Corrosive and degradation processes have a decisive share in the appearance of failures, in the degradation of buildings and in shortening physical durability of structures. They principally affect the buildings' structural safety and ftness for use for health reasons, their functional properties, energy and operating costs. By safeguarding reliability and functional properties ofbuildings and by extending their physical duralility, reducing the intensity and kinetics of degradation processes by effecti ve and durable rehabilitation measures, considerable contributions to the national economy may be achieved. Special attention has to be paid to the rehabilitation of historical and cultural monuments, including the study of historical technologies and ma terials and their influence on the selection of remedation means and effective methods oftheir application. The first stage ofthe grant project will deal with theoretic and experimental research into moisture impact on mechanical and physical material pr

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