Tools for structural rehabilitation
We provide you with access to some useful tools for rehabilitation that, despite their age (see the Background section), can be useful in the analysis of structural rehabilitation interventions both in the academic world, due to their pedagogical and professional value.
These tools are indicated below, as well as their origin:
Stresses and indicators of the existing brick factory
Archive: MAOEX.XLS
Original version: Excel v.5
Date: March 1997
Access mode: Download the file here.
Included in the book: “Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and therapy of brick factory structures“. ITeC 1997.
Simplified Method of Checking Reinforced Concrete Pillars Serving as Quenching for Brick Wall Structure Buildings
Archive: POTES.XLS
Original version: Excel-97
Date: February 1999
Access mode: Download the file here.
Included in the book: “Recommendations for the recognition and diagnosis of reinforced concrete porticoed structures that support brick factory structures“. ITeC 1999.
Background
When in 1990 the problem of unidirectional ceilings of concrete beams made of aluminous cement broke out, commissioned by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the ITeC carried out intense work related to the preparation of the census of buildings with this type of ceilings in Catalonia, as well as the proposal of methodologies for diagnosis and intervention for structural rehabilitation.
At the same time, the Government of Catalonia launched the Technical Cooperation Centre for the Rehabilitation of Housing, known in the sector as CTR, under the Department of Territorial Policy and Public Works, according to Decree 76/1992 of 2 March. This was created, according to the Decree “in order to promote and develop actions and measures of incentive, advice, research and support for the conservation and rehabilitation of the housing stock and, in particular, those affected by problems of structural pathologies”. The CTR extended its activity until 2000 when Decree 3/2000 of 10 January reorganised the functions it exercised.
The result of all this was the obtaining of an interesting collection of books (known for their garnet covers) still present and in use in professional offices.
Most of these publications can be obtained in PDF format free of charge on the ITeC website. Some of the books had a floppy disk with calculation tools on the back cover, which was not possible to obtain if the physical book was not available. These tools are the ones that we now make available from this page.

List of books:
- Recommendations for the recognition and diagnosis of reinforced concrete porticoed structures supporting brick factory structures. March 1999
- Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and therapy of brick factory structures. March 1997
- Guide to actions on existing ceilings of reinforced or prestressed concrete joists. October 1996
- Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and therapy of ceramic ceilings. April 1995
- Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and therapy of fundamentals. May 1995
- Guide to the diagnosis of structural pathologies. December 1993
- Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and therapy of wooden ceilings. October 1993
- Recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis and therapy of one-way ceilings with metal beams. March 1993
- Recommendations for the systematic recognition and rapid diagnosis of ceilings built with aluminous cement. May 1991 (Spanish)
- Recommendations for the therapy of unidirectional slabs of self-supporting concrete beams. December 1992 (Spanish)
The database was produced at the end of the 90s of the last century and the evolution of software has left it inaccessible. Knowing the interest expressed by different professionals and entities, we have recovered its content and make it available through this page. The information provided is exactly the same, and the images of the authorizations of use are those that were obtained at the time based on the information provided by the Ministry of Housing. It therefore has the same limitations as the content of the original database.




