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We visited the University of Surrey to discuss a collaborative research project about the structural performance of historic masonries affected by moisture, salt crystallisation, and freeze-thaw cycles. Here are some photos of some of the equipment of the Structural Engineering lab.

After performing some work on this Victorian church, we have installed a monitoring system into the crypt to track key parameters of the wall fabric. Here is a quick overview of the monitoring system.

Here is a large building monitoring system planned for an ancient UNESCO World Heritage Site. This world heritage site monitoring system uses in excess of 70 sensors which can collect over 200 building parameters in real time, every few minutes, for several years if needed.

We have been using various data monitoring systems throughout the years, from simple to more complex configurations in the lab as well as on real buildings. Here are some photos of some of our data monitoring systems used in lab research.

For the longevity of the plasterboarding and the health of the internal environment it is important to keep the plasterboard cavity as dry as possible. Applying a thin (8-10 mm) coat of Rinzaffo MGN Roman plaster coat on the surface of the brick/stone masonry under the cavity prevents moisture and salt infiltration as well as crumbling, keeping the cavity under the plasterboard dry.

Some Roman lime mortars are great structural consolidation materials as they are breathable, flexible, of adequate mechanical strength, yet softer than the bricks or stones it consolidates – conforming to all aspects of building consolidation. This 1930s residential building had some structural cracks that have been repaired with the Betoncino Consolidante MGN Roman structural consolidation mortar.