Which risk increases when improperly compacted concrete surrounds a vertical steel support column during construction?

💡 Explanation

When concrete isn't compacted, porous regions form allowing moisture and air ingress because the cement matrix remains permeable, leading to electrochemical reactions on the steel rebar. Therefore accelerated corrosion results, rather than buckling reduction, thermal stress, or vibrational increase which require different mechanisms.

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