affects cost increases. Through this study, it is possible to understand the serious complaints that are prone to conflict in public construction projects, their frequency, and the performance of the project.

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Development of Early Evaluation System for Concrete Quality, Construction and Maintenance (콘크리트 품질ㆍ시공ㆍ유지관리의 조기판정시스템 개발)

  • 손용우;이증빈;최미라;박봉수
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.517-526
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    • 2004
  • In the resent years, the early evaluation of concrete quality, construction and maintenance has been considered as all is of major concern due to the increase of loading and the degradation of structures related with time. This paper presents evaluation of structural safety performance using measured data of construction, on the basis of a field measurements for the prevention of unreliable concrete works. Measurements analyzed in this paper are early quality condition and performance assessment, serviceability performance by cracks and deflection, rating performance by loading, durability performance by chloride attack and carbonation. Thus, a quantitative assessment model of resistance capacity was developed here to meet the requirement for deteriorated concrete structures. The model focuses on damage mechanical of concrete structures deteriorated by initial damage factors for concrete quality and environment factors such as chloride and carbonation attacks. These results could provide useful information for concrete structures interested in design, construction and maintenance.

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A Study on the Strength of Concrete Affected by Revibration (콘크리트 강도의 진동영향에 관한 연구)

  • 정하선;권영웅;오용복
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1991.04a
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    • pp.37-40
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    • 1991
  • This experimental study was performed to find out the vibration damage of concrete. The major factors of this test were duration of vibration and curing age of concrete when vibrated. According to the serial test results, construction vibrations may cause critical damage to the concrete structures if the age of concrete when vibrated is about 4 hours.

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Evaluation of Salt Damage Resistance of Concrete according to Fire Control Time (화재진압시간에 따른 콘크리트의 염해저항성 평가)

  • Lee, Jun-Hae;Park, Dong-cheon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2020.06a
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    • pp.109-110
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    • 2020
  • In the event of a fire, fire engines usually arrive within 15 minutes and become a fire suppressor. In this paper, an analytical model was established to evaluate the salt damage resistance of concrete according to fire suppression time, and the concentration of salt inside the concrete after fire was measured and the time to reach the critical concentration was assessed by how short.

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A Study on the Actual Condition and Effect of Dust Scattering in Construction Field (건설현장에서 발생하는 비산먼지의 실태 및 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Yu, Hee-Jong;Han, Kyeong-Yeon;Kwak, Kwang-Soo;Kim, Jae-Soo;Yang, Keek-Yeong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.109-115
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    • 2004
  • Dust scattering is one of the major problem for the residents living nearby construction field with construction noise and vibration. The dust scattering may inflict a considerable damage to psychological, spiritual discomfort to neighboring peoples. Therefore, the trouble of residents living nearby construction field have been increasing. Nevertheless, in our country, adequate guidelines for the dust scattering are not yet established because of the lack of basic data and insufficient research works. In this point, this study has researched its level of damage by conducting of the interview-survey which utilizing of questionnaire-paper asking for those staffs and workers to answer in the construction field, in order to grasp the damage extent of the actual condition effect and response against scattering dust in construction field. As the result, the occurring rate of dust scattering was appeared high compare with other constructing processes, due to utilization of construction equipment that operating at the fundamental basic construction stage, and it was turned out that presently the proper countermeasure and training against scattering dust in the construction site is insufficient. As for the solution mean against that, it is considered that with the better operation of construction site such as the installation of facilities for occurrence-restraint of dust scattering, frequent sprinkling of water, use of thermostat-covers, as well as those methods to be minimized of the occurrence of dust scattering must be contrived through the education for an attention how to use of construction equipment and training at the site.

A Review on the Effects of Earthborne Vibrations and the Mitigation Measures

  • Nam, Boo Hyun;Kim, Jinyoung;An, Jinwoo;Kim, Bumjoo
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.95-106
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    • 2013
  • Earthborne vibrations are induced by construction operation such as pile driving, roadbed compaction, and blasting and also by transit activities such as truck and trains. The earthborne vibration creates the stress waves traveling outward from the source and can structurally damage nearby buildings and structures in the forms of direct damage to structure and damage due to dynamic settlement. The wave propagation characteristics depends on impact or vibration energy, distance from the source, and soil characteristics. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review on the mechanistic of earthborne vibration and the current practice of vibration control and mitigation measures. The paper describes the state of knowledge in the areas of: (1) mechanics of earthborne vibration, (2) damage mechanism by earthborne vibration, (3) calculation, prediction of ground vibration, (4) the criteria of vibration limits, (5) vibration mitigation measures and their performance, and (6) the current practice of vibration control and mitigation measures.

The Impact of Building Types on Fire Damage by Month

  • Yi, Kyoo-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.567-575
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    • 2019
  • Statistics show that while the number of fires has decreased over the last decade, losses of human life and economic property due to fire have increased. Moreover, the number of large-scale fires that have occurred in recent years has resulted in heightened public anxiety. This study aims to identify a specific period of the year most vulnerable to fire, and fire trends, such as damage of fire to humans, to the economy, and different building types. For this purpose, we analyzed human and economic damages using statistics related to fire from 2007 to 2017 and provided a monthly distribution of fire damages both to humans and to the economy by building type. We also identified the relationship between the human damage and the economy damage, and compared the economic losses per casualty by building type. The human damage in residential buildings occupied the highest portion, whereas the economic damage of industrial buildings represented more than a half of all economic damage due to fire. The economic damage per casualty was shown highest for industrial buildings and has also increased rapidly in recent years.