The building started life as an hotel and was later converted into residential apartments . At the time of the conversion the building works had in parts been sub-standard. The original building defects were supposedly fixed under a Home Owners Warranty Insurance claim – these works were also in part defective resulting in another claim by […]
Preparation of reinforcement cages for installation of the bored concrete foundation piers.
Typical Solutions to Concrete Structure Top right: Desalination – the removal of excessive amounts of salts from the concrete using electro-chemical extraction processes. Top left : Temporary props being installed to facilitate investigations/repairs to the precast concrete parapet wall. Bottom right : cathodic protection installed in new a concrete slab. The white strips are the sacrificial titanium anodes […]
Residential Strata- Building Defects Investigation Client Peter Murphy Lawyers
This old sandstone retaining wall which ran along the street boundary of the property was over three metres in height. The wall over time had started to lean outwards into the street.In places some of the sandstone blocks had fallen from the wall onto the footpath. The Council had issued a defect notice to the […]
