The conference “Inspection of buildings and structures: problems and solutions”

Abstract

The article briefly covers the main reports given on the conference “Inspection of buildings and structures: problems and solutions” that took place in Saint-Petersburg on October, 15th–16th. The conference covered the big range of subjects: the experience in inspection of various structures, from large-span sports structures to historical buildings; the non-destructive and direct methods for evaluation of the mechanical properties of various construction materials and so on.

Keywords

• conference
• inspection of buildings
• structure testing
• non-destructive methods
• large-span structures