Make any renovation job go smoother. Building renovation, conservation and reuse represents more than half of all construction work - and is projected to increase to 80% by 2004. Structural Renovation of Buildings, by Alexander Newman, puts a single, convenient source of information about all aspects of structural renovation and strengthening of buildings at your fingertips. While its focus is largely on low and midrise buildings, you can apply the principles it clarifies to buildings of any size - steel-framed, masonry, or wood. Whether you're repairing deteriorated concrete...rehabilitating slabs on grade...strengthening lateral-load resisting systems...renovating a building facade...handling seismic upgrades or fire damage, you'll find this time-and-trouble-saving guide loaded with practical tips, methods, and design examples. It's also heavily illustrated with autoCAD generated details, supplier illustrations of materials, procedural techniques, and much, much more.

- Preface - Introduction - Organising Committee - Scientific and Technical Committee - Collaborating Institutions - Sponsoring Organisations with Exhibition - Exhibiting Organisations - Supporting Institutions - Opening Paper - Getting it Right - From Testing Through Diagnosis to Lasting Repair THEME 1 DEGRADATION OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES Keynote Paper - On the Role of Moisture in Degradation of Concrete Structures - Condition Survey of Romanian Prestressed Concrete Bridges - The Use of Air Entrainment in Bridges and Highway Structures of the USA - Influence of Design and Construction Details on Localized Degradation of Concrete Structures - Diagnosis and Repair of a Cement Concrete Structure: A Case Study of a Residential Building - Degradation of Concrete in Structures - Water Treatment Infrastructure - Models for Environmental Actions on Reinforced Concrete Structures - Influence of Desulfurised Combustion Gases on Durability of Cooling Towers - Studying the Bond Between Repair Materials and Concrete Substrate - Mathematical Modelling of Strike Penetration Processes into Concrete and Sandy Barriers THEME 2 DEVELOPMENTS IN DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Keynote Paper - Cover Concrete Evaluation: The Contribution of GRP Techniques Experimental Studies and Field Measurements - Cost Effective Testing of Concrete Structures - Defeating Alkali-Aggregate Reaction Worldwide - Temperature Variations in Concrete Subjected to Cyclic Compressive Loads: Consequences for Diagnostic Applications - A Study About the Rehabilitation Method of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction in Brazil - Loading Tests - Practical Experiences - Possibilities of Optical Fibre Sensors to Monitor Strength in Concrete Structures - Durability of Marine and Coastal Structures - The High Quality Cover and Monitoring Approach - New Suggestions to Measure the Corrosion Level of Reinforcement Using Infrared Thermographic Technology - Fracture Energy of Ultra High Performance Concrete Beams Using Infrared Thermographic Technology - Development of an Automatic Crack Recognition System for Concrete Structures - A Non-Destructive Test to Measure Concrete Permeability - Ultrasonic Inspection of Concrete Structure - New Steps Towards "Transparent" Concrete - On Bonding Repairing Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete to Hardened Concrete - Condition Assessment of RC Structures by Electro Chemical Method (Linear Polarization) and Accelerated Carbonation Experiments THEME 3: REPAIR MATERIALS AND METHODS Keynote Paper - New Materials. Concepts and Quality Control Systems for Strengthening Concrete Construction - Repair of Foundation for Large Compressor - On the Use of Non-Adequate Primers to the Reinforcing Steel in Concrete Localised Repairs - Evaluating External CFRP Strips and Internal MMFX Steel Shear Bars for Shear Strengthening of Precast Concrete Channel Beams - Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibitors for Remediation of St Mary's Multi-Storey Car Park, Colchester - Improving Efficiency in the Galvanic Cathodic Protection of Concrete Structures - Re-alkalisation of Carbonated Concrete by Alkalline Solutions Absorption and Diffusion Mechanisms - External CFRP Tendons for Bridge Strengthening in Austria - Anchorage of Additional External Prestressing Tendons - Determination of Ductility and Deformability Undeces for FRP Strengthened RC Slabs - Use of FRP Materials for Strengthening Concrete Structures - Effect of Temperature on the Durability of Systems of Strengthening of Concrete Structures - Axial Compressive Strength of Reinforced Concrete Columns Wrapped with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) - Efficiency of Hybrid FRP Sheets in Strengthening Concrete Beams - Embedded Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors for Monitoring the Health of Concrete Structures - Performances of Bonded An

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