Building Defects 2020

Ingrid Juhásová Šenitková 1 Michal Kraus 1 1 Institute of Technology and Business in České Budĕjovice, Department of Civil Engineering, Okružní 517/10, 370 01 České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic Infobuildingdefects@gmail.com Preface We are pleased to welcome you to the conference proceedings of the 12 th International Scientific Conference on Building Defects (Building Defects 2020) held on 26 th – 27 th November 2020 at the Institute of Technology and Business (ITB) in České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic. The conference is organized on behalf of His Magnificence prof. Marek Vochozka, MSc., MBA., Ph.D., rector of the Institute of Technology and Business in České Budĕjovice and under the honorary patronage of the Czech Chamber of Certified Engineers and Technicians (CKAIT). The current conference is the twelfth continuous of Building Defects conferences, which solves especially the causes of defects during the building processes and afterward defects of the building themselves as well as the defect of building structures. The conference is the premier chance for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of civil engineering. The main aim of the conference is to present the scientific research results and its practical solutions in the field of civil engineering, taking into account the principles of sustainable development as well as to present contemporary civil engineering issues and future development. It is our pleasure to announce the participation of expert presenters from various universities and research institutes in this two-day event. A lot of thanks are given to all authors of submitted papers for their participation. They contributed a great deal of effort and creativity to produce this work. We are happy they choose the 12 th Anniversary International Scientific Conference on Building Defects to present their excellent work. Thanks also to all editors and reviewers, who donated substantial time from their busy schedules to carefully read and evaluate the submitted scientific papers. The conference proceedings contain 19 papers. Each contributed paper was rigorously reviewed by two reviewers who were drawn mainly from the International Scientific Committee. List of International Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, Sponsors are available in this pdf.