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Example of secondary efflorescence in parking garage exposed to diluted road salt from vehicles entering the garage during winter. When water flows through cracks present in concrete, water may dissolve various minerals present in the hardened cement paste or in the aggregates , if the solution is unsaturated with respect to them.
A building collapse due to sinking is likely only if parts are sinking at different rates, creating tensions that weaken the structure, known as differential settlement. The researchers noted that other overbuilt areas were sinking at a significantly faster rate, such as on the artificial islands in Biscayne Bay – up to 3.8 mm (0.15 in) per year.
The drastic measure came after an issue with the flooring, which is uneven in every unit above the first floor and, in some cases, even sinks under the weight of normal couches and other furniture.
Parking garage's entrance on Ann Street, photographed in 2017. The building, which was located at 57 Ann Street in New York City's Financial District, was built in 1925. [1] [2] Both in 1926 and 1957, it was granted certificates of occupancy to operate as a garage holding "more than five" automobiles per level and for ten people to be on a floor at a time. [2]
Two people suspected of squatting were killed in a raging Queens garage fire Saturday morning, officials said. The fire erupted around 6:30 a.m. at 172-27th Ave. in Jamaica, an FDNY spokesman said.
Indiana State Police detectives returned to the 2100 block of Kopf Lane in rural West Lafayette on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Troopers continued to dig up the garage floor in an ongoing investigation.
Serviceability limit state design of structures includes factors such as durability, overall stability, fire resistance, deflection, cracking and excessive vibration. For example, a skyscraper could sway severely and cause the occupants to be sick (much like sea-sickness ), yet be perfectly sound structurally.
A home for sale in Tooele, Utah, went up in flames last week, about two months after the family that owns it moved to Washington state. Its living room and roof were destroyed. Owner Ben Jackson ...