DEVELOPING AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF CONSTRUCTION FAILURE CAUSES BY USING ES BUILDER PROGRAM

There is no doubt that the appearance of failures in construction projects has become a remarkable phenomenon. These numerous kinds and forms of failures starting from simple cracks to the partial or total collapse of the building are related to many reasons such as mistakes in execution and mistakes in design. These construction failures may lead to disputes between the project parties. This research aims to develop an expert system for investigating the causes of occurrence of failures in construction projects. ES Builder program is used to build the decision tree of expert system.