Solution

1210-1230 Washington Street Garage

Newton, MA

Service: Structural Investigation

Market: Parking

Keywords: Award Winning, Composites-FRP / CFRP / GFRP, Concrete, Cracking, Nondestructive Testing, Parking Structure, Plastic/Composite, Structural Strengthening

Completion

2006

Awards

2006 Award of Merit, Strengthening Category, International Concrete Repair Institute

The 1210-30 Washington Street Garage is a three-level reinforced concrete parking structure with approximately 25,000 sq ft per level. The two-way slabs are supported by interior concrete columns with capitals and exterior concrete masonry bearing walls. The garage exhibited excessive deflections of the elevated decks at bay midspans, and extensive concrete cracking and concrete spalling. The owners retained SGH to perform a comprehensive survey and investigation involving structural analysis, load testing, remedial CFRP-strengthening design, and construction administration during repairs.

Scope | Solutions

Highlights of SGH's work for this project include the following:

Used ground penetrating radar (GPR) testing to determine the location of top and bottom reinforcement in the slabs
Performed a structural analysis of slabs based on as-built conditions to identify structural deficiencies
Determined that several negative-moment slab regions were deficient to support the code-prescribed design loads
Performed cyclic load testing to demonstrate that the as-built garage had sufficient strength (ACI-440 "threshold" strength) to qualify for strengthening with a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) system
Developed a rehabilitation program, including repair of deteriorated concrete, addition of deck waterproofing and drains, and strengthening of concrete slabs with near-surface-mounted (NSM) CFRP bars
Conducted construction monitoring during rehabilitation

Project Contact(s)

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Completion

Awards

Scope | Solutions

Project Contact(s)

Paul Kelley

Gustavo Tumialan

Milan Vatovec