Proceedings pro010 : 3rd International RILEM Symposium on Durability of Building and Construction Sealants Seneffe, Belgium (2000)

All building and construction sealants, once installed, are exposed to environmental and service degradation factors which affect their performance over time and ultimately cause them to fail. Replacing failed sealant joints is time consuming and can be expensive, representing a substantial proportion of overall maintenance costs. A thorough understanding of the parameters that affect the durability of sealants is critical for predicting their service life and the associated life cycle costs. In order to address the issue of building sealant durability, the RILEM Technical Committee 139-DBS was inaugurated in 1991.
This volume contains the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Durability of Building and Construction Sealants which was organised by TC139-DBS and held on February 2-3, 2000, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. The papers presented at the symposium represent state-of-the-art research into sealant durability. Topics covered include research on sealed joint performance; sealant durability studies; mechanistic and analytical studies; development of new test methods; performance based specification development; and innovative approaches in improving sealed joint durability.
This book will be of particular interest to senior construction and maintenance engineers, specifiers and architects, development and technical service personnel at sealant manufacturers, as well as researchers at universities and national test and certification institutes.

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