Equipped with the most recent analysis technology, the tBU is a competent partner of construction authorities, architects, construction companies and private builders in all building conservation issues.

With a lot of experience, flexibility and curiosity we are ready to complete very complex tasks in a short time. Despite being passionate scientists, we do not loose ourselves in pure theory. We rather focus on the actual demands placed by real construction environments, which means for example that the involved experts take part closely in our activities if they wish to do so.

Tasks

In close cooperation with statics engineers, planners and private builders, we analyse the causes and effects of construction damages and diagnose possible flaws in the building construction.

If you need to develop reconstruction concepts, we will give you competent assistance or accomplish this task completely for you. Below you find just a small selection of possible tasks:

• Diagnosis of leakage in cellars or in concrete or stone-framed basins
• Examination of crack formations and crack deformations
• Measurement of building vibrations due to traffic influences or internal use
• Measurement of the vibration characteristics on church towers excited by bell vibrations
• Damage analysis on floor constructions
  

Test methods

In the building conservation field, we perform essentially the following tests and surveys:

• Heat patterns: pictures taken with infrared cameras
• Climate measurements (short-term and long-term)
• Core drilling for getting specimen
• Strength tests with stones, mortar and steel
• Water absorption capacity and relative moisture content of building materials
• Vapour diffusion values of building materials
• Fire resistance of building materials
• Examinations of buildings and building materials using endoscopes and electron microscopes
• Dynamic surveys on floor superstructures
• Analysis of the vibration characteristics of structures
  

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