Concrete Durability Challenges

Concrete is forever faced with durability challenges in a number of different applications, environments and uses. With an increased focus on Sustainability, durability of concrete structures has taken on an even more important part of any design, specification or asset maintenance program as we seek to extend the useful life of buildings and infrastructure to reduce waste and unnecessary demolition. This webinar reviews adaptive re-use of older buildings and take a look at the differences between durability planning conditions between Australia and the United Kingdom.
Durability Considerations in Adaptive Re-use Building Projects
Presenter: Irene Susanto
Adaptive re-use of buildings refers to the process of redeveloping or repurposing structures that have outlived or have changed their purpose. This process can provide social, environmental, and economic benefits by preserving old structures, reducing the need for new construction, and revitalising urban centres. However, to ensure that these existing structures remain fit for purpose and meet the new design and service life, durability planning, assessment and design are vital. This presentation will explore some of the considerations required in the adaptive re-use of concrete buildings.
Comparing UK and Australian durability planning conditions, and what we can learn from both
Presenter: Rebecca Newby
Durability of structures is a world-wide problem and yet there appears distinct differences in the level and how we understand and solve durability problems we are faced with for new design. This talk examines the durability approaches for recent structures both in Australia and the UK.