Concrete degradation may have various causes. Concrete can be damaged by fire, aggregate expansion, sea water effects, bacterial corrosion, calcium leaching, physical damage and chemical damage (from carbonation, chlorides, sulfates and non-distilled water). This process adversely affects concrete exposed to these damaging stimuli.
Various techniques are available at Arista for strengthening concrete structures, to increase the load-carrying capacity or else to improve the in-service performance.