Durability design, control and planning for concrete structures: Practice from China

摘要

His presentation will cover the standard and practice of durability design, control and planning in China, based on the newly issued Technical Guide for Durability of Concrete Structures of the Chinese Civil Engineering Society (CCES). The guide covers the durability aspects of concrete structures through their life cycle: the conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed design, construction, and service phases. The background of the technical guide, according to Kefei Li is the urgent need of the ongoing massive construction of concrete infrastructure in China to ensure these facilities achieve both expected durability performance and rational life cycle cost.