Assessing Structural Integrity Of Basement Wall With Horizontal Cracks In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project KlaC1J1401

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I present here some pictures that I took during my field visit -- the basement of the house had some horizontal cracks. The repair was made by installing steel wide flange section strong backs that were fastened to the concrete of the basement slab and the First Floor support joists ...

Assessing Structural Integrity of Basement And Crawl Space Walls of Existing House -- ANAND Enterprises Project KozH1J1401

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I present here some pictures that I took this morning during my site visit

This is an older house of concrete masonry block wall construction for the basement and two crawl spaces. Although there are some horizontal cracks in the block walls and some step cracks in face brick, I did not find anything to be concerned about, The cracks that I observed are not unusual -- the type that one would find in an older building. The building is structurally sound and there are no tell tales of any progressive damage. 

Concrete Placement Roof Deck of New ICF House In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project EneE1BagV1

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Some pictures that I took this morning when I was at the project site this morning

Converting An Existing Building Into Family Practice Medical Building In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project KrzM1J1401

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I was at the project site on Oct-22-2014 -- met with the Project Manager to discuss how the Wall on the West side of the building can be demolished and fitted with a new header so that the existing porch can be enclosed. it is a good looking building of block masonry construction and brick facade.

In the following I present some pictures that I took during my field visit.

Rebuilding Deck At The back of The House In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project CreB1J1403

The proposed deck shown heri is to replace existing wood at the back of this beautiful house

Structural Integrity Verification Of New Nudura ICF House Construction In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project BelG1J1401ygs

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New ICF House

This is a ranch (no basement) with a wrap around veranda ICF house using Nudura block. I met with the installer Jake and his crew at the job site on Aug-05-2014. I had reviewed the drawings earlier submitted to me by the builder Gregory. 

The purpose of the visit was mainly to check that this ICF house as being built is structurally sound and will be able to carry all the intended dead and live loads (including wind loads) safely and securely. At the time of my visit work was progressing well -- great workmanship -- erection of the ICF forms for the walls was nearing completion for readiness of concrete pour the week of Sep-08-2014. 

In the following I present some pictures that I had taken during my field visit -- the pictures are presented in the order in which they were taken.

Placing Concrete In Upper Portion Of ICF Walls -- ANAND Enterprises Project AsgR1J1401

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Nice Cool Day -- Light Wind  ... Just Beautiful!

Every thing went very well -- Great Job by Bob Martin, Brandon and Alex!

Placing Concrete In ICF Walls -- ANAND Enterprises Project AsgR1J1401