Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. / In 1994, the South African government introduced low-cost housing construction through Reconstruction and Development Programme. The programme was intended to improve the quality of lives of the country's citizens. Many communities across the country benefited from the programme. However, concerns regarding the quality of low-cost housing produced through this programme have been raised. The programme has produced low-cost housing with many structural defects such as gaping wall cracks, roof leaks, unstable roof, water penetration and seepage. To protect the beneficiaries of low-cost housing against the inferior workmanship, unsuitable material and inappropriate construction methods, building standards and regulations have been introduced. The low-cost housing inspectors have been given power to enforce and ensure that the building standards and regulations are followed and met by low-cost housing contractors. Regardless of the measures, the programme still produces low-cost housing built with many structural problems. Hence, the researcher has conducted a research to assess the effectiveness and adequateness that inspection process contributes to quality assurance in low-cost housing construction projects in the Metropole. The findings of the research provided an overall low-cost housing inspectors' experience in the construction industry, education, training, knowledge, roles and responsibilities and the perception of the low-cost housing inspectors on the current housing inspection. The primary conclusion of this research suggest that the low-cost housing inspectors lack training in housing inspection, are not aware of their roles and responsibilities and lack knowledge in building standards and regulations. This resulted to failure to enforce and ensure that the contractors comply with building standards and regulations during the low-cost housing construction projects in the Metropole. The primary recommendations are to establish a standard continuous training and education for low-cost housing inspectors. Provide courses and training to improve the level of knowledge of building standards and regulations by low-cost housing inspectors and review the roles and responsibilities of low-cost housing inspectors and establish awareness of them among the affected parties.

O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar o desempenho acústico de um sistema construtivo modular e industrializado por meio do método simplificado de campo indicado pelas normas ABNT NBR 15575-4:2013 e ISO 10052:2004, analisando as vedações verticais internas e externas quanto ao isolamento ao ruído aéreo e as comparando com análises já realizadas em outras edificações de trabalhos conhecidos. A indústria de construção civil, em todo o mundo, encontra-se em um momento dedicado à busca e implementação de estratégias de modernização do setor, a fim de se reduzir os custos e minimizar os desperdícios, investido em construções sustentáveis. Há uma necessidade de estudos baseados nos parâmetros da norma NBR 15575-4:2013 para a devida caracterização das tecnologias construtivas que surgem e ainda são consideradas novidade para o setor. A norma implica em uma série de exigências e recomendações, como por exemplo, o conforto acústico, que será abordado nesse trabalho. A metodologia utilizada foi baseada no método simplificado orientado pela ISO 10052:2004. Foram analisadas duas edificações de 40,0m2 cada. Uma delas é um sobrado, e a outra uma casa térrea. Foram feitas as medições de níveis de pressão sonora nos cômodos e nas fachadas, e as medições do tempo de reverberação dos cômodos. Depois de realizadas as medições foram feitas as análises pelo teste “t” de student. Em comparação com os padrões de outros países, percebeu-se que a norma ABNT NBR 15.575-4:2013 possui valores brandos, e que mesmo assim, as atuais técnicas construtivas brasileiras, em sua maior parte, não conseguem atingi-los. Através dos resultados encontrados, percebeu-se uma eficiência quanto ao isolamento ao ruído aéreo nas edificações modulares e industrializadas quando comparados às edificações de outras técnicas construtivas. Conclui-se, então, que o sobrado e a edificação térrea estão de acordo com os níveis de desempenho estabelecidos pelo norma ABNT NBR 15.575-4:2013. / The objective of this study is evaluate the modular and industrialized building system’s acoustic performance through the simplified field method indicated by ABNT NBR 15575-4:2013 and ISO 10052: 2004, analyzing the internal and external vertical seals for air noise insulation and comparing with previous analyzes in other approaches. The world construction industry is in a dedicated time to the pursuit and implementation of sector modernization strategies in order to reduce costs and minimize waste, invested in sustainable buildings. It’s is necessary studies based on the parameters of NBR 15575-4: 2013 for the proper characterization of building technologies that emerge and are still new to the sector. The standard implies a series of requirements and recommendations, such as the acoustic comfort, which will be addressed in this work. The methodology used was based on the simplified method guided by ISO 10052: 2004. Two buildings were analyzed, with 40,0m2 each. One of them is a two-story house, and the other is a ground floor building. Measurements of sound pressure levels were made in the rooms and on the frontages, and measurements of the reverberation time of rooms. After the measurements were made analyzes with test "t" student. Compared to the standards of other countries, it was realized that the ABNT NBR 15575-4: 2013 has soft values, and that even so, the current Brazilian construction techniques, for the most part, can not reach them. Through these results, it was noticed an efficiency about the isolation airnoise in modular and industrialized buildings compared to buildings of other construction techniques. It follows, then, that the floor and the ground floor building comply with the performance levels established by ABNT NBR 15575-4: 2013.

