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Challenge
An accidental fire during the construction phase of Peel Memorial Hospital exposed some of the reinforced concrete structure to fire, fueled by the formwork and other combustibles. At the time, the structure had been erected up to the second-floor slab. The structural stability of the building had to be assessed and repaired to an as-new condition.
Solution
The structure was assessed through visual inspection at site-visits as well as tests on individual members to determine which elements of the building were unaffected, requiring repair, or to be demolished entirely. This was done in close collaboration with the constructor and other key project stakeholders. Testing methods included petrographic examination of concrete samples, rebar tensile testing of samples cut from the existing structure on-site, chain dragging, hammer sounding, Schmidt hammer testing, and compressive tests of concrete samples taken from the floor slab and shear walls affected by the fire. The result was a repair regime for affected structural elements which sought to minimize construction schedule.


























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