Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting II
The background, in industry and the state of national infrastructures, continues to be highly challenging and demanding. The facts remain that much of our concrete infrastructure deteriorates at unacceptable rates, that we need appropriate tools and techniques to undertake the vast task of sound rep...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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London
CRC Press
2009
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Summary: | The background, in industry and the state of national infrastructures, continues to be highly challenging and demanding. The facts remain that much of our concrete infrastructure deteriorates at unacceptable rates, that we need appropriate tools and techniques to undertake the vast task of sound repair, maintenance and rehabilitation of such infrastructure, and that all this must be undertaken with due cognisance of the limited budgets available for such work. New ways need to be found to extend the useful life of concrete structures cost-effectively. Confidence in concrete as a viable construction material into the 21st century needs to be retained and sustained, particularly considering the environmental challenges that the industry and society now face |
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Item Description: | Includes index |
Physical Description: | xviii, 457 pages illustrations 26 cm 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
ISBN: | 9780415468503 0415468507 |