O presente relatório descreve a atividade de normalização do Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
no ano de 2025, com destaque para as ações de coordenação de comissões técnicas de normalização
e para as funções de ...
O presente relatório descreve a atividade de normalização do Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
no ano de 2024, com destaque para as ações de coordenação de comissões técnicas de normalização
e para as funções de ...
O presente relatório descreve a atividade de normalização do Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
no ano de 2023, com destaque para as ações de coordenação de comissões técnicas de normalização
e para as funções de ...
Betim, R. C.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Pinho, F.(Springer, 2025)
Integrating Building Information Modeling (BIM) with energy analysis supports the validation of sustainable rehabilitation strategies, offering benefits to building owners, stakeholders, and managers. This study presents ...
Rezvani, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Almeida, N.(SPRINGER, 2025)
In an era of increasing natural disasters and hazards, strengthening resilience, particularly in urban contexts, is paramount. This study presents a digital platform developed to map the resilience potential of the Portuguese ...
Raposo, S.(THE ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, 2025-07)
Due to its numerous properties, asbestos was used in many industrial sectors during the 20th century. Asbestos fibers have been incorporated into many building materials in the construction enhance sector to fire resistance, ...
This study addresses the use of porcelain polishing waste as a pyro-expansive agent in clay-based formulations for the production of lightweight aggregates, aiming to reduce the consumption of natural resources and mitigate ...
Ferreira, R.; Pereira, J.; Diniz, H.; Pederneiras, C.; Farias, E.; Carneiro, A.; Azevedo, A. R. G.(Springer Nature, 2025-08-30)
In recent years, the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in building materials has increased due to concerns about CO 2 emissions from the cement industry. On the other hand, the scarcity of traditional ...
Neto, J.; Anjos, M.; Dutra, R.; Souza, M.; Pederneiras, C.(MDPI, 2025-06-20)
Lightweight artificial aggregates (LWAs) are widely used in civil construction, but their conventional production depends on pure clays, a finite natural resource that negatively impacts the environment. This study aims ...
Miranda Dias, J.(Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE - Springer Nature), 2025-11-19)
The external envelope of reinforced concrete buildings (RC buildings) is subjected to external environmental actions, particularly those related to wind action, which could expose their unreinforced masonry (URM) infill ...
Miranda Dias, J.(Sustainable Cities and Society: Advances (SCSADV - Elsevier B.V.), 2025-11-15)
Urban buildings could be significantly affected by exceptionally severe environmental actions, particularly those related to extreme wind. Therefore, it is convenient the urban buildings adaptation to face the incoming ...
Miranda Dias, J.(WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, 2024-12-31)
The evaluation of the building´s performance, particularly concerning its hygro-thermo-mechanical behavior, entails that external environmental actions should be considered together with the mechanical loads acting in the ...
The external envelope of buildings with reinforced concrete structures (RCS buildings) is usually subjected to various external environmental actions. Among these external environmental actions, hygrothermal actions are ...
Couto, P.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Salvado, A.(CERIS. PT, 2024-11-06)
As consequências visíveis das alterações climáticas exigem mudanças no modo de vida da humanidade,
particularmente na forma como são consumidos os recursos naturais. Estudos recentes mostram que
desde o aumento da atividade ...
Falcão Silva, M. J.; Cabaço, A.; Vale e Azevedo, A.(CERIS. PT, 2024-11-06)
Nas últimas décadas, a utilização da pré-fabricação na indústria da construção, a nível global, tem
testemunhado avanços muito significativos. Portugal tem vindo a acompanhar esta tendência global
ao longo das últimas ...
Salvado, A.; Couto, P.; Fontul, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.(RAE - Revista de Activos de Engenharia, 2024-02-06)
During the last decades, there has been a significant evolution of rail transport. The need to standardize technical and economic information is emphasized to guarantee the optimization of construction and operation ...
Rezvan, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Almeida, N.(MDPI, 2024-01-11)
This study introduces the Risk-Informed Asset-Centric (RIACT) process, a novel approach aimed at enhancing the safety and resilience of urban infrastructures against natural and man-made disasters. The RIACT method stands ...
Rezvan, S.; Falcão Silva, M. J.; Almeida, N.(MDPI, 2024-05-15)
Floods pose a significant threat to road networks globally, disrupting transportation, isolating communities, and causing economic losses. This study proposes a four-stage methodology (avoidance, endurance, recovery, and ...
Folgado Santos, C.; Cabaço, A.; Brandão de Vasconcelos, A(Brazilian Journal of Development, 2024-06-12)
As fichas de rendimento de operações de construção, contendo informação sobre os recursos, os rendimentos e os preços unitários das atividades, assumem um papel importante no planeamento económico da construção. No caso ...
Brandão de Vasconcelos, A; Santos, A.; Cabaço, A.(IJDR, 2024-06-30)
In line with the European Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD), this paper aims to calculate the
cost-optimal energy performance of a residential building in southern Europe, more precisely in Portugal,
taking ...