The interaction between a building and the thermal environment that surrounds it defines the thermal performance of a building. Currently, much has been discussed about the importance of evaluating the thermal behavior of ...

The accelerated growth of urban areas results in a reduction in permeability of the soil, a factor that leads to the emergence of drainage problems urban. Several urban centers in Brazil suffer from floods and floods due ...

Urban development in Brazilian cities has triggered problems due to lack of planning and management during the land occupation process. The necessary infrastructure of urban drainage usually does not follow the needs and ...

which has the stages of conception, analysis, dimensioning and detailing and the issuance of drawings and documents. Most sistems in reinforced concrete are created from objects that can be analyzed as bars, such as ...

With the growing verticalization process of civil construction, presenting more and more imposing and bold structures, it is necessary to analyze alternatives that meet the conditions of greater use of spaces. Traditionally, ...

The increase in urbanization working in conjunction with climate change, nowadays, has intensified the problems arising from urban floods due to increased flows. Thus, rainfall series are used to estimate the flow of ...

The great technological advance that has taken place in recent years, as well as urban expansion and the development of increasingly challenging architectures, has made structural projects in reinforced concrete that were ...

The construction sector is one of the main sources of food for the Brazilian economy, being considered a thermometer of job creation and economic growth. Historically, the construction sector is a mirror of the Brazilian ...

The objective of this study was to seek information about the problem of solid waste management, the use of inappropriate places for the final destination of waste and identification of the environmental impacts caused by ...

Knowing the value of inputs and studying their variations is essential to ensure greater savings when building. Currently, there are several databases with costs for civil construction, where SINAPI (National System for ...