Postoccupancy Performance Evaluation of Time-of-Installation Factors: Seven-Year Study of SPF Roofing
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 29, Issue 2
Abstract
Over the past couple of decades, quality has been an area of increased focus. Multiple models and approaches have been proposed to measure the quality in the construction industry. This paper focuses on determining the quality of one of the types of roofing systems used in the construction industry, i.e., sprayed polyurethane foam roofs (SPF roofs). Thirty-seven urethane-coated SPF roofs that were installed in 2005/2006 were visually inspected to measure the percentage of blisters and repairs three times over a period of four years, six years, and seven years. A repairing criteria was established after a six-year mark based on the data that were reported to contractors as vulnerable roofs. Furthermore, the relation between four possible contributing time-of-installation factors—contractor, demographics, season, and difficulty (number of penetrations and size of the roof in square feet) that could affect the quality of the roof was determined. Demographics and difficulty did not affect the quality of the roofs, whereas the contractor and the season when the roof was installed did affect the quality of the roofs.
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Volume 29 • Issue 2 • April 2015
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Received: Mar 7, 2013
Accepted: Jul 22, 2013
Published online: Jul 24, 2013
Discussion open until: Dec 9, 2014
Published in print: Apr 1, 2015
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