O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar o desempenho acústico de um sistema construtivo modular e industrializado por meio do método simplificado de campo indicado pelas normas ABNT NBR 15575-4:2013 e ISO 10052:2004, analisando as vedações verticais internas e externas quanto ao isolamento ao ruído aéreo e as comparando com análises já realizadas em outras edificações de trabalhos conhecidos. A indústria de construção civil, em todo o mundo, encontra-se em um momento dedicado à busca e implementação de estratégias de modernização do setor, a fim de se reduzir os custos e minimizar os desperdícios, investido em construções sustentáveis. Há uma necessidade de estudos baseados nos parâmetros da norma NBR 15575-4:2013 para a devida caracterização das tecnologias construtivas que surgem e ainda são consideradas novidade para o setor. A norma implica em uma série de exigências e recomendações, como por exemplo, o conforto acústico, que será abordado nesse trabalho. A metodologia utilizada foi baseada no método simplificado orientado pela ISO 10052:2004. Foram analisadas duas edificações de 40,0m2 cada. Uma delas é um sobrado, e a outra uma casa térrea. Foram feitas as medições de níveis de pressão sonora nos cômodos e nas fachadas, e as medições do tempo de reverberação dos cômodos. Depois de realizadas as medições foram feitas as análises pelo teste “t” de student. Em comparação com os padrões de outros países, percebeu-se que a norma ABNT NBR 15.575-4:2013 possui valores brandos, e que mesmo assim, as atuais técnicas construtivas brasileiras, em sua maior parte, não conseguem atingi-los. Através dos resultados encontrados, percebeu-se uma eficiência quanto ao isolamento ao ruído aéreo nas edificações modulares e industrializadas quando comparados às edificações de outras técnicas construtivas. Conclui-se, então, que o sobrado e a edificação térrea estão de acordo com os níveis de desempenho estabelecidos pelo norma ABNT NBR 15.575-4:2013. / The objective of this study is evaluate the modular and industrialized building system’s acoustic performance through the simplified field method indicated by ABNT NBR 15575-4:2013 and ISO 10052: 2004, analyzing the internal and external vertical seals for air noise insulation and comparing with previous analyzes in other approaches. The world construction industry is in a dedicated time to the pursuit and implementation of sector modernization strategies in order to reduce costs and minimize waste, invested in sustainable buildings. It’s is necessary studies based on the parameters of NBR 15575-4: 2013 for the proper characterization of building technologies that emerge and are still new to the sector. The standard implies a series of requirements and recommendations, such as the acoustic comfort, which will be addressed in this work. The methodology used was based on the simplified method guided by ISO 10052: 2004. Two buildings were analyzed, with 40,0m2 each. One of them is a two-story house, and the other is a ground floor building. Measurements of sound pressure levels were made in the rooms and on the frontages, and measurements of the reverberation time of rooms. After the measurements were made analyzes with test "t" student. Compared to the standards of other countries, it was realized that the ABNT NBR 15575-4: 2013 has soft values, and that even so, the current Brazilian construction techniques, for the most part, can not reach them. Through these results, it was noticed an efficiency about the isolation airnoise in modular and industrialized buildings compared to buildings of other construction techniques. It follows, then, that the floor and the ground floor building comply with the performance levels established by ABNT NBR 15575-4: 2013.