Summary of Concrete Rehabilitation Projects
Sterling Fibers, Milton, Florida
(Formerly American Cyanamid Company)
Fibers Manufacturing Building
Concrete testing and evaluation of deteriorated concrete in manufacturing area; recommended repair methods; 1980-1982.
Evaluation of progress of deterioration, design of new framing configurations to prevent future
Contamination; 1984, preparation of bid documents.
Amity Dyeing & Finishing Partnership, Augusta, Georgia
Concrete condition survey and testing, repair recommendations on production floor of dyeing plant; 1992 – 93 Engineering Study.
PCS Nitrogen, Millington, Tennessee
(Formerly Arcadian Chemical Co)
Prill Tower
Repairs to interior walls of prill tower, major delaminations full height. Inspection, testing, design of repairs and monitoring of installation of shotcrete repairs during shutdown; 1993.
Engineering for exterior shotcrete repairs and metalized zinc cathodic protection system. Originally scheduled for 2003. Project canceled, plant closed.
PCS Nitrogen - Lima, Ohio
(Formerly BP Chemicals)
Prill Tower - 50’ Dia. x 240’ High
Inspection, testing and engineering evaluation of deteriorated concrete structure; repair recommendations, construction inspection of exterior formed and pumped repairs; 2001.
Triad Chemical, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Prill Towers - 50' Dia. x 180' High
Inspection, coring and testing of deteriorated concrete structure, (high chloride level) recommended repair included shotcrete and trial cathodic protection; 1985
Design emergency repairs for collapsed rake floor and conveyor system beneath; 1988
Courtaulds Fibers, Mobile Alabama
Fiber Manufacturing Building
Inspection, concrete testing and evaluation of mechanism of chemical attack on concrete beams and girders exposed to process chemicals (principally sulfuric acid), in rayon fiber manufacturing plant; recommended repair procedures and preparation of plans and specifications; 1986 Engineering Study.
Foul Air Tunnel
Inspection, testing and analysis of brick lined reinforced concrete tunnel running beneath full width of manufacturing building exposed to severe sulfate attack; 1989.
Crown Vantage, St. Francisville, Louisiana
Bleach Plant
Condition survey and preparation of repair drawings for column, beam and floor slab repairs; 1997, 1999 .
Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sodium Cell Building
Inspection, concrete testing and evaluation of deteriorated concrete roof deck of the sodium cell rooms; corrective repair drawings; 1976.
Exxon Company, U.S.A., Baton Rouge Louisiana
East Coker
Condition survey and evaluation of concrete column and beam deterioration on structure supporting east coker unit; recommended repair methods; preparation of plans for repair; 1990.
Engineering assistance to Exxon following major fire on the Coker Structure; repair recommendations regarding fire damage to concrete structure; Engineering Study.
Sulfur Storage Pit - 200 Unit
Inspection, concrete testing and analysis of deterioration involving combined effects of chemical attack, thermal stresses, structural loading and ground water intrusion, presentation of repair options, preparation of final plans for repairs, composite design steel plate, stiffeners, calcium
aluminate cement mix;1991-1993.
Sulfur Storage Pit - 100 Unit
Preliminary design and testing of shotcrete repair option utilizing calcium aluminate cement and stainless steel fibers design mix; bond to existing substrate. Final design of shotcrete repair options completed in December; 1999
R.O.C.C. Building
Investigation of thermal cracking in 9" concrete roof and structural frame and recommendations for repair: 1976.
Sulfuric Acid Tanks 96 and 396
Recommendations on substrate concrete repair and acid proof brick system in containment area; 1981 Engineering Study.
Georgia Pacific, Brunswick, Georgia
Chlor-Alkali Cell Building
Inspection, concrete testing and evaluation of deterioration of the 6" concrete slab and supporting prestressed precast supporting beams and girders in the cell rooms; 1982.
Chlor-Alkali Cell Building
Evaluation of progress of deterioration, design of beams and girder shoring system; 1984.
Bleach Plants Numbers 1, 2, & 3
Evaluation of concrete deterioration, recommended repair methods and preparation of detailed plans and specifications for contractor bidding; plans showed location and extent of all member repairs, suggested shoring methods and repair sequence, details and specifications for shotcrete, hand patch, and formed and poured repairs; concrete protection including U-drain trench linings, floors coating systems and concrete sealers; 1989.
Georgia Pacific, Port Hudson, Louisiana
Bleach Plant
Condition survey, determination of repair priorities, preparation of repair drawings for annual repairs; 1994.
International Paper Company, Bastrop, Louisiana
Central Furnish Basement
Inspection and evaluation of concrete slab, beam, girder, and column deterioration; preparation of plans and specification for contractor bidding; repairs included shotcrete mix with microsilica and polypropylene fibers; 1988.
Paper Machine Building
Inspection, testing and evaluation of deteriorated concrete in paper machine building; reinforced concrete slabs, beams and columns. Recommended repair methods and prepared repair drawings; 1983-1984.
