Guide to Concrete Repairs

Description

Clearly, there is a need for sound concrete repair and maintenance practices. The first edition of the Guide stated: “It has become apparent that there is need for modernization and expansion of the information on the methods, materials, and procedures of concrete repair originally found in chapter 7 of the Concrete Manual (Bureau of Reclamation, 1975).” That still holds true, and the process of updating continues with this edition. Much of the information in the original Guide is still relevant. There are some significant changes in other areas. These changes are the result of several collaborative workshops and research efforts by Reclamation and others (NIST, 1995, 1999), (Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, 2001), (Bureau of Reclamation, 2003), (Morency et al., 2005), (von Fay et al., 2009), (Bissonnette et al., 2012), as well as knowledge gained from project and field wor