Structural Repairs

Structural Repairs

Structural repairs that may or may not be directly related to seismic retrofitting can be made on any type of building, such as concrete tilt up, masonry, steel or wood-framed buildings. These repairs can include installation of roof diaphragms, Glue Laminated Beams (GLB), purlins, sub-purlin, plywood, walls or any of a number of necessary structural repairs.

Common structural repairs include:

• Correcting damage caused by roof condensation, including repair or retrofitting of hangers or ledgering sub-purlins.
• Preventing or correcting roof condensation damage by adjusting or repairing the patter of roof nailing
• Reducing the load on key beam that are overloaded by rooftop equipment, hanging equipment.
• Reinforcing or replacing aging beams that are deflecting or breaking
• Replacing or reinforcing beams that are sagging from collected water on the roof.

Saunders Commercial Seismic Retrofit repairs structural members using various methods that include adding steel, lumber, or tension cables to the existing structure or replacing structural members.