Editing Building (section)

== Building damage ==
[[Image:Fire inside an abandoned convent in Massueville, Quebec, Canada.jpg|thumb|A building in [[Massueville]] ([[Quebec]], [[Canada]]) engulfed by [[fire]]]]

Buildings may be damaged during construction or during maintenance. They may be damaged by accidents<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pb.unimelb.edu.au/emergency/emergencies/internal/buildingdamage.html |title=Building Damage |publisher=Pb.unimelb.edu.au |access-date=2014-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214231334/http://www.pb.unimelb.edu.au/emergency/emergencies/internal/buildingdamage.html |archive-date=2014-02-14 }}</ref> involving storms, explosions, subsidence caused by mining,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Herrera |first1=G. |last2=Álvarez Fernández |first2=M.I. |last3=Tomás |first3=R. |last4=González-Nicieza |first4=C. |last5=López-Sánchez |first5=J.M. |last6=Álvarez Vigil |first6=A.E. |date=September 2012 |title=Forensic analysis of buildings affected by mining subsidence based on Differential Interferometry (Part III) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1350630712000465 |journal=Engineering Failure Analysis |language=en |volume=24 |pages=67–76 |doi=10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.03.003|hdl=20.500.12468/749 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> water withdrawal<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bru|first1=G. |last2=Herrera|first2=G. |last3=Tomás|first3=R.|last4=Duro|first4=J.|last5=Vega|first5=R. De la|last6=Mulas|first6=J.|date=2013-02-01|title=Control of deformation of buildings affected by subsidence using persistent scatterer interferometry|journal=Structure and Infrastructure Engineering|volume=9|issue=2|pages=188–200 |doi=10.1080/15732479.2010.519710|s2cid=110521863|issn=1573-2479}}</ref> or poor foundations<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Díaz |first1=E. |last2=Robles |first2=P. |last3=Tomás |first3=R. |date=October 2018 |title=Multitechnical approach for damage assessment and reinforcement of buildings located on subsiding areas: Study case of a 7-story RC building in Murcia (SE Spain) |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0141029617339081 |journal=Engineering Structures |language=en |volume=173 |pages=744–757 |doi=10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.07.031|bibcode=2018EngSt.173..744D |hdl=10045/77547 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and landslides.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Soldato|first1=Matteo Del|last2=Bianchini|first2=Silvia|last3=Calcaterra|first3=Domenico|last4=Vita|first4=Pantaleone De|last5=Martire|first5=Diego Di |last6=Tomás|first6=Roberto |last7=Casagli|first7=Nicola|date=2017-07-12|title=A new approach for landslide-induced damage assessment|journal=Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk|volume=8|issue=2|pages=1524–1537|doi=10.1080/19475705.2017.1347896|s2cid=73697187|issn=1947-5705 |url=https://flore.unifi.it/bitstream/2158/1094374/2/A%20new%20approach%20for%20landslide%20induced%20damage%20assessment.pdf |doi-access=free|bibcode=2017GNHR....8.1524D }}</ref> Buildings may suffer [[fire damage]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Brotóns|first1=V.|last2=Tomás|first2=R.|last3=Ivorra|first3=S.|last4=Alarcón|first4=J. C. |date=2013-12-17|title=Temperature influence on the physical and mechanical properties of a porous rock: San Julian's calcarenite|journal=Engineering Geology|volume=167|issue=Supplement C|pages=117–127|doi=10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.10.012|bibcode=2013EngGe.167..117B }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tomás |first1=R. |last2=Cano |first2=M. |last3=Pulgarín |first3=L.F. |last4=Brotóns |first4=V. |last5=Benavente |first5=D. |last6=Miranda |first6=T. |last7=Vasconcelos |first7=G. |date=November 2021 |title=Thermal effect of high temperatures on the physical and mechanical properties of a granite used in UNESCO World Heritage sites in north Portugal |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352710221006811 |journal=Journal of Building Engineering |language=en |volume=43 |pages=102823 |doi=10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102823|hdl=10045/115630 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> and flooding.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marvi |first=Morteza T. |date=2020-07-01 |title=A review of flood damage analysis for a building structure and contents |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-03941-w |journal=Natural Hazards |language=en |volume=102 |issue=3 |pages=967–995 |doi=10.1007/s11069-020-03941-w |bibcode=2020NatHa.102..967M |issn=1573-0840|url-access=subscription }}</ref> They may become dilapidated through lack of proper maintenance, or alteration work improperly carried out.