- Understand the various types of damage that can affect Concrete and Reinforced Concrete structures and be familiar with their effects in the assessment and Rehabilitation of the structures
- List down the codes and Standards used in the assessment and Rehabilitation of Concrete structures and identify the design precautions for carbonation and chloride ingress
- Know the method of damage assessment including the identification of service and exposure conditions of Concrete structures
- Learn how to Conduct visual and exploratory investigation of damaged Concrete structures and determine ways on how to locate and monitor delaminated Concrete, voids, cracks, honeycombs, etc.
- explain the Principles of Rehabilitation including methods to prevent defects in Concrete, Rehabilitation methods against corrosion damage and determine the required properties of repair materials and systems in Concrete structure
- explain the surface repair of Concrete structures, List material requirements, reinforcing Steel cleaning, repair & protection and be familiar with the placement methods that are applied to the Concrete structures
- Employ the proper procedure for strengthening and stabilization of Concrete structures including the techniques/design considerations, shear transfer strengthening between members, stress reduction techniques and crack stabilization
- identify and Apply the strategies and methods of protection of Concrete structures
- be familiar with risk-based Maintenance strategy as well as the required repair time, required time to start of corrosion, time required to start of deterioration and cost analysis for different protection methods