Repairing Concrete - BASF

1 Repairing Concrete Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity 2 3. Repairing Concrete Repairing Concrete Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Master Builders Solutions from BASF. Building on partnership. Our Master Builders Solutions experts find innovative and sustainable solutions to meet your specific construction needs. Our global experience and network help you to be successful today and tomorrow. Master Builders Solutions The Master Builders Solutions brand brings all of BASF's expertise together to create chemical solutions for new construction, maintenance, repair and renovation of structures. Master Builders Solutions is built on the experience gained from more than a century in the construction industry.

2 The know-how and experience of a global community of BASF construction experts form the core of Master Builders Solutions. We combine the right elements from our portfolio to solve your specific construction challenges. We collaborate across areas of expertise and regions and draw on the experience gained from countless construction projects worldwide. We leverage global BASF. technologies, as well as our in-depth knowledge of local building needs, to develop innovations Contents that help make you more successful and drive sustainable construction. 03 _ Master Builders Solutions from BASF 22 _ Crack injections 04 _ Repair and protection systems 24 _ Anchoring The comprehensive portfolio under the Master 06 _ Overview repair and protection of Concrete 25 _ Reinforcement corrosion protection Builders Solutions brand encompasses Concrete 08 _ EN 1504 26 _ Concrete protection admixtures, cement additives, chemical solutions 14 _ Concrete repair mortars 28 _ EN 1504 examples in use for underground construction, waterproofing solutions, sealants, Concrete repair and protection solutions, performance grouts, performance flooring solutions.

3 4 5. Repairing Concrete Repairing Concrete Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Repair and Protection Systems from Master Builders Solutions Competence profile of repair and protection systems As a full-range supplier of repair and protection With our system solutions, we help you to extend products, we offer customized solutions for the service life of your construction and, lastly, your structure. We do not, however, only look make a significant contribution to sustainability. at the visible damage, but also provide support for the evaluation of the causes of your structural Life cycle extension damage. As a result, we are able to offer you Today, if you are the owner or architect, the wide an integrated solution, providing a specifically range of products available to specify for your designed product combination based on construction presents a great challenge: the needs of your individual structure.

4 The comprehensive technical construction know- Construction products ledge of our sales representatives will ensure All construction material suppliers offer similar that you receive the best solutions for your products. But are the properties really construction requirements. comparable? Many of our products for protection and Concrete repair are certified in compliance For owners, planners and architects we provide with EN 1504, and many decision makers choose information and guidance on the advantages and their construction materials based on this benefits of the system solutions worked out by standard. Therefore, it is well worth taking a closer our experts. look at this standard: mandatory and voluntary test methods do exist for testing products.

5 Our Specialist applicators and contractors receive MasterProtect products for protecting Concrete , guidance and support concerning the application in particular, are tested over and above the of the chosen system solution. Our development mandatory testing methods, providing significantly experts have placed special emphasis on making better and more durable protection for Concrete all products user friendly and easy to work structures based on superior product properties. with. With in-house training and support on The properties of most of our repair mortars are construction sites, we can achieve the ambitious far in excess of EN 1504's requirements very target of the safe and high quality application of high compressive strengths, weather and freeze- our products.

6 Thaw resistance allow continuous use of those mortars even in highly frequented traffic areas. We offer you a range of products for the repair and protection of Concrete structures, including System solutions crack injection, chemical anchoring, reinforcement Choosing the most suitable solution for corrosion protection, structural repair mortars, refurbishment can have a big impact on the trafficable repair mortars and repair mortars life cycle of a Concrete structure. While many for cosmetic repair and reprofiling, as well as owners decide to use high quality Concrete repair Concrete protection to achieve the refurbishment. materials, they do not consider that there is more to do after the Concrete repair is finished. Despite All products are certified by independent testing Repairing a Concrete structure with Concrete repair institutes in compliance with national and/or mortars, further damages may occur some years international standard requirements.

7 Our later, because only the damaged Concrete has production sites are externally controlled in been replaced but insufficient Concrete cover compliance with DIN ISO 9001. still remains. By using Concrete protection after the Concrete repair has been completed, the As an applicator or owner, you will benefit entire structure can be protected for longer and Torres Blancas, Alicante (Spain): from our safe and durable solutions specially repair cycles can be prolonged significantly. Protection with Corrosion Inhibitor MasterProtect 8000 CI against chloride ingress designed for your construction needs. 6 7. Repairing Concrete Repairing Concrete Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Overview Repair and Protection of Concrete Concrete repair strategies EN 1504 scope of the norm Proper maintenance of a Concrete structure is 25 % of the structure owners European Standard EN 1504 is entitled: essential in order to guarantee the designed products and Systems for the Protection and lifetime, since there can be many causes of are unhappy with the performance Repair of Concrete Structures Definitions, Concrete deterioration.

8 Therefore, Concrete Requirements, Quality Control and Evaluation of repair is a specialist activity requiring fully of the repair and protection Conformity. For the first time in the industry, EN. trained and competent personnel at all stages materials within 5 years after 1504 deals with all aspects of the repair and/or of the process. Unsatisfactory understanding protection process, including: and diagnosis of Concrete deterioration, the rehabilitation; 75 % are incorrect repair specifications and choice of definitions and repair principles repair products / techniques, and short-term dissatisfied within 10 years! the need for accurate diagnosis of . patch and paint strategies, have inevitably deterioration causes before specification led to dissatisfaction from structure owners.

9 CONREPNET, November 2004 of the repair method detailed understanding of the needs . A large-scale independent and anonymous EN 1504 has standardized repair activities and of the client research project clearly showed provides an improved framework for achieving product performance requirements and . this level of dissatisfaction. successful, durable repairs and satisfied clients. test methods factory production control and evaluation . of conformity, including CE marking site application methods and quality control . of the works When followed, this complex but comprehensive document should ensure good quality repair and protection work on the jobsite, which will result in the increased satisfaction of building owners. 8 9. Repairing Concrete Repairing Concrete Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity Solutions to Re-establish Structural Integrity EN 1504.

10 European standard EN 1504 consists of 10 As a structure owner, it will give you an increased Common causes of defects Basic considerations for Repairing Concrete parts, each covered by a separate document. level of confidence as, for the first time, all The nature and causes of defects, including Part 9 of European Standard EN 1504 specifies This provides a resource which helps specifying issues of Concrete repair and protection are combinations of causes, shall be identified and the basic principles which shall be used, engineers and contractors as well as material addressed by a single integrated European recorded. Many defects result from inadequate separately or in combination, where it is manufacturing companies. standard. design, specification, execution and materials.