BUILDING DEFECT AT TUN SYED NASIR

RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE UTHM

GROUP
GROUP 99
GROUP MEMBER
SHAH REZA BIN RAZALI DF170038 SITI NUR SYAFIQAH BINTI MARAN AF160055
SHARUL BIN SIDEK DF170081 SITI ZAHARAH BINTI AZHARI CF170088
SHUHAIDA BINTI JUSOH CF170090 SITI NOOR HASMAH BINTI TUKIMON AF160090
INTRODUCTION
• Building defect is a building flaw or design mistake that reduces
the value of the building.
• It also can cause a dangerous condition to the building.
• The construction can arise a defect due to these factors:
a) Poor workmanship.
b) The use of inferior materials.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Building defect can involve the safety of Tun Syed Nasir occupants.
• Building defect occurs to either the new building or the old ones.
• The defect within new buildings is maybe because of non-
compliance with Building Code and published acceptable
tolerances and standards.
• The older building may not comply with these standards but must
be judged against the standard at the time of construction or
refurbishment.
OBJECTIVE
1. To identify and analyze the types of building defects
that occurred at Tun Syed Nasir residential college.
2. To assess the causes and effects of the building
defects at Tun Syed Nasir residential college.
3. To get the information about building defect from
occupants at Tun Syed Nasir residential college.
METHODOLOGY
• All the data based on these methods:

A) Questionnaire B) Interview
• Google form. • 2 students (TSN).
• 30 students (TSN).
FINDINGS
1. To identify and analyze the types of building defects
that occurred at Tun Syed Nasir residential college.
2. To assess the causes and effects of the building
defects at Tun Syed Nasir residential college.
3. To get the information about building defect from
occupants at Tun Syed Nasir residential college.
FINDINGS
1) Painted ceiling finishes, peeling and

flaking.
• The ceiling is not have enough
time to dry out before the
decoration was applied.
• Paint layers.
2) Bulging and total detachment of

plasterwork
• Failure of adhesion between the
dense concrete substrate and the base
coat of the applied plasterwork.
• The choice of plaster type, Gypsum
plaster or Browning type plaster.
3) Plaster ceiling on concrete soffit,

cracks and loss of adhesion.

• Hairline and Larger cracks is due to
shrinkage caused by the application
of the finishing coat before the
undercoat has dried and also caused
by the structural movement.
• Loss of adhesion is caused by the
application of a very strong finishing
coat to a relatively weak undercoat.
QUESTIONNAIRE (11)

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(8)
(3)
(14)
(7) (2) 6.7%

(9)

(15)
 DISCUSSION
• A construction defect can arise due to many factors,
such as poor workmanship or the use of inferior
materials.
• Eight common defects were identified includes wall
crack, peeling paint, dampness, timber decay, fungi and
small plant attack, sagging or deformation, erosion or
mortar joint and defective plaster rendering.
• This finding is in agreement that defects are prevalent in
Tun Syed Nasir Residential College. From the study, we
also can identify that a lot of students agree that the
defect in their residential college may harm them.
CONCLUSION
• Building defects is one of the major components of building problems
that significantly needed attention.
• Important parties like construction manager, consultant, project
manager, and Engineer that are involved in the construction need to
have strict supervision to all workers and inspect the building carefully
to minimize the defect of the building in the future.
• The maintenance management must create a maintenance schedule
so that maintenance work running smoothly and the entire work can
been repaired.
REFERENCE
• BS 1191: 1973 (1994) Specification for gypsum building plasters.Part 1. excluding premixed lightweight
plasters. Part 2.Premixed lightweight plasters.
• BS 5270: 1989 (1997) Specification for Polyvinyl acetate (P VAC) emulsion bonding agent for indoor use
with gypsum building plasters.
• BS 5492: 1990 Code of practice for internal plastering.
• BRE Digest 213: Choosing specification for plastering.
• BRE Good Building Guide 7 Replacing failed plaster.
• BRE Good Building Guide 7 Replacing plasterwork.
• BS 6150: 1991 Code of practice for painting of building.
• BRE Digest 163: drying out building.
• BRE Digest 198: Painting walls Part 2: Failures and remedies
• BS 5492:1990 Code of practice for internal building.