ABSTRACT
There are several aspects to troubleshooting in concrete technology. One of them, separation of its costing from that of QC, was raised in the first edition and is repeated here.
Another is the examination of existing structures with a view to repair. This is a field in which the author has considerable experience but has for several years done his best to avoid. Some reasons for this attitude are:
● The field is a very extensive and rapidly developing one and, to provide good professional service, requires that the practitioner keep fully up to date with a myriad of constantly changing techniques and proprietary materials. The author is unwilling to divert enough time and effort to this aspect of concrete technology from his chosen fields of mix design and QC to satisfy his conscience in being such a practitioner.
