About Some Defects and Damage to the Building Structures of Existing Buildings

Abstract

The article provides a list of the main causes of defects and damage to building structures according to the results of research by a number of authors. Based on the above list, defects and damage to buildings that were examined in 2023-2024 by NSUADA employees are classified. The peculiarity of the surveyed buildings is that one of them is unfinished and was not used, the other was partially used. Most of the defects and damages found are due to the lack of necessary repairs. But during the surveys, defects and damages were found that are quite rare: deviation of the wall due to the bursting action of ice; deviation of the reinforced concrete column from the vertical axis and the presence of a vertical crack due to the absence of a sedimentary seam. The article provides a description of them and the reason for their occurrence.