Daniel Wałach

The paper discusses the issue of building environmental assessments carried out as part of an integrated life cycle design process. The paper presents the methods used to evaluate environmental impact based on CEN and ISO standards. The paper concludes with an excerpt from an environmental assessment of a reinforced concrete structural frame in an office building.

This article presents the technological issues of carrying out repair works on a pithead building in Upper Silesia. The problems diagnosed by the authors and connected with the uncontrolled settling of the pithead building and neighbouring facilities caused the need for developing a repair works schedule that enabled its continuous operation. The paper also presents a method for the implementation of the recommended works and their impact on the technical condition of this object, its functionality and operation.

The paper discusses an assessment of the technical condition of the historic Palace Complex in Gorzanow, and the reasons behind the damage incurred to its structure. The research has been carried out by the authors. The article presents the scope of implemented repair work intended to secure the building against further degradation, as well as a work plan that would make it possible to fully reconstruct the most valuable qualities of the palace in Gorzanow. The primary focus of the article has been applied to technical and organisational issues, regarding an ambitious endeavour to restore the building in question to full functionality and serviceability.

This article presents the influence of carbon fibre reinforced polymer sheets (CFRP) on the strength of normal and fibre concrete columns determined in uniaxial compression. Fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) belongs to a special concrete group which is characterised by special properties without strength [12]. By using CFRP, we can modify the process of work of these composites, which are adhered to a prepared surface using a high performance resin, especially as is shown in this article. This composite material works in an elastic-plastic range with strengthening.