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035 _a(Sirsi) u40611
041 _aeng
100 _aMcNicholl, D.P. et al
245 _aPublic housing blocks in Hong Kong: the identification, investigation and rectification of structural defects
260 _c1990
350 _a0
490 _aStructural Engineer
_v68(16) 21 August 1990, 307-326(11)
520 _aDescribes how the Hong Kong Housing Department tackled defective high rise reinforced concrete buildings, swiftly erected in response to the housing crisis in the 1950s. Maintenance problems were due to reinforcement corrosion , spalling and variable concrete strengths; tests and remedial action illustrated here with charts and tables.
650 _aBUILDING DEFECTS
650 _aREPAIRS
650 _aSTRUCTURAL SURVEY
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING PATHOLOGY
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c26022
_d26022