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FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF
BUILDINGS MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
- Structural stability
- Building must be able to withstand
loadings imposed upon it without
suffering deformity or collapse
- Building must be able to withstand
loadings imposed upon it without
suffering deformity or collapse
- Durability
- Component parts of building should
be able to withstand hostilities of the
environment without deterioration
- Component parts of building should
be able to withstand hostilities of the
environment without deterioration
- Thermal insulation
- Building should provide an
acceptable standard of
resistance to the passage of
heat
- Level of insulation dependent upon
use of building and its location
- Building should provide an
acceptable standard of
resistance to the passage of
heat
- Exclusion of moisture and protection
from weather
- The passage of moisture from the
exterior should be resisted by the
building envelope
- Ingress of moisture can have
undesirable effects
- Timber decay
- Deterioration of surface finishes
- Risk to health of occupants
- Timber decay
- The passage of moisture from the
exterior should be resisted by the
building envelope
- Acoustic insulation
- Level of sound transmission that is
acceptable will depend upon use of
building and its position
- Level of sound transmission that is
acceptable will depend upon use of
building and its position
- Flexibility
- Buildings should be
able to cope with and
respond to changing
user needs
- Required future flexibility must
be taken into account during
initial design of building
- Required future flexibility must
be taken into account during
initial design of building
- Buildings should be
able to cope with and
respond to changing
user needs
- Aesthetics
- Sometimes importance of
aesthetics may be minimal,
whilst in others it might be
highly important
- Sometimes importance of
aesthetics may be minimal,
whilst in others it might be
highly important
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