Structural Survey & Repairs
YECS has a proven success in the project management and supervision of contractors during the repair process.
Please do not hesitate to contact YECS for any of the following services:
Recommendations for precast concrete and stone cladding on buildings with safety issues due to corrosion of embedded steel reinforcement, cracking, movement, or other structural distress.
Design criteria assumptions and advice for structural load testing to assure adequacy and integrity when information on structural materials is limited.
Supervision of contractors during the repair process.
YECS has extensive experience of damage evaluation and developing repair solutions for reinforced concrete that has suffered serious distress or deterioration that compromises the safety and serviceability of the structure.
Survey, investigation, recommendations for remedial works and the development of repair solutions and strategies for deteriorated reinforced concrete structures include:
Fire damage to steel or reinforced concrete structures
Impact damage to steel or reinforced concrete structures
Blast damage to steel or reinforced concrete structures
Leakage and water ingress from ground water, roof, or podium decks into building basements and other underground substructure elements
Raised water tables and capillary rise damage to basements, paving, and service infrastructure in recently developed areas of the built environment
Cracking at expansion joints or bearing pad issues at movement joints in bridges and buildings
Cracking and de-bonding of screeds on suspended or ground concrete slabs
Cementitious patch repair techniques, such as hand-applied mortar, spray concrete, and poured or pumped micro-concrete
Repair of cracking in concrete block walls
Repair of leakage by crack injection, crystalline waterproofing and curtain wall grouting
Recommendations for precast concrete and stone cladding on buildings with safety issues due to corrosion of embedded steel reinforcement, cracking, movement, or other structural distress.
