BHATE Engineering Corporation
5217 Fifth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35212-3515
Voice: 205-591-7062, Cell: 205-960-1826, Fax: 205-591-7184
srshanks@bhate-geo.com
BHATE Engineering Corporation
5217 Fifth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35212-3515
Voice: 205-591-7062, Cell: 205-960-1826, Fax: 205-591-7184
srshanks@bhate-geo.com
Masonry
Condition
survey of in-service structures to map cracking, locate vertical and horizontal
reinforcement, verify block fill, and perform crack monitoring to evaluate
mechanisms 
contributing
to functional and structural distress.
Bond wrench testing
of brick prisms to determine flexural-tensile bond strength.
Obtain
and test Concrete Masonry Unit prisms from structures to determine load
capacity.Petrographic examination
of mortar to determine: quantity of masonry cement/hydraulic cement/lime/sand,
water/cement ratio, air-void system, in addition to other physical and
chemical properties.
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