Melioration and Drainage Systems as a Factor of Building Durability: Water Management on the Adjacent Territory

Author

Volodymyr Voroshylo


Abstract

 This article examines melioration and drainage systems as an engineering factor that determines the service life of buildings. It argues that durability is decided not only by the quality of structural materials but by the way water is managed on the plot of land that surrounds a structure, and that a foundation and the soil around it should be treated as a single hydro-mechanical system. The paper analyses the mechanisms through which groundwater and surface runoff degrade foundations and basements — hydrostatic pressure, capillary transfer of salts, frost heaving and suffusion — and relates them to published data on the deterioration of building structures in aggressive environments. It then considers the management of surface runoff on the adjacent territory, including vertical planning, storm sewerage and the controlled infiltration of runoff, and examines subsurface drainage together with the normative framework of engineering protection against flooding and inundation. The complementary roles of drainage and waterproofing are discussed, as is the monitoring of drainage systems during operation. The article concludes by substantiating a hierarchy of protective measures in which surface solutions precede subsurface drainage and waterproofing serves as the final barrier rather than the first.



Keywords

drainage, melioration, building durability, groundwater, surface runoff, foundation, engineering protection, waterproofing, storm sewerage, vertical planning



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