Estudio de caso para patología estructural presentada en el edificio Manglar de la ciudad de Bogotá

Abstract

The objective of this research is to establish the structural vulnerability and the probable causes of functional damage, due to the construction of two neighboring buildings in the building “El Manglar” located on Bogotá city. This is an unusual case, that could works as example of the important damages that new constructions could generates on existing structures, especially when there was a no accuracy preliminary phase, construction monitoring, and no success control of the surroundings and construction process during the obtention of legal construction licenses. The building has a double vulnerability condition because the neighboring building construction processes were built at same time, inflicting different but simultaneous kinds of damage on El Manglar, especially structural damages. Through the analysis of the existing information, the data obtained during the field work and the monitoring carried out on the building, it was possible to identify the probable causes of the damage by applying the methodology learned, in order to subsequently establish the percentage of civil liability corresponding to each of the buildings that affected El Manglar during their construction.