What is the difference between rehabilitation, repair, restoration and retrofitting?
Repair:
- The repairs are performed on damaged buildings to restore the strength after disaster
- The repair services includes
- Reconstruction of non-structural walls , chimneys , boundary walls etc…
- Checking ans repairing electrical connections , plumbing , ventilation etc…
- Repairing of cracks
Restoration :
- The restoration is performed to reattain the strength of existing building to the original strength.
- The restoration enables to get atleast the original strength of piers, Columns, beams and walls
- The following are the actions involved in restoration
- By grouting
- Strengthening using wire mesh
- Rebuilding the cracked portions using rich non-shrinkable mortar after removal of cracked portion.
Retrofitting:
- Assessing the existing condition of the structure and deciding which component of the structure should be repaired or restored based on all the future requirements of structure
- The retrofit enables to increase the original strength of the building.
- The actions of Retrofitting includes
- Addition of shear wall of diagonal braces
- Modification of roofs
- Strengthening of foundation
- Modification of building plan etc…