Structural Condition Assessment is the first unified resource on all aspects of structural condition assessment for strength, serviceability, restoration, adaptive reuse, code compliance, and vulnerability.

Organized by the four main stages of a structural evaluation, this book provides:

• an introduction to structural deterioration and its consequences
• the business and legal aspects of conducting an evaluation
• initial survey and evaluation techniques for various structures
• specific tests for five of the most common structural materials (concrete, steel, masonry, timber and fabric.)

Contents

Degradation, Safety and Reliability of Structures

1. Defects, Deterioration and Durability
2. Reliability-based Condition Assessment

Business, Practice and Legal Aspects of Structural Condition Assessment

3. The Business of Condition Assessment
4. Past and Current Structural Codes and Standards
5. Legal Aspects of Condition Assessment and Reporting

Survey and Assessment of Structural Conditions

6. Buildings
7. Historic Buildings and Monuments
8. Building Facades
9. Parking Structures
10. Stadiums and Arenas
11. Bridges
12. Tensile/Fabric Structures
13. Broadcast and Transmission Towers
14. Foundations and Retaining Walls
15. Vulnerability to Malevolent Explosions

Evaluation and Testing of Structural Materials and Assemblies

16. Concrete
17. Steel
18. Masonry
19. Timber
20. Fabric
21. Field Load Testing

Index

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