Discusses actual problems of determination of the resistance and protection of concrete structures – slabs, produced by standart adopted in the Russian Federation and the United States. Studied national and international experience of evaluation and quality control, measures to preserve the integrity and stability of structures to various types of exposure. The focus is on those conclusions that must be made from the analysis of the causes of destruction in order to avoid future repetition of mistakes and miscalculations that are allowed currently in the design and construction of engineering structures and which often lead to the occurrence of accidents.

Keywords: methods of quality control, concrete structures, failures of engineering structures