Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Introduction to Causes of Damage in a Structure
- Process of concrete deterioration
- Sulphate attack and Chemical attack on concrete
- Reinforcement corrosion
- Defects in construction
- Case studies
Prediction and Assessment of Damage in a Concrete Structure
- Planning and strategies for predicting damage in a structure
- Visual inspection of damage in a structure
- NDT –Tests on a structure to predict damage
- Predicting service life of a structure
- Case studies
Main Focus (Repair and Rehabilitation of structures)
- Introduction to concrete repair and rehabilitation
- Repair methods and material required for repairing
- Prevention techniques of reinforcement corrosion
- Repair guidelines as per ACI-562.
- Patch repairing
- Case studies
Case Studies and Crack Repair Methods
- Concrete crack repair methods and guidelines
- Prevention techniques of damage as per guidelines
- Service life extension techniques
- Case studies
Repair Guidelines as per ACI-562
- Added repair guidelines as per ACI-562
- The repair contractor’s duties
- The material supplier’s duties
- Review of the entire week and “Question and Answer session”
