From singular, accidental building problems to early defects of a congenital nature

Abstract

This publication "State of the Art Report on Building Pathology" aims to be a concise document that binds a set of in-depth articles. A short introduction is provided in Chapter 1 to present the CIB W086 – Building Pathology Commission and to summarize its recent activities. Chapter 2 deals with Building Pathology and Costs, while Chapter 3 presents the Research Methodology. Chapter 4 describes the Information Dissemination, and Chapter 5 is devoted to special Case Studies, where some practical examples are explained. Finally, Chapter 6 and 7 provide, respectively, the most important conclusions and the lists of reference documents.