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May 3, 2016
Take a listen to our highly anticipated musical album “The Sounds of Braun Intertec”
January 29, 2020
Located in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, the Block 9 Redevelopment project site contains highly-compressible soils in the upper 100 feet with groundwater about 10 to 15 feet below the existing ground surface. The owner prohibited using driven piles to avoid disturbing neighbors of the project and historically, drilled shafts are used in Fargo as a reduced noise and vibration alternative to driven piles. However, developments over the last 20 to 30 years in drilling equipment, load testing and integrity testing resulted in the project team identifying augered cast-in-place piles as a suitable alternative for this project. To reduce the risks...
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September 5, 2017
View a recorded version of our webinar. Our webinar will demonstrate how concrete petrography can be used to troubleshoot construction issues, determine repairs, and help the performance of a structure....
January 13, 2016
Special Inspections: Consistency in Design During construction of most commercial and multi-tenant housing projects, Special Inspections and Testing (SI&T) are required by the Building Code. Special inspections are mostly performed on structural components such as foundations, steel, masonry and concrete; a failure to perform these inspections could result in life-threatening concerns. The intent of special inspections is that that the owner, designers and building officials gain confidence in knowing that what is being built is consistent with what was originally designed. One of the requirements of special inspections is that the firm is retained and paid for by the owner...
