THE INSPECTION AND TESTING OF EXISTING FOUNDATIONS TO ASSESS THEIR SUITABLITY FOR REUSE AND EXTENDED USE, NATIONAL STATE OF PRACTICE IN THE NETHERLANDS

In the Netherlands, there are more than 8 million residential buildings. Around half have been built before the 1970s. The foundation of these structures consists mostly of timber piles or shallow foundations. The Dutch knowledge center for existing foundation problems and solutions, KCAF, has estimated that the foundations of about 1 million current structures are sensitive to damage (KCAF, 2022), the degree of the which varies from minor (small cracks) to severe damage (large differential settlements, collapse). Natural degradation of materials with the catalyzing effect due to climate chang... Mehr ...