Structural Audit of Old Buildings - Part I.


This video tutorial describes in easy steps how to carry out Structural Audit of Old Buildings. It illustrates with case studies, the tragic situations of old buildings in urban areas where buildings become dilapidated because they have not been attended.

The video tries to give the details of the critical parts of the old buildings that need to be examined in detail and then classify the situation in the safety parameters of moderate risk, high risk and very high risk. This will enable the Engineers to carry out Structural Audit in a systematic way and evaluate the risk of the building.

This video will also assist the residents, society members and general public to understand the importance of Structural Audit and what needs to be taken care of when the audit is being done.

The next step will be to carry out non-destructive tests and repairing of the old buildings, so that the buildings can be safe for a specified future life.

The Structural Audit is the first step to understand and evaluate the health of old buildings.
The purpose is to save life and property.

This is the First Part of the series of such Tutorials we wish to publish.
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