Wood in masonry walls is prone to decay from moisture, making it crucial to assess deterioration risks to prevent future failures.
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Historic masonry buildings often have unreinforced parapet walls, which lack vertical reinforcing in walls made of continuous multi-wythe masonry and capped with coping.
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Frost and condensation inside a hospital expose costly thermal bridging issues and moisture control failures.
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Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) is a deleterious chemical reaction that can occur within hardened concrete.
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Plaster ceilings are generally more prone to larger area failures compared to wall applications for several reasons. One primary factor is the sustained tensile forces experienced by the layers of plaster, lath, and lath fasteners due to their suspended self-weight from the point of installation onwards.
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At a residential high-rise, staff reported concrete masonry cracking and water infiltration on the top floor of the parking garage during rain. Upon inspection, a continuous horizontal crack, up to 14.3 mm (0.5625 in.) wide, was found near the top of the concrete masonry unit (CMU) exterior wall, extending...
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When specifying prefabricated building enclosure systems, project-specific quality assurance (QA) procedures, including a step-by-step review and documentation of the panel assembly during off-site fabrication, are often required.
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Many industry groups recommend kick-out flashings, and various prefabricated options for three-sided flashings are available; however, they are not consistently used where needed. Two recent projects show the severe consequences when this critical component is omitted, leading to significant structural deterioration only a few years after construction.
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If not properly detailed and/or constructed, lipped brick installations can lead to distress, often within a few years of construction.
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Since no drawings survived showing the original 1950s design, further investigation began with inspection openings at locations of displaced brick masonry to document the actual dimensions and configuration of the structural steel assembly.
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