Retrofitting of Brick Masonry Column with Ferrocement

Abstract

Technological development in Civil engineering as a rule is a very slow process and introduction of new material and production methods often take decades. Pakistan, being an under developed country needs to concentrate on saving her energy and resources. Apart from new construction, there are many old structures of national and local level existing in Pakistan, which demand immediate repair, or else after some time demolishing and reconstruction of these structures will become imminent. Therefore in order to save the extra expenditure for the reconstruction of these buildings, rehabilitation projects should be undertaken in time, so that not only economic burden is avoided but also the useful life and safety of these buildings is enhanced.