Maintenance, repair and rehabilitation- Facets of Maintenance - importance of Maintenance various aspects of Inspection -Assessment procedure for evaluating a damaged structure - Causes of deterioration

Quality assurance for concrete construction concrete properties- strength, permeability, thermal properties and cracking. - Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals, corrosion – design and construction errors - Effects of cover thickness and cracking.

Admixtures- types of admixtures - purposes of using admixtures - chemical composition- Natural admixtures - Fibres- wraps- Glass and Carbon fibre wraps- Steel Plate

Rust eliminators and polymers coating for rebars during repair - foamed concrete - mortar and dry pack - vacuum concrete - Gunite and Shotcrete - Epoxy injection, Mortar repair for cracks, shoring and underpinning - Methods of corrosion protection, corrosion inhibitors, corrosion resistant steels, coatings and cathodic protection - Engineered demolition techniques for dilapidated structures - case studies

Distress, observation and preliminary test methods. Case studies: related to rehabilitation of bridge piers, dams, canals, heritage structures, corrosion and erosion damaged structures.