AG&E's facility structural assessments evaluate a facility’s ability to meet applicable building codes related to structural integrity while looking for signs of potential structural issues or problems in the facility's condition. Assessments also review building maintenance that could affect future structural performance.
Our professionals regularly assist clients and owners with facility structural assessments throughout the State of Texas and nationally.
Structural failures may take many forms ranging from a local collapse that renders the structure unusable to excessive deflection, cracking, or vibration that is merely unsightly or irritating but that may represent a more subtle failure or one that is in the early stages of worsening. AG&E’s engineers have a wide range of experience evaluating failures in civil, aerospace, and mechanical structural systems. Our engineers identify the potential causes of failure and perform advanced analyses, supported by data gathered from on-site investigation and measurements, to determine the most likely cause(s) of the failure. AG&E can then develop an appropriate remediation plan and provide detailed documentation of the investigation when required by the client.
Evaluations / Investigations
FEM Structural Analysis of Complex Structures
Feasibility Studies
Damage Assessment
Structural Diagnostics
Condition Assessment
Deficiency Repairs
Failure Investigation
Seismic Evaluation + Upgrade
Probable Maximum Loss
Expert Witness
Peer Reviews
Site Investigation: Identify Likely Causes
Condition assessment and/or monitoring
Vibration measurement for wind-, machinery-, vehicular-induced motion or damage
Acoustic pressure measurement
Temperature measurement
Metal thickness measurement
Specialized Analyses: Evaluate Failure Modes
Linear and nonlinear static load analyses
Linear and nonlinear dynamic load analyses
Thermal loads
Development of specialized analysis tools when required
Detailed Documentation
Development of detailed fault tree (summary of possible failure modes)
Methodical assessment of failure modes
Detailed and comprehensive final report to support follow-on legal action
Examples
Warping failure of steel beam
Failure of HDPE chemical reactor vessel
Vortex shedding motion of aerospace structure
Excessive vibration of elevated control room