THE NEED FOR WATERPROOFING IN CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS

Abstract

Nowadays civil construction has prioritized the high standard in the quality of service.  This attitude requires increased attention of the professional in the management of the enterprise to meet the demands of consumers, instituted by Performance Standard. Infiltration is responsible for pathologies of damage in buildings that can be irremediable repair and a specific project is indispensable to avoid this problem. Among the proposals for quality leveling and combating infiltration, there is the use of waterproofing systems with special techniques and different types, according to the area discovered in the building. This has specific standard, Waterproofing: Selection and Waterproofing Project. In order to increase the specific knowledge about the waterproofing technique and confer greater professional competence in this area, a bibliographic research was carried out on the reasons for the occurrence of damage pathologies that led buildings to be ruined by the lack of compliance with this norm. The research developed highlighted the need for this provision in the works and reinforced the interest in deepening knowledge in the subject, to ensure a better technical condition in the exercise of the profession.