Assessment of Significances of Building Failure Induced by Foundation Failure: Facade Failure, and Moisture Problem

Numerous technologies and materials have been developed to protect structures from failure. Yet they are comparatively expensive. And, in some cases they were useless when correlative types of failures have a low probability of occurrence. Thus, failure analysis is necessary for a cost-efficient investment, as it locates the failures that should be, and are worth being controlled by employing preventive measures. In this paper, 36 cases of 3 types of building failures: Foundation Failure, Façade Failure and Moisture problem were classified into 10 subsections and analyzed to discover the potential risks in a building investment. As found, moisture related building failure is the costliest type of failure among these 3 categories. And, in further analysis, SBS caused by the moisture problem was found to be the most significant subsection among those 10 subsections, which should be thoroughly considered in the building investment.