Scientific and practical aspects in the judicial construction and technical examination of ceramic bricks

Conducting a forensic construction and technical examination to establish the causes of the destruction of brickwork or brick without an integrated approach often leads to unsubstantiated conclusions of the expert, and, therefore, entails administrative responsibility only for brick manufacturers. The article contains a list of initial data for the purpose of expert examination, an algorithm for conducting forensic construction-technical examination for brick and brickwork, a regulatory and technical base, modern methods for studying the causes of brick defects and destruction of brickwork are described. The concepts of «brick scrap» – defects on the product before use and «destruction of bricklaying» – violation of the integrity of the structure, defects in brick, mortar, related materials used in the construction of the facility are separated. An algorithm for solving the issue of the number of bricks for a complaint is given. Examples of on-site monitoring during the examination and determination of the causes of brickwork failure due to salt corrosion and salting-out are considered. It was concluded that an integrated approach, including the study of design documentation, examination of the structure, sampling of all materials involved in brickwork, testing of materials using modern research methods, will make it possible to establish the causes of brickwork destruction.