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Fungus infestation on Roman architecture

Fungus in­fest­a­tion on Ro­man ar­chi­tec­ture

The Fon­tain House is a Ro­man un­der­ground struc­ture in Aug­st, Switzer­land. A hu­mid tem­per­ate cli­mate had per­sisted with­in the in­teri­or. After a num­ber of years a fungus in­fest­a­tion …

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, plan­ning & ex­ecut­ing in­ter­ven­tions, en­vir­on­ment­al mon­it­or­ing
Structural grouting of Roman masonry

Struc­tur­al grout­ing of Ro­man ma­sonry

An im­port­ant share of Ro­man walls are built in the tech­nique of ver­tic­ally-layered ma­sonry. The out­side wall ele­ments are made of tailored stone work and the in­side is filled with rubble an…

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, plan­ning & ex­ecut­ing in­ter­ven­tions
Frost-resistant restoration mortar

Frost-res­ist­ant res­tor­a­tion mor­tar

Frost is a lead­ing cause of de­teri­or­a­tion at the ar­chae­olo­gic­al site in Avenches, Switzer­land. This is es­pe­cially true for ar­chi­tec­tur­al blocs made of grès coquil­li­er­, a sand­sto…

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ar­chae­olo­gic­al sites, plan­ning & ex­ecut­ing in­ter­ven­tions, de­term­in­a­tion of ma­ter­i­al prop­er­ties
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