BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- THE AUTHOR -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 CAUSES -- 2.1 BASIC FACTORS -- 2.1.1 Mechanism -- 2.1.2 Hydration -- 2.1.3 Formwork -- 2.1.4 Rainwater -- 2.1.5 Weathering -- 2.2 BLOCKWORK -- 2.3 BRICKWORK -- 2.4 MORTAR -- 3 SOLUBLE SALTS -- 3.1 CARBONATION -- 3.2 CONTAMINATION -- 4 PREVENTION -- 4.1 CONCRETE QUALITY -- 4.2 ADMIXTURES -- 4.3 BLOCKWORK -- 4.4 CLADDING -- 4.5 MORTAR -- 4.6 JOINTS -- 4.7 PIGMENTS -- 4.8 DETAILING -- 4.9 DAMP-PROOFING -- 4.10 FORMWORK -- 4.11 RENDERING -- 4.12 URBAN ENVIRONMENTS -- 4.13 SURFACE TREATMENT -- 5 REMOVAL -- 5.1 WASHING AND BRUSHING -- 5.2 ACIDS -- 6 CONCLUSION -- 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY -- VIEWPOINT PUBLICATIONS -- CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION -- Man on the job leaflets -- BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT -- BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION -- ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 8 APPENDIX: CHECKLIST TABLE.