Author: Hugh Docherty
1 February 2024
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Hugh Docherty
The Structural Engineer, Volume 102, Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 24-25
https://doi.org/10.56330/KIIG9677
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56330/KIIG9677
In this latest note, Hugh Docherty discusses the use of wood-wool slabs as permanent formwork to reinforced concrete slabs and the potential problems that can arise in this form of construction.
In this note, Hugh Docherty highlights the problem of corrosion of structural steelwork behind masonry elevations in buildings dating from the first half of the 1900s.
Hugh Docherty continues this series by examining the potential damage caused by alkalis and silica reacting in concrete, and offering brief advice on identification and remediation.