Manifestações patológicas em pisos de concreto: estudo de caso de um galpão industrial

Abstract

Industrial floors have been widely used in various sectors of the economy. The need for a logistical system for storage, distribution and production was what drove the advancement in the technology of designing and executing industrial floors. Good executive practices influence the result of the work and the absence of them can cause great damage. The cost of corrective maintenance is greater than the cost of preventive maintenance. This work carries out a study of the pathological manifestations in concrete floors, analysis of the possible causes from the conception to the execution stages, as well as how to minimize or correct them. The floor of a shed located in the Sao Paulo’s metropolitan region has been analyzed, and the identified problems are associated with the lack of a specific project and low quality of execution. Unprotected joints were the main cause of most of the pathological manifestations that had been analyzed, representing 47% of the identified problems. Maintenance and repairs need to be carried out before the problems get worse and make the use of the shed unfeasible.