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In the design of buildings and other structures no attention is paid to the question how they are to be demolished when its economic, social or technical service life has expired. This is indeed understandable, bearing in mind that most if not all designers are at the design stage hardly likely to entertain the idea of their structural creations subsequently being demolished. Yet it can be presumed that the majority of structures and the parts thereof will in course of time no longer fulfill the functional requirements applicable to them. Having regard to the rapid evolution of our society, this is indeed likely to arise within an ever decreasing length of time. This means that, except for buildings designated for preservation as monuments, the greater number of structures will sooner or later have to be demolished in order to be replaced by others which are better suited to the needs of the time. Until fairly recently, the structures to be demolished dated from a time when building was for the most part done in masonry or brickwork with timber and steel beams.
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Kreijger, P.C. (1981). Introduction and Stating the Problem(s). In: Kreijger, P.C. (eds) Adhesion Problems in the Recycling of Concrete. Nato Conference Series, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8312-7_2
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