Maintenance Repair & Rehabilitation Of Structures

This book that has been assembled by an international panel of experts. Repairs and rehabilitation engineering being a specialized field calls for skills and abilities far beyond the construction engineering and has to be a balance amid advanced technology and trends, management, feasibility and economy. Experimental studies from past few earthquakes states, Most of the long-standing buildings that collapsed were found deficient to meet-up the requirements of present day seismic design standards. Frequent earthquakes continue shaking the land every now and then. Due to faulty construction practices, disinclination to seismic design compliance and the construction that has taken place in the past without seismic standards or awareness calls for the Rehabilitation of the existing structures showing signs of descent. This has to be done to save the lives and the economy. The purpose of this paper is to present the process of rehabilitation, retrofitting characteristics and technical aspects of the major intervention methods. In addition, selected tests and feasible techniques as per the latest advances in the industry to be used for health assessment.