Elkridge Elementary School

Our work was separated into two primary tasks: investigating the cause of cracking in interior and exterior masonry walls throughout the building and designing repairs at the gymnasium to address damage related to foundation settlement. Highlights of our working included the following:

• Visually surveying the school and documenting distress
• Viewing concealed conditions at exploratory openings in the exterior walls
• Developing and implementing a long-term crack monitoring plan
• Conducting a geotechnical investigation and installing monitoring wells to evaluate groundwater conditions
• Developing a remedial plan to reconstruct the damaged concrete floor slab and exterior masonry walls at the gymnasium and conduct associated repairs to the steel roof framing, roofing, and waterproofing
• Peer reviewing foundation stabilization designs prepared by other consultants, including evaluating the helical pier foundation underpinning installed prior to our involvement to assess its adequacy to support new loads related to wall reconstruction