Surface remuneration of concrete structures - Increased durability by means of novel protective measures

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The difficulties concerning construction projects don’t stop with national borders but affect the entire territory of North and South Tyrol likewise. Strategic structures built from concrete are equally affected by external regional influences, such as climate and resources available within this Alpine area. The lack of consideration of these regional characteristics leads to stronger damages in structures, which depends on construction and load, and consequently influences the durability of buildings significantly. However these features are not considered sufficiently within the National and European laws and norms. This missing inter-regional guidance causes stakeholders to use different approaches, empirical methods and solutions to solve these same and reoccurring regional problems. The scope of this here presented project is to combine interregional knowhow to one common pool of knowledge and to analyze regional influences and resources. The latter will be adapted to new and nature based innovative surface protections, to extend the maintenance intervals and the whole life span of concrete structures according to the European Standards of an optimized building management system. These laboratory analysis are accompanied by long term monitoring of buildings to guaranty the practical use and the plausibility of results.

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