The photographs below show a couple of projects completed by Structural Dynamics which required building shoring and the replacement of beams and columns.
Train Depot
This project is a building with historical value which was used as a train depot in the late 1800’s and was restored for commercial use. One section of the building had a basement under it and another section had a crawl space.
Old historical train depot building.
Old timber beam line with failing supports causing beam line to be very out of level. Debris left on basement floor from coal burning trains.
Deteriorated beams and columns falling away from floor framing in crawl space area.
Deteriorated supporting beam lines causing floors to slope and plaster to crack.
Debris from coal burning trains which had to be removed from the basement.
Shoring is set to support a timber beam line as the basement is cleaned out.
Timber beam line shored with new footings poured in basement area.
New beams set in position in crawl space area and the floors jacked back to level.
New beams and columns set in crawl space area.
New beams and columns in crawl space area.
Timber beam line in basement is jacked to a level position and new columns set on new footings.
Timber beam line in basement is jacked to a level position and new columns set on new footings.
Timber beam line in basement is jacked to a level position and new columns set on new footings.
4 Story Heavy Timber Warehouse Damaged By Fire
A fire heavily damaged the first floor and part of a second floor within a 4 story heavy timber building. The building owners decided to completely eliminate the first floor and raise the basement floor elevation so that it matched the first floor of an adjacent building. The result was a 3 story building with a much taller first floor with a concrete slab on grade. This was used to warehouse inventory much more efficiently.
The section of the second floor which was fire damaged was replaced with steel. The heavy timber floor joists were replaced with steel beams and the floor deck was replaced with concrete filled metal deck. This area was used for new offices.
Fire damaged timber beams and columns.
Beams are temporarily shored so upper floors of building can be cleared of stored inventory.
Building is shored from basement to roof so columns can be replaced.
Old columns are removed and replaced with steel.
New steel columns are swung into place and jacked up. Concrete pads are then poured underneath.
New steel column in place and shoring removed. First floor deck removed as columns are set.
New steel columns in place. First floor decking being removed.
New steel columns in place. First floor decking removed.
First floor mostly removed. Gravel fill of basement area begun.
Gravel fill completed and compacted.
Concrete slab poured for first floor warehouse.
New metal decking for replaced area of second floor ready for concrete. All exposed timber has been sandblasted.
Concrete poured over second floor metal decking.
New concrete floor finished at replaced area of second floor.
New second floor offices.
