Binda L.
ABSTRACT
Restoration of heritage masonry buildings has been in the past until the sixties a job for few experts. The damage to historic buildings due to the last earthquakes, their decay due to lack of maintenance and aging have now involved in the design for restoration a great number of architects and engineers; as a consequence there is a great need for guidelines and codification for testing and application of various techniques for conservation so as for training and teaching.
After a discussion on the damage and on the decay which occurs in historic buildings, reference is made to research initiatives in the various countries. A diagnosis on the state of damage should be the first step to the design for restoration, through in-situ intervention should be made after studying previously the adequacy of the technique to the real need of the building; a subsequent control of the effectiveness of repair or strengthening should be carried out using NDE when possible. The existing codes and recommendation and the future development and necessities are then discussed.
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