Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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A research report submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering, 2016 / Eskom is a state owned enterprise that generates, transmits and distributes electricity to various sectors. Hence, it supports South Africa’s growth and development aspirations by constructing new electricity infrastructure. This can be achieved by adopting safety, health, environmental and quality (SHEQ) management as a business imperative. Presently, there have been a number of incidents and accidents at some construction sites of the Eskom distribution sector in the Mpumalanga province, which are mainly due to non-compliance with construction health and safety. This research project aims to determine the compliance of contractors servicing Eskom. This is achieved by checking the compliance of the health and safety file of contractors with the Safety, Health and Environmental specification checklist of Eskom. The study aims to investigate if the use of the checklist has improved contractors’ compliance by 2014. In order to achieve these aims, factors are addressed relating to the current state of construction health and safety legislation; the impact of construction health and safety on the economy; project parameters; roles and responsibilities of parties involved on construction sites; performance of small and emerging contractors. The study shows that established contractors always achieved higher compliance when compared to the emerging contractors. In 2014, 90% of contractors complied with the checklist, hence in 2015/16 the contractors can be expected to meet the 100% requirement, therefore complying with the Eskom value of “Zero Harm”.

Nos últimos 20 anos, alguns municípios da Região Metropolitana do Recife - PE, têm sido afetados por problemas diversos em obras de Engenharia Civil, contabilizando, inclusive, óbitos. O mais grave desses problemas, dado ao número de edificações envolvidas, diz respeito aos prédios tipo caixão; alguns ruíram e vários foram e estão interditados e houve desinterdição. O objetivo geral da presente dissertação é analisar os laudos técnicos produzidos sobre os prédios tipo caixão, construídos nos Municípios de Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes e Paulista - PE, tendo como meta estudar as causas apontadas para os desabamentos e interdições das referidas edificações. De um modo geral, pode-se apontar como causas dos desabamentos, as seguintes: falhas ou insuficiência de projeto (31,4%); baixa qualidade ou inadequação dos materiais (17,1%); falhas ou vícios de construção (34,4%); causas ambientais (17,1%). Já para as interdições: falhas ou insuficiência de projeto (21,4%); baixa qualidade ou inadequação dos materiais (3,5%); falhas ou vícios de construção (2,8%); uso inadequado ou falta de manutenção (26,0%); causas ambientais (4,3%); outras causas (42,0%). As desinterdições ocorreram quando foram atendidas as restrições feitas pela Defesa Civil de cada município, e que envolviam problemas estruturais e de habitabilidade. Constata-se também uma atuação inadequada dos órgãos de fiscalização e a ausência de padronização dos laudos e de um modelo técnico para a recuperação adequada dessas construções. Espera-se ter contribuído, através da análise e sistematização dos dados contidos nos laudos estudados, para trabalhos futuros, visando o desenvolvimento de tecnologia capaz de equacionar a situação dos referidos imóveis / In the past 20 years, some cities of the Metropolitan Area of Recife - PE, have been affected by several problems in Civil Engineering constructions, some of which resulted in human deaths. The most serious of these problems, given the number of constructions involved, concerns the specific building called box; some of the buildings did fall and several others have been interdicted. Just a few of them were cleared and the majority of them continue to be interdicted. The general objective of the present dissertation is to analyze the awards produced on the building type box, built in the cities of Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes and Paulista. Its goal is to study the causes pointed out as responsible for the collapse and interdictions of those constructions. In a general way, it can be pointed out as causes of the collapses, the following ones: imperfections or insufficiency of project (31.4%); low quality or inadequacies of the materials (17.1%); construction mistakes (34.4%); environmental causes (17.1%). For the interdictions: imperfections or insufficiencies of project (21.4%); low quality or inadequacies of the materials (3.5%); construction mistakes (2.8%); inadequate use or lack of maintenance (26.0%); environmental causes (4.3%); other causes (42.0%). The buildings were cleared when the conditions made by the Civil Defense of each city were met; they involved structural problems and habitability. Its also evident an inadequate performance of the inspection agencies and the lack of standardization of the awards, as well as the absence of a model for the adequate recovery of these constructions. One expects to have contributed, through the analysis and systematization of the data contained in the studied awards, for future works, aiming at the development of technology capable to equate the situation of the cited real estates.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T17:57:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mauro Melo_Dissert.pdf: 1426265 bytes, checksum: 0a54c25d1117b83eb91a5131e2fc6841 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-17 / In the past 20 years, some cities of the Metropolitan Area of Recife - PE, have been affected by several problems in Civil Engineering constructions, some of which resulted in human deaths. The most serious of these problems, given the number of constructions involved, concerns the specific building called box ; some of the buildings did fall and several others have been interdicted. Just a few of them were cleared and the majority of them continue to be interdicted. The general objective of the present dissertation is to analyze the awards produced on the building type box , built in the cities of Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes and Paulista. Its goal is to study the causes pointed out as responsible for the collapse and interdictions of those constructions. In a general way, it can be pointed out as causes of the collapses, the following ones: imperfections or insufficiency of project (31.4%); low quality or inadequacies of the materials (17.1%); construction mistakes (34.4%); environmental causes (17.1%). For the interdictions: imperfections or insufficiencies of project (21.4%); low quality or inadequacies of the materials (3.5%); construction mistakes (2.8%); inadequate use or lack of maintenance (26.0%); environmental causes (4.3%); other causes (42.0%). The buildings were cleared when the conditions made by the Civil Defense of each city were met; they involved structural problems and habitability. It s also evident an inadequate performance of the inspection agencies and the lack of standardization of the awards, as well as the absence of a model for the adequate recovery of these constructions. One expects to have contributed, through the analysis and systematization of the data contained in the studied awards, for future works, aiming at the development of technology capable to equate the situation of the cited real estates. / Nos últimos 20 anos, alguns municípios da Região Metropolitana do Recife - PE, têm sido afetados por problemas diversos em obras de Engenharia Civil, contabilizando, inclusive, óbitos. O mais grave desses problemas, dado ao número de edificações envolvidas, diz respeito aos prédios tipo caixão ; alguns ruíram e vários foram e estão interditados e houve desinterdição. O objetivo geral da presente dissertação é analisar os laudos técnicos produzidos sobre os prédios tipo caixão , construídos nos Municípios de Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes e Paulista - PE, tendo como meta estudar as causas apontadas para os desabamentos e interdições das referidas edificações. De um modo geral, pode-se apontar como causas dos desabamentos, as seguintes: falhas ou insuficiência de projeto (31,4%); baixa qualidade ou inadequação dos materiais (17,1%); falhas ou vícios de construção (34,4%); causas ambientais (17,1%). Já para as interdições: falhas ou insuficiência de projeto (21,4%); baixa qualidade ou inadequação dos materiais (3,5%); falhas ou vícios de construção (2,8%); uso inadequado ou falta de manutenção (26,0%); causas ambientais (4,3%); outras causas (42,0%). As desinterdições ocorreram quando foram atendidas as restrições feitas pela Defesa Civil de cada município, e que envolviam problemas estruturais e de habitabilidade. Constata-se também uma atuação inadequada dos órgãos de fiscalização e a ausência de padronização dos laudos e de um modelo técnico para a recuperação adequada dessas construções. Espera-se ter contribuído, através da análise e sistematização dos dados contidos nos laudos estudados, para trabalhos futuros, visando o desenvolvimento de tecnologia capaz de equacionar a situação dos referidos imóveis