Durability engineering and asset rehabilitation

With our fact-based approach to risk management, GRIT can help you extend the life of plant, equipment, structures and civil assets safely and economically. We specialise in designing and project managing durability and rehabilitation solutions that are fit-for-purpose and suit the required service life of the asset.

Our team has extensive experience in durability of concrete and steel structures, pipelines, bridges, industrial and marine structures. This practical understanding lets us balance short-term investment with future maintenance challenges and costs, based on your needs. We focus on resolving issues with minimal impact and risk to the environment or people’s safety, providing maximum economic, operational and ESG benefits. 

GRIT’s durability and rehabilitation engineering services include: 

• Durability assessments and rehabilitation of below ground services and infrastructure. Drainage systems and pipelines, concrete and steel structures, including jetties, process equipment and plants, storage tanks, industrial and commercial buildings. 

• Durability assessments of our own and other engineers’ or architects’ designs, to determine likely maintenance issues, schedules and costs, and add value with pragmatic improvements. 

• Developing scopes, specifications and quality control packages for new build, maintenance or rehabilitation projects. 

• Reviewing and providing guidance on B2 durability clause under the building code. 

• Corrosion assessments of existing steel and concrete structures, piping and process equipment, including internal assessments. We combine durability and corrosion knowledge to predict deterioration rates, together with structural and mechanical assessments to forecast service life and determine various intervention options and budgets.

• Providing expert witness services in legal cases involving durability issues.