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May 9, 20201 min read
Structural Wall and Slab Openings
United Structural Systems out of Pleasant View, TN installed the SRS-600UNI around a door opening that had to be cut into a concrete wall....
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May 5, 20201 min read
Foundation crack repair in San Jose, California.
Foundation stem walls frequently crack horizontally in areas with increased seismic activity or when reinforcing steel is corroded or too...
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Apr 14, 20201 min read
Parking Garage CFRP Repair
While many people view carbon fiber as an expensive base material for products such as aircraft, tennis racquets, bicycles and motorcycle...
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Mar 28, 20201 min read
CFRP Structurally Strengthens Bio Rention Basin in Tennessee
The walls for this bio-retention basin were slip-formed without any reinforcing steel. Immediately after the construction and before any...
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Mar 25, 20201 min read
Foundation repair and waterproofing amidst COVID-19
Our dedicated contractor community has rapidly adjusted to the new conditions that COVID-19 has presented. Bowed wall stabilization...
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Mar 11, 20201 min read
Flexural strengthening of beams for increased load capacity.
Structural strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures to meet increased load capacity requirements has become a common...
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Jan 24, 20201 min read
Ongoing third party testing plays an integral role in any structural reinforcement solution
Ongoing third party testing plays an integral role in any structural reinforcement solution that is relied upon to protect the safety of...
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Jan 14, 20201 min read
Carbon Fiber Strengthening systems that can perform like a Swiss Army knife
When we set out to develop our roll kits, one of the objectives we had in mind was to provide contractors with systems that had utmost...
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Jan 12, 20201 min read
Bidirectional and Unidirectional Carbon Fiber working together
In this case, a combination of both bidirectional and unidirectional Carbon Fiber are being used to strengthen a block CMU wall. The...
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Jan 10, 20201 min read
CFRP column wrapping for increased load carry capacity
Load carrying capacity can be increased by wrapping columns horizontally. The strength added is similar what you get from the spiral or...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
Structural capacity lost due to deterioration of the reinforcing steel, repaired with CFRP
In cases where structural capacity is lost due to deterioration of the reinforcing steel, CFRP can be used to strengthen and restore...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
Crack repair to crawlspace footing using SRS-660BI Carbon Fiber
Horizontal cracks like this are usually the result of the reinforcing steel too close to the outer edge of the forms. When the forms are...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
Cracked and broken foundation corners
Cracked and broken foundation corners are a common issue where settlement has occurred in a homes foundation. These types of repairs are...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
Carbon Fiber column confinement for increased flexural capacity
Unidirectional Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP), is frequently used for increasing flexural capacity of reinforced concrete columns...
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Jan 7, 20204 min read
What’s the difference in the SRS Carbon Fiber weaves? SRS-600UNI vs SRS-660BI
In the two fabrics offered by SRS, the SRS-600UNI and SRS-660BI, the UNI is short for unidirectional and BI is short for bidirectional. ...
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Jan 7, 20201 min read
Concrete Column Repair
SRS-660BI Carbon Fiber is commonly used to wrap support columns or other structural components, adding a tensile capacity of 35,496 lbs...
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Jan 7, 20202 min read
Bowed Wall Stabilization using Unidirectional Carbon Fiber
Crossroads Foundation Repair was called out to a house in Brownsburg, Indianna to inspect a home where the basement walls were exhibiting...
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