In the current engineering practices, buildings are commonly designed for an effective lifetime of 50 years. This lifetime can increase the cost of buildings with short lifetimes and can reduce the safety level of buildings with large lifetimes. In this paper, a “service-life factor” has been defined. Applying this factor into the nominal values of live, earthquake, wind, and snow loads, the ef...

Abstract A very important task to improve the sustainability of existing structures is extend their service life especially in terms resource conservation and sustainability. Therefore, assessment required safety level an structure are particular importance (condition monitoring). This contribution focusses on how data from established inspection monitoring approaches essential examines more ad...

Service life prediction is crucial for the adoption of more sustainable solutions, allowing optimizing costs and environmental impact buildings during their cycle [...]