Vol: 1 Issue: 1
Structural Integrity Assessment of an Abandoned Reinforced Concrete Structure
Joseph O. Ukpata
Abstract:
This paper presents details of findings for the structural integrity assessment of an abandoned building located in the southern part of Nigeria. Construction work on the uncompleted building commenced in June 2010 with the foundation laying and progressed up to the first-floor slab before work was abruptly suspended. The investigation was aimed at providing the relevant technical information to enable work on the project to resume safely.The investigation involved excavation to expose selected foundations, visual observations and non-destructive tests to determine the compressive strengths of reinforced concrete elements. The results showed the mean strengths of the existing structural members ranging from 23.47 to 29.93 N/mm2.
Keywords— Building, Integrity, Reinforced concrete, Structure, Structural