Selected Papers from the REHABEND 2026 Congress
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 341
Special Issue Editors
Interests: non-minor destructive testing; structural health monitoring; laboratory testing; masonry structures; timber structures; building pathology
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Interests: structural health monitoring; non-minor destructive testing; existing buildings; interventions; structural analysis
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Interests: structural health monitoring; non-minor destructive testing, laboratory testing; masonry structures; existing buildings; structural analysis
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Interests: built environment; climate change adaptation; structural reinforcement; energy efficient rehabilitation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing importance of refurbishing, rehabilitating, and conserving existing buildings and infrastructure—particularly historic heritage—has highlighted the need to establish effective methods for the analysis, planning, and implementation of construction rehabilitation measures, as well as maintenance and management strategies. In this context, the 11th Edition of the REHABEND Congress (REHABEND 2026, www.rehabend.unican.es) emerges as an appropriate platform to address these needs. Its primary objective is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge among experts from different countries who are deeply engaged in these topics.
The REHABEND Congress on “Construction Pathology, Rehabilitation Technology and Heritage Management” will explore the significant progress achieved in recent years in both the theoretical and experimental domains of these fields. Reflecting this advancement, this Special Issue will feature a curated selection of the finest papers presented at the REHABEND 2026 conference.
Dr. Ignacio Lombillo
Dr. Haydee Blanco
Dr. Yosbel Boffill
Dr. Leire Garmendia
Dr. Amaia Santamaria
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multidisciplinary studies (historical, archaeological, etc.)
- heritage and territory
- urban regeneration
- economic and financial policies
- social participation processes and socio-cultural aspects in rehabilitation projects
- construction pathology
- diagnostic techniques and structural assessment (no destructive testing, monitoring and numerical modeling)
- vulnerability studies and risk management
- guides and regulations
- theoretical criteria of intervention projects
- traditional materials and construction methods
- novelty products applicable and new technologies
- sustainable design and energy efficiency
- intervention plans
- rehabilitation and durability
- reinforcement technologies
- restoration of artworks
- conservation of industrial heritage
- examples of intervention
- construction maintenance and infrastructures
- preventive conservation of built heritage
- heritage and cultural tourism
- teaching and training
- new technologies applied to heritage diffusion
- accessibility to cultural heritage
- working networks in cultural heritage
- built heritage management
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