Common Causes of Concrete Spall in Commercial Construction
Concrete spall is one of those problems that looks simple from a distance. A corner has popped off, a few patches have lifted, and someone points to “bad concrete” or “water.” Up close, it is rarely that tidy. Spalling repair failures often trace back to the same handful of underlying causes, acting together in the real world: moisture movement, chemical attack, corrosion, restraint stresses, and workmanship details that quietly stack up over time. In commercial construc