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Watertight Concrete Construction in High Quality Use Chances and Risks of Structural Engineering

Coming from the basic principles of the construction of basements as a watertight concrete construction there will first of all be a presentation of its use and change during the last 20 years. It is going to be illustrated that a modern use of commercial buildings in the basements - i.e. placing of technics, storage or retail - can most often be classified as high quality. For these utilisation concepts the technical and design related boundary conditions of watertight constructions will be discussed. Besides of the separation of a watertight carcass and space creating construction there will also be an analysis of the risks of leakage for different structural elements. Concluding there will be recommendations resulting from present experiences concerning construction, quality assurance and maintenance of watertight concrete constructions in high quality use.