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MATERIAL and DETAIL SELECTION
Selection of Construction Materials and Preparation of the Ground on which it will be Applied First Requires Field Experience. Because Material Suppliers or Manufacturers are Sales Oriented. Invoices for the erroneous choices to be made here are first issued to the designer and then to the implementer. Therefore, Conscious Questions Should Be Asked To The Manufacturer, Not To The Seller In Material Selection, And Reference Uses Should Be Examined. Questions Should Look for Answers to:
1. Transport and Loss of Material,
2. Preparation of the Ground to be Applied,
3. Conservation of Materials After Application Until the End of Construction,
4. Maintenance of Material while the Building is in Operation
In addition, the material should not be alone, but its durability, life and cost should be considered together with the details of which it will be a part. Therefore, Material Selection Depends on Criteria More Than Its Appearance and It Is Proportional to Field Experience.
On the other hand, the constraints or difficulties caused by the materials selected during the construction phase in the use of the building, just because they are in fashion, are another matter. Especially Heating and Cooling Buildings with Curtain Walls, Cleaning of Light Colored Composite Facade Coatings, Eliminates the First Time Feeling Over time, Mostly Causes Problems that are not easy to intervene or return.
In our country, the low quality of fine construction is well known, especially by the technical personnel who have worked in overseas projects. The Terms of Use Written by the Manufacturers on the Packaging of the Materials are Unreadable, Incomprehensible if Read, Not Done Even If Understandable. In the construction of a business center that we have realized the project and sale of, the mason, whom we warned due to his work, admitted that he worked for 14 years on the projects of Enka İnşaat in Gaddafi Libya, where European Control Engineers, known for their precision, were assigned, and that the correct application techniques of the work there were not supported by our country's market. In our country with extreme liberal conditions, this situation is a reality that must be tolerated if it is not followed strictly.