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<doi>/ISEC.res.2017.2</doi>
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<article-title>THE STUDY OF DEGRADATION CONDITION OF<br/>
HIGH-RISE BUILDING EXTERIOR WALL</article-title>
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<author>CHU-TSEN LIAO, KUANG-JOU CHEN, JEN-CHUN HSIAO, PO-JUI WU,<br/>
and YOU-ZHEN FU</author>

<aff>Dept of Creative Design and Architecture, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City,<br/>
Taiwan</aff>


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<title>ABSTRACT</title>
<p>In recent years in Taiwan, some pedestrians were injured by falling external wall tiles.
Exterior wall tile fell down for the temperature or other effects of seismic forces,
becoming a potential public safety crisis. Office of Building Administration of
Taoyuan City Government started inspecting high-rise buildings, which were over
eleven stories and constructed before 1995 in Taoyuan city from 2015 to 2016. This
study is a contract research. We inspected 298 high-rise buildings’ external wall tiles
in Taoyuan City for city government. In this study, we classified the risk of buildings
from Level A to E. D and E, which were regarded as the dangerous buildings and in
need of repair immediately. D and E accounted for 41.6% percent of total buildings.
We also concluded the data in the viewpoints of building age, story, exterior material,
direction, and district. The authors hope the conclusion of this study could be
submitted as reference material of inspection system, as well as give a significant
suggestion to the periodic inspection approach in the future.</p>
<p><italic>Keywords: </italic>External wall tiles, City government, Taoyuan city, Periodic inspection,
Public safety, Degradation condition.</p>
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