Retrofitting of Residential Building-A Case Study

Abstract

In the job of retrofitting of structures, first of all the visual inspection is being done to decide whether structure is liable to retrofit or not. If liable, then using proper techniques, the structure is retrofitted. Next to it various techniques of retrofitting are collected which can be used to retrofit thevarious structures such as building, ESR, bridge, dam etc. On average 75% of human life is being spend in buildings and hence it becomes primeimportance to retrofit the building by using various techniques such as concrete jacketing, steel jacketing, FRP sheet wrapping, addition of concrete, steel plating, strengthening with wire mesh etc. The whole structure is rested on the foundation and hence come into the picture dominantly curing the settlement and action of seismic forces on the foundation. For thisreason base isolation of structure is necessary and achieved by using the technique of LRB. A case study of mosque building gives brief ideas to retrofit any damaged structure.