International Paper Company, Mansfield, Louisiana
Roof Panels - Paper Machine Building
Testing and evaluation of deterioration of precast roof panels above paper machines in service only 8 years; carbonation effects on galvanized reinforcing investigated; 1989 Engineering Study.
International Paper Company, Natchez, Mississippi
Chlorination Tower Foundation
Inspection and analysis of existing tower foundation to support new tower following demolition of the original tower; recommended anchorage details; 1990
Rain CII, Gramercy, Louisiana
(Formerly Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation)
Caustic Chlorine Cell Rooms
Inspection, concrete testing, and evaluation of deteriorated concrete in cell rooms, components testing and evaluation program of repair materials; recommended repair methods, preparation of construction drawings for concrete repair of cell rooms support structure; 1985.
Coke Calciner Storage Dome Walls
Investigation and structural evaluation of 12" thick x 25' high reinforced concrete ring walls on a 225' diameter storage dome after a long duration high intensity coke fire; 1976 Engineering Study
Coke Calciner Storage Dome
Structural evaluation of corrosion effects on Calcined Coke Storage Dome Roof Structure. Recommended replacement of dome structure with laminated timber arches. Replacement dome members were near completion of fabrication when deteriorating existing dome collapsed due to excessive corrosion losses; 1985
Mississippi Phosphates Corp, Mississippi Chemical Corporation,
Pascagoula, Mississippi
NPK Fertilizer Plant No. 3
Six-story concrete frame plant unit. Inspection, evaluation of deterioration, computer analysis on wind frame, protective coating and repair drawings; 1979
North Dock
Inspection of deterioration in precast concrete deck slabs and recommended repairs, 1979 Study and Repair
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri
Sulfur Storage Pit
Inspection, concrete testing and analysis of deterioration involving combined effects of chemical attack, thermal stresses, structural loading and ground water intrusion, presentation of repair options, preparation of final plans for repairs, coordination of repair installation; 1994.
P.P.G. Industries, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Caustic and Salt Evaporator Platforms
Inspection, concrete testing, and corrosion survey of large reinforced concrete caustic and salt evaporator platform structures; recommended repair includes shotcrete and cathodic protection: 1985.
Plant A Mercury Cell Caustic-Chlorine Plant
Structural condition survey, concrete testing, and evaluation of concrete deterioration in elevated mercury cell caustic-chlorine production plant; recommended repairs on prestressed beams and girders, and normal reinforced columns; 1987 Engineering Study
Plant C Chlorine Cell Supports
Inspection, concrete testing of large pedestals (6' height) supporting chlorine cells; recommended repair methods; testing of two cathodic protection systems; updating of repair methods on annual basis for repair of 144 pedestals; 1988- current - Engineering Study
Plant A K306 Building
Structural condition survey, concrete testing, and evaluation of concrete deterioration in elevated
caustic-chlorine production plant; recommended repairs on 500 columns, beams and slabs, 2001
Plant A K307 Building Covered Roadway
Structural condition survey, concrete testing, and evaluation of concrete deterioration in elevated
roadway and large maintenance support building; recommended repairs on 450 columns, beams and slabs; 2001
Scott Paper Company, Mobile, Alabama
Bleach Plant No. 3
Structural condition survey, concrete testing and evaluation of concrete deterioration on concrete floor slabs in five story bleach plant structure; recommended repair procedures and prepared final plans and specifications for contractor bids; 1987
Bleach Plant N0. 2
Evaluation of repair methods for concrete beams, girders and columns undergoing severe deterioration supporting bleach plant washer floors; 1988
Concrete Silo Vessels
Concrete testing and evaluation of deterioration on concrete silo vessels storing chemicals for bleach plant processes; recommendation of repair methods, 1989
Recovery Boiler Floor Slabs
Condition survey and testing of concrete floor slabs on 8-story recovery boiler building; recommended slab repairs including resurfacing, crack injection and coating systems; 1991
Energy Recovery Cooling Tower Basin
Evaluation of concrete cracking in elevated cooling tower basin and recommended repair methods; 1991 Engineering Study
Star Enterprises (Texaco), Convent, Louisiana
FCCU Pipe Rack - Fin Fan Supports – Fire Damage
Inspection and evaluation of emergency repairs following fire
damage to prestressed members supporting fin fans and piping;
repairs planned to minimize shutdown of cat-cracker, 1988 Emergency repairs
H-Oil Structure – Fire Damage
Inspection and recommendations of emergency repairs
following fire damage to concrete support frames, 1994 & 1996 Emergency repairs
Reactor Structure
Inspection and recommendations of repairs to damaged
concrete columns supporting cat-cracker, 1995 Emergency repairs
Boiler Foundation
Inspection and recommendations of repairs to damaged
piers supporting boiler; repairs made during shutdown, 1995 Emergency repairs
VPS Exchange Structure – Fire Damage
Inspection, evaluation & design of emergency repairs Emergency Repairs
to multi-story concrete structure following fire damage