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Structural Reinforcement Solutions delivers highly effective carbon fiber products designed to strengthen, support and preserve concrete and masonry components. We believe that third party verified testing should be at the forefront of any product that involves the safety of the community and livelihoods of the contractors installing them. SRS works with a vast network of trained concrete repair professionals to supply and support CFRP structural repair projects from coast to coast.

Carbon Fiber Structural strengthening of a commercial retaining wall with tie back anchors

Carbon Fiber retaining wall strengthening and reinforcement

Carbon Fiber reinforcement of a Cracked commercial retaining wall.

Carbon Fiber Bridge Rehabilitation and Restoration in Jasper, Indiana.

Carbon Fiber Bridge Strengthening

Complete carbon fiber structural strengthening of an Indiana Bridge, fully encapsulated in SRS-600UNI.

FRP Structural Rehabilitation on two bridge pier caps in Jasper, Indiana

Carbon Fiber Bridge Rehabilitation and Structural Strengthening

Full encapsulation of Jasper Indiana bridge utilizing SRS-600UNI Carbon Fiber Strengthening System

Carbon Fiber wrapped concrete piers

Carbon Fiber wrapped and reinforced concrete columns on ocean front property in Washington State.

Retaining Wall Repair in California using SRS Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Composite Strengthening products for a complete solution

Retaining Wall Reinforcement and Repair

Retaining wall strengthening and reinforcement utilizing SRS Carbon Fiber Strengthening Systems

Residential Retaining Wall Repair

Residential retaining wall structurally reinforced with carbon fiber. The wall was first strengthened using SRS bidirectional and unidirectional composite strengthening systems prior to being finished in a concrete parge coating.

Concrete Retaining Wall Restoration Process Video

Complete restoration of a deteriorated concrete retaining wall with carbon fiber reinforced polymer.

Flexural strengthening of concrete beams in a commercial building. The repair increases the strength and capacity for the beams for additional load capacity for HVAC units to added to the roof

Flexural strengthening of a concrete beam with SRS-600 Unidirectional Carbon Fiber

Structural strengthening of existing concrete structures to meet the increase load capacity requirements has become a common application for CFRP and is one of the most effective materials for beam strengthening.

In this case the SRS-600UNI serves as a supplemental external reinforcement, resisiting a portion of the tensile forces from the structure as higher load capacities were required in order to support modifications to the building.

Straightline Construction Company in Colorado worked with Structural Reinforcement Solutions to develop a strengthening design that would effectively meet all engineering requirements while reducing labour costs.

SRS-600UNI Carbon Fiber structurally strengthening concrete beams for increased load capacity

Carbon Fiber Beam Strengthening for Increased Load Capacity

SRS-600 Unidirectional FRP System utilized for structural strengthening of concrete beams

CMU wall stabilization with carbon fiber reinforcement straps to permanently strengthen foundation walls from inwards movement due to hydrostatic wall pressure

CMU Wall Stabilization with Carbon Fiber.HEIC

Carbon fiber reinforcement on a foundation wall to stabilize the wall from bowing further and prevent inward movement

A bond beam is reinforced with Structural Reinforcement Solutions carbon fiber after hurricane damage in the Outer Banks.

Bond beam tie in with carbon fiber

SRS-660BI carbon fiber being used to encapsulate and strengthen CMU pilasters from hurricane damage.

Unidirectional carbon fiber straps reinforcing bowed CMU walls on a basement foundation wall

Carbon Fiber Composite Strap on a bowing CMU wall

SRS-600Uni straps provide a complete high strength solution for bowed basement walls. They stop all further inward movement and are less than 1/16" thich

Carbon fiber can provide a permanent reinforcement for bowing basement foundation walls

SRS-600UNI Carbon fiber bowed wall straps on a bowing foundation block wall

Each carbon fiber strap exibits tensile strengths over 196,000 psi to withstand expansive soil pressure

In cases where walls are slip formed and no reinforcing steel is added, carbon fiber can make up for these errors and provide the necessary strength required.

Bio retention basin reinforced with SRS Carbon Fiber

Carbon fiber can permanently strengthen retaining walls constructed with no reinforcing steel

Carbon fiber strengthening of foundation that was damaged from hurricane damage on the outer banks, NC

Carbon Fiber Hurricane Reinforcement for concrete structures.

Carbon Fiber is being widely used to strengthen and repair concrete structures and buildings due to it's strength and reliability and low weight.

Coated retaining wall after carbon fiber structural reinforcement

CFRP reinforced retaining walls with wall tie backs

CFRP can be an very effective means to reinforce, stabilize and repair damaged or deteriorated retaining walls. In order to effectively stop movement in a retaining wall, "restraint" has to be provided. For instance, if a wall is tipping and carbon fiber straps are added, the wall could still continue to tip but would do so as one reinforced sections. If tie backs or some other means of holding back the top of the wall are provided, then the CFRP will resist any movement between the tiebacks and the backfill restraining the base of the wall.

After the construction of the wall and the surounding parking lot, some cracking and movement was noticed. The solution was to stabilize and repair this wall as a combination of tiebacks and CFRP to provide flexural reinforcement between the tieback locations.

Initially this project was designed with tiebacks at the top of the wall. The existing field conditions did not allow this and the tiebacks had to be placed 2' down from the top of the 6' wall. Due to this field change, 3' sections of channel had to be added at each tieback loaction in order to transfer the restraint to the top of the wall. The carbon fiber was used to reinforce the wall between the vertical straps, similiar to a waler systems.

In instances where there is movement both vertically and horizontally, a grid pattern of carbon fiber can be used to provide stabilization for the wall and to resist any additional movement.