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Institutional Factors Affecting the Durability Performance of Building Materials and Components

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Abstract
Quie apart from the availability, selection & application of materials to achieve durability, is the value placed on durability by various elements of society that affect and are effected by building and buildings. Cost, functional life and replacement cost, all play a part in the selection and use of materials, as does the intensity of use and abuse.
Date
9/1981
Author(s)
Dillon, Robert
Page(s)
8-
Keyword(s)
optimum performance; life cycle costs; functional obsolence; market valuation; durability


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