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Hong Kong Public Housing provides the first comprehensive history of one of the most dramatic episodes in the global history of the modern built environment: the vast public housing programme sponsored by successive Hong Kong governments from the 1950s, in a quest to build up the territory into a lasting ‘people’s home’. And unlike many of its counterparts elsewhere, this is a programme still ongoing today – a case of ‘history in progress’ – as Hong Kong now boasts one of the world’s longest-lasting public housing programmes. During that time, it has been not just a mirror of the cultural and economic values of Hong Kong society but also a reflection of more nebulous, fast-ch...
Twenty-five papers originally presented at the ASTM symposium held in San Diego, Calif., November 1991, provide innovative, successful techniques for the practicing engineer, scientist, and others involved with corrosion control for infrastructure. Practical experiences and applications as well as n
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Nondestructive Testing involves the use of methods such as wave propagation, electromagnetism, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity to test structural integrity and thereby allow nondestructive assessment of structures and the possibility of structural failures before they occur. Nondestructive Testing of Deep Foundations covers different techniques designed to provide information about the integrity and quality of the material that makes up a deep foundation. Nondestructive Testing methods are used at all stages of a structure's life - from new construction quality control to residual lifetime prediction, and even during the monitoring of demolition. In addition, Nondestructive...
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This multidisciplinary volume reviews various new materials and methods used to maintain and rehabilitate the infrastructure systems of the United States. Providing over 120 papers, contributors from a wide variety of disciplines and specialties examine the research and development of high performance materials, new and innovative repair technologies, material durability and material testing, recycled materials, nondestructive evaluation, and quality control. In addition, case studies highlight the use of concrete, bituminous, aggregate base course, structural composite and plastic, metal, and timber materials in rehabilitation efforts.