| Frequently,
exterior walls of new and old buildings suffer from failures related to
structural integrity or water penetration. Symptoms may include cracking,
water leakage, staining, buckling, or disintegration of surfaces. WDP provides
engineering services to assess these critical problems. In diagnosing these
failures and identifying repair alternatives, WDP performs a thorough evaluation
to determine if problems are due to material failure, design or construction
defect.
WDP specializes
in investigating facades suffering from structural distress and water penetration
damage. WDP's experts have experience working with a variety of building
materials including masonry, stucco, architectural precast, EIFS, and metal
panels. Problems typically occur when design or construction deficiencies
are not discovered prior to project completion. WDP investigates problems
through visual assessment, testing, research, and analysis to determine
causes, consequences and potential remedies for the problems.
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Facade
Investigations may include one or more of the following:
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