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Corrosion and delamination of beam flange.
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2022/08/04/crumbling-away-how-climate-change-could-accelerate-corrosion/ Climate change is accelerating the corrosion of critical infrastructure, particularly in coastal regions, due to increased temperatures and humidity, which hasten the deterioration…
Link: https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/five-die-on-florence-site-after-concrete-beam-fails/ Five workers died and three were seriously injured when a concrete beam and slabs collapsed at a construction site in Florence, Italy. The…
Corrosion of steel reinforcement and spalling of cover concrete.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has concluded that the 2021 partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, began weeks…
Link: The paper presents a method that enhances the sensitivity of blower door thermography for detecting air leaks in buildings by using image subtraction techniques.…
