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Preface

This document seeks to give an appreciation of the wide range of issues associated with the design of durable concrete structures, and matters concerned with service life design. The material reported here is drawn from many sources, which have, it is hoped, been adequately acknowledged. The document attempts to reflect recent and evolving developments, and thereby give an up-to-date overview on matters concerned with service life design. This is a process whose overall objective is to ensure that the concrete structure concerned achieves appropriate durability – which is one of the primary functional requirements that the design and construction process should be expected to deliver.

The document contains 19 main chapters: