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Abstract
Improvement of facility quality is a very important and essential task for building development projects during construction and maintenance process. In this research, study was conducted based on practical projects with focuses on developing better design criteria including an on-site checklist for the pipeline installation of the utility system construction not only by minimizing the interface interference between building structure and utility pipeline, but also by enhancing the efficiency of the construction activities to significantly upgrade the overall quality of the building construction.
In recent years, sub-contracting system become necessary and is commonly used in many ordinary typical building projects due to interface interference problems and complexity of technical content and scheduling involved in every professional aspects at various construction stages. In the study, two practical construction projects in the Taichung area (one multiple story apartment building and one 1-story factory building) were used. Based on the selected two typical building construction projects, office design and field construction data were collected and analyzed and then discussed with the utility professionals during many field visits to the construction sites. Results of the study include identification of the critical issues for developing better design and construction techniques and improvement of utility system installation for building constructions projects with similar conditions.
Results of she study also provide useful information and reference for the construction efficiency management with emphases on “construction quality”, “cost reduction”, and “controversy minimization” for future projects related to quality assurance and construction scheduling of utility system design and installation to improve construction techniques especially in solving interface interference problems and integration of both pipe-line installation and ordinary construction activities to complete the building projects in a more timing and efficient manner.
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