Day One: Building Assessment
- Introduction to mature structure
- Codes and standard deficiency
- Inspection and evaluate the buildings
- Methods of Inspection
- Visual inspection criteria
- Inspect the building using a new techniques
- Using ultrasonic and infrared for inspection.
- Evaluate the building risk
- Diagnoses the reason of deterioration
- Workshop: Define the cracks types
- Workshop: cracks in administration building
Day Two: Problems in Design, Materials and Construction
- Concrete materials problems
- Construction ways affect concrete durability
- Design error affect structure integrity
- Corrosion and protection of steel structure in concrete
- Protection of reinforcing bars
- Define the method of repair
- Videos presenting a repair methods
- From inspection and analysis predict the structure life time
Day Three: Properties of Protective Coating
- Precaution during repair
- Selecting the materials repair
- Step by step repair procedure
- Methods of protection
- Cathodic protection
- Comparison between different type of protection.
- Evaluate the current protective coating
- Types of protective coating
- Properties of each type
- Precautions in using the coating
Day Four: Methods of Repair - The Cracked Structure / Corrosion
- Types of cracks in R. C. structures
- Comparison between different cracks
- Reasons for each type
- Methods of repair and prevent for each type.
- Materials using to repair corroded structure
- Methods of repair
- Using polymer bonding materials
- Types of polymer
- Properties of these materials
- Ways of using steel sections in repair
- CFRP applications
Day Five: Maintenance Strategy
- Likelihood of building failure
- Define consequences of failure
- Provide risk matrix
- Risk based inspection (RBI)
- Maintenance plan and strategy
- Maintenance plan based economic cost
- Preparing priority lists
- Software for maintenance strategy
- Case study