Concrete & Rebar Corrosion Control No other area has caused more confusion and pain for Civil Engineers than control of Steel Rebar Corrosion. Civil Engineers can design great structures of concrete and steel, but Corrosion can bring those same structures down nearly as fast as they are built. All concrete and steel structures will corrode. The only question is how bad and how quickly. Experience with the California DOT and other locations throughout the world have shown the level of destruction that concrete rebar corrosion can cause. Bridge decks can be made completely unsafe in less than 5 years if improperly designed. New concrete reinforced highway roadways crack and must be continually repaired even before they are initially installed. Photo at left: CCC Engineers provide rebar corrosion mitigation assistance for a Caribbean Utility. CCC understands this phenomenon and how to address it on new or existing concrete structures and retaining walls. There are minimum coverage’s of concrete required over the rebar, there are values of density that must be maintained, there are many different types of concrete inhibitors that may be used, rebar can be purchased coated or uncoated, and there is rebar bonding coupled with cathodic protection as the ultimate solution. Coated rebar can both help and speed up corrosion depending on how it is installed and applied. There are sacrificial coatings that can be applied to the surface of existing structures. Corrosion monitoring and detection can be done on a real time basis. If you are designing any type of concrete & steel reinforced structure and either you or one of your directly supervised assistants is not an expert on the above techniques of corrosion prevention; then CCC can be of assistance to you. CCC can help you design a better structure, maybe even cheaper. CCC can assist you with meeting the required State & Federal Requirements of direct supervision by a Licensed Professional Engineer with identified corrosion responsibility.

Concrete & Rebar Corrosion Control

No other area has caused more confusion and pain for Civil Engineers than control of Steel Rebar Corrosion. Civil Engineers can design great structures of concrete and steel, but Corrosion can bring those same structures down nearly as fast as they are built.

All concrete and steel structures will corrode. The only question is how bad and how quickly. Experience with the California DOT and other locations throughout the world have shown the level of destruction that concrete rebar corrosion can cause. Bridge decks can be made completely unsafe in less than 5 years if improperly designed. New concrete reinforced highway roadways crack and must be continually repaired even before they are initially installed.

Photo at left: CCC Engineers provide rebar corrosion mitigation assistance for a Caribbean Utility.

CCC understands this phenomenon and how to address it on new or existing concrete structures and retaining walls. There are minimum coverage’s of concrete required over the rebar, there are values of density that must be maintained, there are many different types of concrete inhibitors that may be used, rebar can be purchased coated or uncoated, and there is rebar bonding coupled with cathodic protection as the ultimate solution.

Coated rebar can both help and speed up corrosion depending on how it is installed and applied. There are sacrificial coatings that can be applied to the surface of existing structures. Corrosion monitoring and detection can be done on a real time basis.

If you are designing any type of concrete & steel reinforced structure and either you or one of your directly supervised assistants is not an expert on the above techniques of corrosion prevention; then CCC can be of assistance to you. CCC can help you design a better structure, maybe even cheaper. CCC can assist you with meeting the required State & Federal Requirements of direct supervision by a Licensed Professional Engineer with identified corrosion responsibility.