๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—” & ๐—•๐—ข๐——๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฃ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ: ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ & ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ & ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€!

๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€

In this case the Body Corp called us in to investigate and report on this townhouse with subsidence and wall cracks and gaps that were getting worse and worse. It turned out that other engineers had previously looked at the building and had decided that subsidence had occurred in the past and had stopped and and the damages were not serious and could be patched and painted. Sadly, they were wrong.

We found that the townhouse was actually located on ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น that was gradually ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, bit-by-bit, year after year, and stabilization with ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

In this case, Resin / Chemical Underpinning was not considered appropriate and Steel Screw piers would be far too expensive and not even necessary.

The most reliable and cost effective method was with conventional underpinning using reinforced concrete piers and head-stocks.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ & ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.

Super fast quotes, inspections & reports.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.


RESIN INJECTION UNDERPINNING NEEDED

This Gymnasium floor is out-of-level and keeps on moving.

Our investigation found the property is on compressible river alluvial soils that are subsiding.

Flood events and saturation of the founding soils had also exacerbated the subsidence.

Our Structural Engineer Report recommended ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—จ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป for re-establisment of an even floor surface with no trip hazards.

There are many Companies offering Urethane Resin solutions to slab settlements and footing subsidence.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น. Depending the type of construction and the ground conditions most importantly, The Experience of the Company doing the work.

We have dealt with the best and the worst, Resin Injection Companies.

So if you are looking to Resin Injection Underpinning, contact us for an independent report first.

Expert Structural Engineer Reports: Forensic Engineers.


๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—•๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜, ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—• ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ, ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐— ๐—ฃ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜, ๐—™๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—˜

In many cases we can offer peace-of-mind, with simple cost-effective solutions.

And when there is serious damage, we can advise what is the best action for repairs.

Every day. Every week. Home owners, buyers, sellers, property managers rely on Forensic Engineers for honest, accurate Structural Engineer Reports.

๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ


๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ; ๐—•๐—จ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š & ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง! ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€!.

The owner of this classic home had a Building & Pest Report before putting it on the market.

The house has double brick walls throughout and there were some scary wall cracks that could be off-putting for buyers.
But thank goodness the Real Estate Agent recommended the home owner should contact Forensic Engineers.
Good News, Though! Our thorough Structural Engineer Report found that the house had some slight settlement issues, some old and some recent.
But the house was solidly built and the settlements were only minor.
Some simple drainage work was required to stop seepage getting under the footings, but that was not complicated or expensive. And the wall cracks were simple to repair with an elastomeric (stretchy) grout.
The owners and buyers were thrilled with our Structural Engineer Report and the house was quickly SOLD.ย 

Subsidence & Wall Crack? Call Forensic Engineers for an Expert Structural Engineer Report


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BODY CORP STRUCTURAL ENGINEER REPORTS

SUBSIDENCE, WALL CRACK, UNDERPINNING SPECIALISTS

5 Star Review from a Body Corporate!

"Forensic Engineers were engaged by our Body Corporate at very short notice to conduct an inspection of our townhouse after another Engineering firm provided a less than satisfactory inspection & report on our premises.

They undertook the inspection yesterday in a very timely manner, after ensuring the full scope of work was agreed on by all stakeholders. Before leaving they gave a very much appreciated verbal debrief of his findings to us (the owner occupiers) & our BCC Chair. Their comprehensive report was completed very promptly overnight and sent to stakeholders this morning (Good Fridayโ€ฆa public holiday).

Forensic Engineers have to be commended for their vast professional knowledge, keen attention to detail; and their ability to call โ€˜a spade a spadeโ€™. We are very happy with the service Forensic Engineers has provided. Thumbs up, John & Simone"

- John and Simone

Forensic Engineers: Specialists in Engineer Reports for Body Corps.


Home Owner Saved Thousands on Underpinning

Structural Engineer Underpinning Report:

This is a recent case in Marsden and there has been some serious subsidence. We identified the causes and recommended some conventional underpinning to support the settled footings and to correct the level variations. Fortunately the problem was only for one corner of the house and our estimate was for 6 or 7 underpins, and the cost would be quite reasonable.
We were astounded when the home owner told us an Underpinner's Free Home Assessment had estimated for at least a dozen underpins and that would be twice the cost!
We recommended that the owner should get in touch with Mal at MP Underpinning to get a more reasonable proposal.

Thinking of underpinning? Contact us for an Expert Structural Engineer Report.

We Are Independent and We Aren't Trying to Sell You Anything.


๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—› ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง?

๐—ช๐—›๐—œ๐—–๐—› ๐—ง๐—ฌ๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง?

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š. ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™– ๐™จ๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช.

๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜ : ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€?

Underpinning Sales reps can be very charming. 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 ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚?

  • 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 underpinning sales reps talk 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. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ have a massive arsenal of equipment and experience and ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ the industry standard reinforced ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, or ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ and driven piles, if and when required, and at a realistic cost.
  • Polyurethane Resin Underpinning is excellent for lifting concrete slabs that arenโ€™t 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.

๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜?

The base industry cost in South-East Queensland is around $๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-$๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,ย  depending on the property size and location.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.

This is convenient, but the downside is, they charge twice the industry rate.

And ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐˜€!, ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ 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.

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—˜: ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ Unnecessary ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ

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 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.

๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—š๐—”๐— ๐—˜: ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜-๐—ด๐—ผ!

Contact FORENSIC ENGINEERS next time you need engineering advice for subsidence, wall cracks and underpinning. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ..

Servicing Brisbane, the Gold Coast, or anywhere in South East Queensland. Contact us today for a chat and a quote.


๐—ข๐—ช๐—ก, ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฌ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—” ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ?

Wall, ceiling or floor cracks & gaps?

It may be simple wear & tear, or it may be a sign of some Subsidence.
It may also Subsidence that is serious and could gradually get worse and worse.
And there are also cases where subsidence & cracks have cleverly been covered up, particularly with houses that are renovated & "flipped".

Expert Structural Engineer Reports

Our expert Structural Engineer Reports identify old and new subsidence and cracks and determine if they are serious or wear-and-tear. And if if they are likely to get worse and if any stabilizing or underpinning is necessary.

Peace-of-Mind

Building cracks can develop by wear & tear or from foundation movements and Forensic Engineers are the independent experts to turn to for an expert analysis and for peace-of-mind.
Contact us for a free quote for an independent engineer report (even on weekends).

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SLAB SUBSIDENCE & CRACKS

This Gymnasium floor slab is seriously out-of-level and keeps on moving. And it is becoming dangerous for the patrons.

The property owner called us in to find out what is happening and our investigation found the building property is on compressible river alluvial soils that are constantly settling. And this is causing the gym floor slab panels to settle and "tilt". The property also floods in major rain events which significantly softens the founding soils and exacerbates slab panel movements.

Our Engineer Report recommended Injection of Structural Urethane Resin for reasonable ground stabilization & the re-establishment of a reasonably level floor, with no trip hazards.

Another expert structural engineer report form Forensic Engineers. Another problem solved and another very happy client.

Slab subsidence problems? Call Forensic Engineers for a free quote.

 


๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ง๐—› ๐—ช๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ & ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ช๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ž๐—ฆ.

The 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 ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. And most importantly, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

The driveway and wall cracks could be repaired by an expert tradesman that we recommended to the buyer.

Happy home buyers and sellers. Expert Structural Engineer Reports: Forensic Engineers


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