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    MAINTENANCE AND

    REPAIR STRATEGIES
    The Maintenance work is broadly classifies as

    a) Preventive Maintenance
    b) Remedial Maintenance
    c) Routine Maintenance
    d) Special Maintenance
    Preventive Maintenance

    The maintenance work done before the defects occurred or damage


    developed in the structure
    It includes thorough inspection, planning the programs of
    maintenance and executing the work
     depends upon the specifications, condition and use of structure.
    Remedial Maintenance
    It is the maintenance done after the defects or damage occurs in the
    structure. It involves the following basic steps.
    - Finding the deterioration
    - Determining the causes
    - Evaluating the strength of the existing structure
    - Evaluating the need of the structure
    - Selecting and implementing the repair procedure
    Routine Maintenance
    It is the service maintenance attended to the structure periodically.
    The nature of work done and interval of time at which it is done
    depends upon specifications and materials of structure, purpose,
    intensity and condition of use.
    It includes white washing, parch repair to plaster, replacement of
    fittings and fixtures, binding of road surface.
    WHY IS IT REQUIRED???
    Basic Terminologies
    1) Defect : These are the flaws introduced through poor design, poor workmanship, during manufacturing,
    fabrication and construction through inadequate operation and maintenance during its service life. In other
    words, the flaw that has a potential to lead to a failure becomes defect.

    2) Deterioration : Any change to the material or geometric properties of a structural member affecting its
    structural performance.

    3) Repair : Process of reconstruction and renewal of the existing building either in whole or part.

    4) Rehabilitation : An upgrade required to meet the present needs being sensitive to building features and a
    sympathetic matching to original construction. In other words, Process of returning a building or an area to
    its previous good condition.

    5) Renovation : Process of substantial repair or alteration that extends a building’s useful life.
    6) Remodeling : Essentially same as renovation – applied to residential structures.

    7) Restoration : The process of re-establishing the materials, form and appearance of a structure

    8) Strengthening : The process of increasing the load resistance capacity of a structure or portion.
    Example : Jacketing of beams and columns.

    9) Retrofitting : The process of strengthening of structure along with the structural system, if
    required to comply all relevant codal provisions in force during that period. Example :
    Implementing base isolators and dampers in structure 2

    10) Maintenance : Act of keeping something in good condition by checking or repairing it


    regularly

    11) Demolition : The process of pulling down of the structure not deemed to be fit for service.

    12) Distress : It is a collective term for the physical manifestation of problems such as cracks,
    spalls, pop-outs, staining, decay or corrosion. Distress can be thought of as the symptoms
    indicating that the defects are present
    Cracks in RC Building

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