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17/07/2013
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Measure facilitates charging unit with responsibility for problems
By deficiencies in the project, William Faulkner coexists with two huge beams cutting your living PHOTO: Andre Coelho / O Globo
BRASILIA - Starting this Friday, those who purchase a property in the plant will have more assurance that you will receive what you expected. Enter into force on the 19th the new performance standard for construction of houses and buildings, with forecasts less complicated and more accustomed to the life of the resident. For these new rules, the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) indicates safety standards and comfort, regardless of how it will be constructed and differently from previous rules, pointing criteria for equipment and construction inputs, for example. The standard should be a weapon for the most owners and trustees have knowledge of what they can charge - and who among manufacturers, designers, builders and developers - if the property is delivered with problems.
Instead of saying that the thickness of a particular brick or mortar composition as established previously, the new standards for construction of houses and apartments will indicate what will be the weight that should be given support pillar, for example. We also show that the level of noise that certain walls and windows should retain, avoiding excessive noise in unexpected property after busy, but without showing exactly what should be the material used for it.
Article 39 of the Code of Consumer Protection (CDC) prevents companies ofertarem product outside the ABNT. Buyers of real estate or trustee shall keep the conditions promised by developers and builders (who have more responsibilities defined) to, in the future, knowing that they can charge what was promised.
- The new standard facilitates the technical part of evidence. However, the code does have protection, and the determination of responsibility among suppliers is given by the Civil Code, which will depend on the regressive action, the builder against the supplier of cement, for example - the judge evaluates Flávio Citro, coordinator Center Reconciliation of Special Civil Courts of the State Rio
Building performance predictions
The escalation of the construction industry in recent years, mainly because of the "Minha Casa Minha Vida" was not followed at the same pace for the evolution of the techniques of building and quality of buildings. On the initiative of the Brazilian Chamber of Construction Industry (CBIC) were revised ABNT norms to avoid permanent damage to the image of the sector. The Minister of Planning, Miriam Belchior, also highlighted in a recent lecture the adoption of the new standards as one of the improvements in the construction process in place under the "My House, My Life".
- The new rules will also bring more incentives to adopt technologies and materials savings, because there will be more like a cake recipe, telling you how to build a wall. Are performance predictions construction, which leaves room for innovation - said Jose Carlos Martins, vice president of CBIC.
The new rules would prevent or at least accelerate judicial questioning of William Faulkner Amorim Carvalho, a public servant who hired a professional technical expertise to support their questioning in court about the conditions under which it was delivered last year, bought an apartment in plant in Aguas Claras, in the Federal District. Besides the delay in the delivery date by the builder MRV's apartment, according to expertise were identified "reparable and irreparable defects in the property," said Carvalho:
- The reparable I retired on their own, how to fix windows outside the square and a stone countertop scratched, but among the incurable, are two beams that were apparent and cross my room and did not exist in the project or in furnished apartment I visited.
MRV said through a statement that, in March last year, signed Term of Conduct Adjustment (TAC) with the Attorney General, in which he forced himself to remedy defects in the condominium Carvalho. Regarding structural issues, MRV reported that "strictly follows all technical safety standards, including those defined by ABNT, and reinforces that there was no excess of beams in the enterprise."
The expertise that Carvalho hired to support your request judicial (not yet tried) pointed out that in most of the rooms, there is a dimension to the pillar, one for the beam, the other to the wall, and from this it concludes there is "no possible compatibility of the architectural structure and hydraulic, damaging the aesthetic aspect of the environment, coupled with the difficulties of installing cabinets and customized furniture. "
Work 5% to 7% more expensive
José Gonçalves Mendes Filho, co-Carvalho also experienced similar problems to arrive at your new property in Clearwater two years ago. In your building, but no one came to drive the builder in court because the company, newcomer to the Federal District, negotiated with residents and agreed to pay for all the adjustments they made, like changing floors and ceilings of plaster at odds with which was sold.
- They painted the building three times, exchanged gardens and decided infiltrations in the garage, but gave the building two years ago and works continued until six months ago - said Mendes.
The CBIC has produced a guide with guidance on the new standards and should provide manuals on how consumers can assess the quality of the property. Within the rules of ABNT will be three categories of performance of buildings, which may be offered as differential property.
Estimates made by the builder Paulo Tarjab described in the journal "Téchne" indicate that considering a work that already meets current standards, to fit on the upper level of the new rules of ABNT would require an increase of between 5% and 7% in value of the work.
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