Structural Engineer Reports - All in a Day's Work
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ; ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น - ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐
The owner of a 1970's bungalow was renovating and needed expert advice about how to repair cracked and displaced bricks. We found that footing settlements and rotation was the cause. And we recommended a number of procedures to reduce footing movements and some great methods to repair the damaged bricks.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ; ๐๐๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ -๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐
House on-the-market with some old subsidence and repaired cracks. Our investigation found that there had been some footing settlements due to loose material in the footings when the footings were poured and also seepage had been softening the founding material. That had been stabilized and the house was sound-as-a-pound
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ; ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐ - ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
We found the galvanizing had been damaged by the concretors during the build, and the post bases had not been "tanked". Cleaning and treating post bases will prolong the life of some posts, but post replacement will be required in the future.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ: ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ - ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐
House with some typical gaps and cracks. We found that the slab had very serious deflections that were progressing and significant underpinning would be required to stabilize the house.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ: ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ - ๐ช๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
We inspected this house for the buyer. A small section of the slab edge beam had broken away and edge reinforcement was exposed. Our investigation found that the damage was localized and the slab had no significant deflections in this area. Our expert structural engineer report recommended simple cost-effective repairs.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐
House for Sale with Wall Cracks & Gaps?
This house in the Brisbane suburb of Banyo was on the market and buyers were alarmed about wall cracks and gaps.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
A really thorough Building & Pest Inspector recommended contacting Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation.
Our Expert Structural Engineer Report found that the house had some previous movements of the footings and that there were still some ongoing movements and wall cracks and gaps.
But, thank goodness! ๐ก๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐.
The property owner and buyer was so relieved, thanks to ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Pre-Purchase - Structural Engineer Report
Body Corp: Structural Engineer Report, SUBSIDENCE & WALLS CRACKS
Subsidence, Wall Cracks, Sink Holes, Stump Damage
Structural Engineer Reports needed from Forensic Engineers.
These are cases we deal with every day.
Case 1) A house at Warner had serious settlements under a slab. We found the causes, assessed the slab condition and gave expert recommendations to re-support the slab. In this case pressure grouting was the most practical and affordable repair.
Case 2) A Tweed Heads house with possibly serious subsidence problems. We found that there had been some footing settlements a long time ago, but the house was now stable. Some drainage work and expert crack repair required - no underpinning needed! A terrific result.
Case 3) Walloon house with serious slab movements. We are in Walloon just about every week! If you are looking to buy a house in this area and the Building & Pest Report finds wall cracks - for peace-of-mind, call us to arrange an Expert Structural Engineer Report. In most cases there are some movements of the house footings and site works can help to keep the house relatively stable. In other cases where serious movements and damages are evident, traditional underpinning is the most effective method for stabilization, level correction and crack closure.
Case 4) A house on-the-market at Stafford. The buyer was concerned that damaged stumps have caused structural damages to the house. Our expert investigation found that apart from some stumps that were past their "use-by" date, the house was "sound-as-a pound".
Forensic Engineers: Expert Structural Engineer Reports
House for Sale with Wall & Driveway Cracks
A building & Pest Report had picked up some suspicious cracks in the house walls and in the driveway slab.
And the home buyer was rightly concerned, and contacted Forensic Engineers for an expert investigation and report.
Our meticulous inspection found that the house wall cracks were from some initial, slight settlements of the footings, but none were serious at all. The driveway cracks, however, were not "typical" and were from poor concreting.
The important thing was that ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. And most importantly, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ.
The driveway and wall cracks could be repaired by an expert tradesman that we recommended to the buyer.
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Possible Subsidence; Building & Pest Alert
The owner of this classic home had a Building & Pest Report before putting it on the market.
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Structural Engineer Reports - Every Day
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORTS - Every Day.
Case #1; a Townhouse in Pimpama
This unit had wall Cracks and we found they had occurred some time ago, had not grown and were not serious. The townhouse is sound-as-a-pound!
Case #2; a house at Paradise Point
A column that had settled and fractured. Very soft sands and a leaking storm drain were the causes and the footing needed underpinning. Problem solved!.
Case #3; a house in Silkstone
The house had some footing movements which were not serious. Thank goodness, because Silkstone is renowned for highly plastic clay soil which can cause serious foundation movements and house damages. Peace-of-mind for the home owner.
Case #4; a unit in Annerley
A unit with some scary ceiling cracks which were were not serious and simple to repair. Patch and paint only required.
Inspection #5 was in Brookwater
An insurance claim where a car had crashed into a retaining wall and fence. Our investigation for the insurer found the the damages to the retaining wall were limited to one post being pushed sideways. Post & footing needed replacement and the wall wales could be re-used. The insurer and the home owner were very happy with our report.
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Which Underpinning is Best?
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง?
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐. ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ : ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐?
Underpinning Sales reps and underpinning contractors can be very charming and talk very fast. Their job is to sell. But before signing up for any type of expensive underpinning, do yourself a favour, contact Forensic Engineers for an expert, independent structural engineer report. Because we are on your side and ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐: ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐?
- Reinforced concrete piers and headstocks are the industry standard due to their practicality and long-term reliability. They should be your top choice in most situations!
- Steel Screw Piers "Hype": Some charming, chatty underpinning sales reps may go on and on about the amazing benefits of steel screw piers, but in most cases it is just sales-talk.ย Steel screw piers have some benefits in certain applications, but in most residential cases they are not the best option and are often massively over-priced. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ have a massive arsenal of equipment and experience and ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ the industry standard reinforced ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, or ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, if and when required, and at a realistic cost.
- Polyurethane Resin Underpinning is excellent for lifting concrete slabs that arenโt anchored down. In some cases, it can also be effective for underpinning house footings. But soil conditions and footing and slab design may limit the results. We recommend Polyurethane Underpinning for certain cases every month, so contact us first if you are considering this method for ground stabilization or lifting of footings or slabs.
A structural engineer report from Forensic Engineers will tell you which type of underpinning is best for you.
๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐?
The base industry cost in South-East Queensland is around $๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ.๐ฌ๐ฌ-$๐ต๐ฌ๐ฌ.๐ฌ๐ฌ,ย depending on the house size and the property location.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐.
This is convenient, but the downside is, tอhอeอyอ cอhอaอrอgอeอ tอwอiอcอeอ tอhอeอ iอnอdอuอsอtอrอyอ rอaอtอeอ.
And ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐. ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐!, ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ who is working for them, not you.ย
Forensic Engineers are the subsidence and underpinning specialists and when we do an engineer report, rest assured that we are on your side.
We are 100% independent and our structural engineer reports are for you - not for an underpinning sales rep.
๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐: ๐๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ Unnecessary ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ
In many cases, footings and slabs can be stabilized without resorting to any expensive & stressful underpinning at all. And excessive footing movements can often be reduced by following expert advice. Talk to Forensic Engineers for the best solutions!
Subsidence & wall cracks? Before jumping into expensive underpinning, contact Forensic Engineers for an expert, independent structural engineer report.
Our RPEQ Structural Engineer reports are so good, one Foundation Screw Pier Underpinner has copied our procedures in their marketing!
- Determine likely causes of the damages
- Give descriptive recommendations for actions or repairs
- If any underpinning is required, advise which method is appropriate, approx. locations & number required & approximate costs.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐: ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐-๐ด๐ผ!
Contact FORENSIC ENGINEERS for an expert RPEQ report for subsidence, wall cracks and underpinning. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ% ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ..
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