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Abstract

In the Republic of Korea (ROK), many disputes caused by the differences between many viewpoints about defects to apartment buildings are becoming a social issue. This is called a ‘Defect Dispute’. Since any clear standards or bases of judgment have not prepared yet in the current laws and systems, such disputes are severely increased. Especially, even though the warranty liability system is one of few standards specified in the current laws of ROK, it is in the situation that its original functions are not performed well. In this study, as a basic study on the warranty liability system, the trend of defects generated onto the roofing and waterproofing works was analyzed. As the results from the analysis, it was found that defects to the roofing and waterproofing works of apartment buildings occur mainly during the 1^st year after the completion and there is few after the 5^th year as the number of defects are being reduced after the 1^st year.