Concrete Building Pathology

Concrete: Building Pathology......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 11
Foreword......Page 16
Preface......Page 18
Concrete: composition and characteristics......Page 21
Reinforced concrete......Page 25
Historic buildings and structures......Page 27
Sustainable development......Page 29
Further reading......Page 30
PART ONE—THE NATURE AND USE OF CONCRETE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES......Page 33
Introduction......Page 35
The 'pre-history' of modern concrete: up to the 1890s......Page 37
The early days of reinforced concrete: from the 1890s to the First World War......Page 45
Between the wars: 1920–1945......Page 62
Post-war reconstruction and expansion: 1945 to the mid-1960s......Page 77
The recent past: from the mid-1960s to 2001......Page 102
References......Page 120
Further reading......Page 125
PART TWO—THE APPRAISAL, ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR OF CONCRETE BUILDINGS......Page 127
Introduction......Page 129
The need for an appraisal......Page 130
Developing the brief......Page 132
Commissioning suitable consultants......Page 134
Planning the appraisal......Page 135
Initial inspection and appraisal......Page 137
Information gathering, research and documentary review......Page 139
Detailed investigation......Page 142
Assessment of structural condition......Page 149
Consideration of work needed......Page 155
Reporting and recommendations......Page 157
References......Page 158
Further reading......Page 159
Corrosion of steel in concrete by carbonation and chlorides......Page 160
Design and construction defects......Page 165
Concrete degradation......Page 167
Environmental influences......Page 169
Structural damage......Page 170
Identification of defects, damage and decay mechanisms......Page 172
Condition survey techniques......Page 173
References......Page 179
Further reading......Page 180
Repair options......Page 181
Trials......Page 200
Repairing listed buildings and structures......Page 201
Selecting a contractor......Page 205
Recording the works......Page 206
Further reading......Page 207
PART 3—MAINTAINING A CONCRETE BUILDING......Page 209
Introduction......Page 211
Options, approaches and techniques for maintaining concrete buildings......Page 216
Cleaning soiled concrete surfaces......Page 220
Coatings for concrete......Page 230
Other maintenance treatments for concrete......Page 253
Management of maintenance works projects......Page 257
References......Page 259
Further reading......Page 260
Improving current practice—the move to intelligent design and maintenance......Page 261
New design drivers—the challenge to concrete......Page 268
New concrete materials......Page 274
Intelligent/smart concrete structures......Page 276
Concrete repair in the future......Page 278
References......Page 279
The repair of two nineteenth-century concrete structures in Sydney, Australia......Page 281
The repair of Mies van der Rohe's Promontory Apartment Building, Chicago: a multi-phased approach......Page 289
Burleigh J.M.I. School, Hertfordshire—repairing precast panels......Page 301
University of Sussex: developing repair methods for the listed buildings......Page 305
Cathodic protection of the National War Memorial Carillon Tower, Wellington, New Zealand......Page 308
Building pathology: concrete......Page 313
Further reading......Page 314
Appendix A: Useful Addresses......Page 316
Glossary......Page 321
Index......Page 326