Buildings
are damaged every day in many ways: impacts
from vehicles, fires, decay, and from exposure to hurricanes
and other
natural events, just to name a few. Repairing these structures
are challenging particularly to the Structural Engineer
that does not have adequate experience in understanding
the unique challenges of this type of design. Considerations
for a repair scheme are much different than that for
a new design. Axiom Engineering has considerable experience
in design of repairs, and understands the unique challenges.
These
include:
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Determine the extent of damage and the necessary
scope of repairs. |
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Developing a design scheme that is constructible
and ties in properly with the undamaged portion
of the structure. |
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Assessing
ancillary issues such as code upgrade requirements. |
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Coordinating
restoration of electrical, mechanical and HVAC
Systems. |
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