Concrete Repairs

Durability is the building structure’s ability to remain in a functional condition, expressed in time units. Repair means eliminating defects, while a defect is a condition which requires interference. The conviction that concrete structures are durable is common and justified.

The purpose of the paper is to present the possibilities of estimating concrete repair durability, CRD in reference to the state of knowledge and engineering, and to indicate how a designed service life can be ensured through proactive management of the repair strategy. Historical information has been shown to be key to understanding several issues that the “technological” engineering approach leaves unresolved, and science is the last aid in saving some valuable buildings. In the paper, we focus particularly on the question of whether, in the current state-of-the-art, we can assess how many years, as a result of repairs, we will extend the life of the structure.