One of the most important aspects of building constructions is the process of waterproofing . Waterproofing is vital as it is the one process that may end up deciding, how long the building in questions withstands external water damage. Water damage is one of the most common kinds of the damage to affect the building. What is more problematic is that the water damage takes place every year with the advent of the monsoons. Concrete by design is porous and cannot consistently withstand the punishment of the heavy rains. It ends up absorbing a lot of water, which reacts with the metal rods places in the walls of the building, causing them to rust and expand, further damaging the construction. This drastically reduces the shelf-life of the building. You can see that the Victorian Era buildings are able to withstand centuries of wear and tear with minimal refurbishment. This is because they have been built with materials that are not porous and do not absorb a lot of water. This is the...