Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures

There are many reasons for challenging the engineering society for proposing and developing methods, tools, solutions and ways for implementing the refurbishment and modernisation of infrastructure. Among them are the need to assure functioning of the infrastructure during the necessary upgrade, the limited financial means, the heritage value, use of new materials, confinement of space and most certainly reliable assessment of the condition and load-carrying capacity of structures. This is why such a large variety of concepts and systems in this field, which constitutes an excellent theme for a conference.