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Damage caused to connecting fire fighting pumps due to excessive settlement and tilts of the above ground fire water storage tanks Tilting of overhead water reservoir Failures of RCC bored cast in situ piles to take the design load during load test Failures of RCC bored cast in situ underreamed piles during load test Excessive settlement of storage tanks on ground treated with stone columns
Materials do not fail. They follow the laws of nature and physics perfectly according to their basic properties and characteristics
basic types of human errors : Errors of knowledge (ignorance) Errors of performance (carelessness and negligence) Errors of intent (greed)
Corrosion of Reinforcement
concrete cover concrete around it is impervious and does not allow moisture or chlorides high pH value
Exposure to Aggressive Chemicals Alkali-Aggregate Reactions Sulphate Attack and Chloride Attack
REPAIR OF DISTRESSES
Structural strengthening by Plate Bonding, RCC Jacketing, Propping & supporting, etc Foundation strengthening can be done by UnderPinning by Piles, Micro-piles, Inject of ground by cement or chemical grout etc. Cathodic Protection
Spalling of Concrete