There are also interesting new methods to monitor corrosion
Then what ? Can you repair or replace parts of a building ?New footings, beams, walls, etc are constructed or installed to replace old ones all the time.
Say you have a bad concrete footing for a post. You use jacks to support the beam on both sides of the post that sits on the footing, remove the post, remove the footing, pour a new footing, and then put a new post in and remove the beam jacks.