Condition Assessment of Structures

The assessment plays a very important role in the maintenance and monitoring of the structure, which keep the structure to perform its functionality throughout their useful life without any interference. The condition assessment is the process of getting information and data about the existing condition of the structure. The main objective of the paper is to give the idea about the assessment of the various structures such as public building, residential building, water tank and the results which is obtained from assessment, with reference to that we can decide the methods of repair, rehabilitation, strengthening, retrofitting which helps the structure for resistance against lateral forces and wind forces, and various adverse condition. On the other hand it also deals with the explanation of different methods to adopt for monitoring of existing structure. The assessment strategy classified on the basis of types of structures, their functional uses, life span, the degree of deterioration, and their economical preservation, to signify the use of methods on the structure which is having issues regarding the functionality and adverse effects on the metabolism of the structure.