<jats:p>We report the progress of our research on buildings and their surroundings for disaster prevention in Chuo-3, Ota City, one of the areas in Tokyo, Japan that is Densely Built-up Wooden House Areas in Tokyo, Japan. We conducted an exhaustive survey of 383 buildin...

<jats:p>For excavation in sites often many firms proceed without effective and preventive estimates. The frequent accidents that occur indicate that we have not yet reached, especially in many sites of private clients, to a careful programming that allows reaching accep...

It is important to predict an onset of slope failures or rock falls for the occupational safety because about 15 to 20 workers were killed by these every year in Japan. Approximately half of the victims suffered from slope failure during slope excavation construction. I...

<jats:p>Design and construction of projects is complex endeavor that requires the coordination of a multitude of human, physical, and natural resources. The technical design and construction complexities are frequently outweighed by the uncertainties and risks with the ...

In recent decades, social development and demographic changes have led to a significant decline of the number of new building constructions and an increase of refurbishments and building activities in projects in the built environment.Those changes force building compan...

<jats:p>On April 16, 2016, Ecuador had suffered a 7.8 earthquake. The experience designing and building of Meche's house, a post-disaster alternative building process, is analyzed in this paper applying Martin Heidegger's concepts of Dwelling, Being in the World and Bei...

<jats:p>Meche's House is an alternative post-disaster construction, and this is the study of its bioclimatic approach showing that social and post-disaster buildings also need this kind of research. Tropical climate conditions lead to buildings having a high energy cons...

<jats:p>Definition of Five Storied Pagoda: A five-storied pagoda is a symbolic tomb of Buddha. When Buddhism was introduced into Japan in 538, a five-storied pagoda became one of the important components of temple complexes. Present Situations of Wooden Five-storied Pag...

<jats:p>Claims and disputes are considered an inevitable consequence of the construction process, and project participants are becoming more aware of their costly and lengthy resolution process. The conditions of contract normally include procedures for the submittal, a...

It is well-known that there exist a lot of Japanese-style three-story wooden inns in some famous spa resort areas in Japan, and they may be almost cultural properties and also may produce comfortable cultur-al scenery for many visiting tourists. Therefore, local city of...