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Low cost construction : state of the art and prospects for using structure wood...

The Low cost concept in buildings is normally associated with the construction of social housing. Today, with the economic crisis, this concept becomes increasingly important to all areas and in the different social hierarchies. Low cost architecture emerges as the demand to find economical constructive solutions, but still allowing good visual, hygrothermal and acoustic performances. Wood emerges as an excelle...

Construction sites environment management : establishing measures to mitigate t...

In the last few years, the impact of construction industry on the environment has been increasingly recognized. Construction sites activities in urban areas may cause damage to the environment, interfering in the day to day of local residents, that frequently claim against dust, mud, noise, traffic delay, space reduction, materials or waste deposition in public space, etc. In a time that we see with pleasure im...

Requirements for the repairing mortars of load-bearing walls of old buildings

The importance and specificities of the mortar coverings have recently been object of discussion and analysis in the context of conservaton and rehabilitation of old buildings. Coverings and finishing are, many times, removed and replaced by inadequate solutions, whether from the constructional or architectonical point of view. The care and requirements of mortars in the rehabilitation of the masonry of old bui...

Why deconstruction is not adequately considered in Portuguese building refurbis...

In Portugal, the sustainability of construction has been looked into over the past few years, especially where quality, safety and natural/energetic resource-saving technologies are concerned. Now, there are studies under way whose purpose it is to lessen the quantity of debris that are by-products of the construction process. On the other hand, is known the enormous patrimony that is waiting to be rehabilitate...

Establishing measures to improve design quality in the Portuguese construction ...

The Portuguese construction industry is currently experiencing great challenges. Along with the redefinition of its legal framework, so as to make it more efficient and bring it up to date, the sector is going through stagnation in the private market and a slump in the public construction market, mostly on account of the current state of economy country. It is very important to find ways to correct the problems...

The evaluation of the delays in the portuguese construction industry

The construction Portuguese industry seems to ignore the deconstruction method

Deconstructing a building is the careful dismantling of that building so as to make possible the recovery of construction materiais and components, promoting reuse and recycling. The concept arose as a consequence of the rapid increase in the number of demolished buildings and the evolution of environmental concerns within society at large. The deconstruction is a process unusual in Portugal; traditional demol...

Prevenção e monitorização dos efeitos ambientais dos projectos eólicos

Parâmetros determinantes na viabilidade e gestão dos projectos eólicos

Especificidades e exigências das argamassas na reabilitação de edifícios antigos

A importância e as especificidades dos revestimentos de argamassa têm vindo a ser alvo de discussão e análise no contexto da conservação e reabilitação de edifícios antigos. Os revestimentos e acabamentos são, não raras vezes, removidos e substituídos por soluções inadequadas quer do ponto de vista construtivo, quer arquitectónico. Os cuidados e exigências das argamassas na reabilitação de alvenarias de edifíci...