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Civil Engineering
Tasks
- Representation of interests and co-operation in the development/creation of national or European standards and guidelines with civil engineering / power plant relevance
- Following of amendments of building legislation, building regulations and professional fee regulations
- Creation of VGB guidelines and codes of practice for power plant specific structural design works, constructions, utilisation of materials and maintenance
- Building material / raw material assessments with recommendations for the production of structural elements as well as their installation and protection against detrimental environmental influence
- Subsoil and foundation assessments
- Observation of civil engineering developments of industry and university institutes
- Initiation and support of research projects
- Reutilization, upgrading and demolition
- Organisation of conferences, etc.
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Service
- Quality assurance measures, quality controls
- Recommendations for maintenance and repair
- Damage assessment and repair
- Condition monitoring
- Service life management
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Current Topics
- Indication and handling of loads when designing conventional power plants (VGB guideline R 602 U)
- Evaluation of innovative structural design and construction methods in all areas of power plant constructions
- Measures for increasing the serviceability of power plant constructions
- Periodical condition monitoring of power plant buildings
- Design/realization of pressure release areas in boiler houses
- Application of FRP in power plant construction (revision of the guideline VGB-R 609)
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Fossil-fired Power Plants
