Concrete Solutions

This book offers essential insights into concrete repair techniques and practices. Concrete Solutions serves as a vital resource for engineers and construction professionals.

An understanding of the latest techniques in repair, testing, and inspection is crucial to the international construction industry. Concrete Solutions, with contributions from 34 countries, brings together the best in research, practical application, strategy, and theory relating to concrete repair, testing and inspection, fire damage, composites, and electro-chemical repair.

Concrete repair continues to be a subject of major interest to engineers and technologists worldwide. The concrete repair budget for the UK alone currently runs at around £220 million per annum. Some estimates have indicated that, worldwide, in 2010, the expenditure for maintenance and repair work represented about 85% of the total expenditure in the construction field. It has been forecast that, in the same year in the USA, $50 billion would be spent just for the restoration of deteriorated bridges and viaducts.

Given the significant financial implications and the ongoing challenges in maintaining concrete structures, an understanding of the latest techniques in repair, testing, and inspection is essential. Concrete Solutions provides a comprehensive overview of the advancements in this field, addressing various aspects including practical applications and theoretical frameworks. This makes it an invaluable resource for professionals involved in the construction and maintenance of concrete infrastructure.