The excessive use of virgin materials for manufacturing cementitious materials in the
building and construction industry creates detrimental environmental effects. The integration …

Geopolymer technology is a spectacular technique which provides solutions to several
construction problems in a sustainable way. In the primary stage of this research …

The restricted operating temperature range of fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) systems for
upgrading and retrofitting reinforced concrete structures is among the key limiting factors of …

The combined need to propose new solutions for the structural reinforcement of existing
buildings and for the reduction of CO 2 emissions is leading to the development of more …

Past earthquakes revealed that the brittle nature of unreinforced masonry (URM) structural
walls often leads to extensive cacking and shear damage, which can seriously affect the …

This paper examines the out-of-plane performance of masonry walls (representative of infills
in reinforced concrete frames) which have been upgraded with an outer skin of integrated …

The fast aging of existing building stock requires effective and sustainable strengthening
solutions. Textile-reinforced mortars (TRM) have already proved to be very effective as well …

Hybrid externally-bonded reinforcements are considered a viable technique for
strengthening existing concrete structures. They combine high-performance impregnated …

Repairing concrete structures affected by reinforcement corrosion is vital to ensure their
durability and safety. Organic corrosion inhibitors (OCIs) are widely used in the construction …

The building and construction industry heavily relies on the use of concrete and
cementitious composites due to their exceptional attributes, including strength and durability …