Structural Repairs To SubDivision Entrance Wall In SouthEastern Michigan -- Progress Pictures As of Jul-08-2024 -- ANAND Enterprises Project KirH1J2401

Entrance Monument Wall -- Kirkland Subdivision 

in Rochester (Oakland Township) MI 

Restoration Work

Contractor: American Masonry Construction -- Brick Block Concrete Stone Restoration Experts

Lou Kopenick - Owner

Engineering Consultant: ANAND Enterprises

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E.

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 I was at the job site this afternoon and Lou's crew was hard at work,  doing -- let me have the pictures do the talking

Great Job by Lou and his crew!

Sincerely

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E. -- ANAND Enterprises 

and

Lou Kopenick of American Masonry Construction

Structural Repairs To SubDivision Entrance Wall In SouthEastern Michigan -- Progress Pictures As of Jul-06-2024 -- ANAND Enterprises Project KirH1J2401

Entrance Monument Wall -- Kirkland Subdivision 

in Rochester (Oakland Township) MI 

Restoration Work

Contractor: American Masonry Construction -- Brick Block Concrete Stone Restoration Experts

Lou Kopenick - Owner

Engineering Consultant: ANAND Enterprises

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E.

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 I was at the job site at around 11:00 this morning and Lou and his crew were hard at work,  doing -- let me have the pictures do the talking

Great Job by Lou and his crew!

Sincerely

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E. -- ANAND Enterprises 

and

Lou Kopenick of American Masonry Construction

Structural Repairs To SubDivision Entrance Wall In SouthEastern Michigan -- Progress Pictures As of Jul-05-2024 -- ANAND Enterprises Project KirH1J2401

 

Entrance Monument Wall -- Kirkland Subdivision 

in Rochester (Oakland Township) MI 

Restoration Work

Contractor: American Masonry Construction -- Brick Block Concrete Stone Restoration Experts

Lou Kopenick - Owner

Engineering Consultant: ANAND Enterprises

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E.

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in my last blog post, 

https://energyefficientbuild.blogspot.com/2024/07/structural-repairs-to-subdivision.html

I showed progress pictures as of Jul-03-2024 ... work on the project is going on a pretty fast clip. Today, I visited the job site this morning, then around lunch time, and then this evening. Lou and his crew are making good progress

In today's following pictures, I have included the broken bricks having been taken out, cracked and broken mortar chipped out, power washing of portions of the wall, removing top portion of the two limestone pillars, and work on the buttresses at the back of the wall.

Lou and his crew ... Great Progress Guys!

Sincerely

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E. -- ANAND Enterprises 

and

Lou Kopenick of American Masonry Construction

Structural Repairs To SubDivision Entrance Wall In SouthEastern Michigan -- Progress Pictures As of Jul-03-2024 -- ANAND Enterprises Project KirH1J2401

Entrance Monument Wall -- Kirkland Subdivision 

in Rochester (Oakland Township) MI 

Restoration Work

Contractor: American Masonry Construction -- Brick Block Concrete Stone Restoration Experts

Lou Kopenick - Owner

Engineering Consultant: ANAND Enterprises

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E.

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This beautiful wall welcomes you to the luxurious homes in the subdivision. The wall was built in the early 2000s and with over 20 years of exposure to elements and some other reasons, the wall is beginning to show its age. The concrete masonry block in the center core has brick veneer on both sides. The face bricks have cracks, bricks are broken at places, have separated from the core cmu -- just a sample of ills being faced by this wall. In discussion with the home owners association management, it was decided to come up with a solution based on practical engineering to try to restore the structural integrity and aesthetic beauty of the wall as best as it can be done without have to demolish the wall and rebuild it.

Not many engineers and contractors were anxious to take on this challenging project -- I was fortunate to have American Masonry get interested in taking on this contract and with the able guidance and support of the home owners association management, the work on the wall has begun.

Through this blog, I will follow up with the work and provide progress pictures that will constitute the as-built documentation of the repair work on the wall.

 

With Lou working on this -- the project is in great hands -- in the hands of a master builder!

Sincerely

Yogi Anand, DEng, P.E. -- ANAND Enterprises 

and

Lou Kopenick of American Masonry Construction