siliconindia | | August 20214Waterproofing is one of the most critical, yet neglected sub-jects because the common man is not exposed to the con-crete technology. He just wonders and is shocked when he sees leakage in his building, but most of the time he considers it as inconvenience rather than a serious matter.The feeling amongst many real estate developers is that water-proofing is costly and unnecessary. However costly remedial action becomes a painful lesson for many. Because of its relative porosity, concrete can allow water and other chemical to infiltrate it. Left unat-tended, this can lead to the deterioration of a building. Since 1991, India is going through an exciting phase of the reform process and has opened up its economy. India has already globalised its economy by relaxing several economic policies. As expected the construction industry is on the forefront of our economic development but unfortu-nately the technocrats involved in this industry are yet to understand the importance of waterproofing and they have to be prepared for a change and adopt modern technologies.In the recent past, everybody is talking about green concrete and arresting of global heating. Even during the Indo-American Nuclear deal global heating and environment were important factors. The ef-fect of the environment on mineral building materials is a natural process, which has not attracted significant scientific interest until recently. The initial work in Germany around 1900 investigated the weathering of natural stones. The problem, which has now attracted is the entry of water containing dissolved toxic substances to the inner parts of the concrete by capillary action. This statement may be extended to the entry of deteriorating agents as a gas or in solu-tion. Later a problem associated with modern concrete construction emerged-that of steel corrosion in steel-reinforced structures causing spalling.This edition is an urgent call out to the construction fraternity to keep a wide opinion about including waterproofing their infrastruc-tures and other commercial projects. Here we have a list of water-proofing solution providers who will take care of your end-to-end needs while also keeping in mind your budget constraints. Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comThe Key to a Concrete Existence Vol 09 · Issue 10 - 03 · August 2021 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Emmanuel Christi Das Editorial Team Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Avinash Roy Mandvi Singh VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar GM - Sales & Marketing Rohit Kumar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2020 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comVisualisers Suanya Chakraborty Group Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran PerumalAnupreethi Danila.D Chander Thyagaraj Felisha Rita Correspondents Sambit Satpathy Subhadarshani MohantyEditorial
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