Estudio Patológico Bodega San Anselmo de Bogotá, Localidad Ciudad Bolívar

Abstract

The present work consists of the description, analysis and pathological diagnosis of a structure defined as a patient, which was chosen as the object of study in order to apply the criteria and knowledge acquired in the first semester of the Construction Pathology Specialization. The patient corresponds to a two-level warehouse which we will call "Bodega Anselmo" it is built through a system of reinforced concrete, with a collaborating sheet in Steel deck, supported by reinforced concrete and metal beams. The patient presented a sudden partial collapse of the metal supports of the mezzanine slab causing damage to structural and non-structural elements as well as damage to property for the owner of the property. In accordance with the above, through the visual inspection that was carried out in order to identify the pathological processes that occur in the structure, as well as by carrying out the corresponding tests that allow identifying the causes of the collapse, a diagnosis and a proposal are generated. intervention to generate a safer structure.