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Customer |
Holy Covenant Church |
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Location |
Chicago, IL. |
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Symptom |
Choir loft floor was sagging. |
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Problem |
Structural engineering firm determined that the choir loft was too dangerous to use due to the possibility of collapsing if occupied with the number of people that the loft was originally intended to hold. |
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Structural |
Installed shoring under choir loft, removed inadequate structural members, (i.e., beams, columns and footings), jacked up loft to a more level position, and installed properly sized/rated structural members. |
 Disassembly of sections of Choir Loft to remove faulty structural members |
 Shoring and jacking Choir Loft to raise it to a level position and structurally reinforce |
 Structural members installed with steel columns wrapped in wood to replicate original architectural character of church |
 New steel lintel is installed |