HomeMy WebLinkAboutEngineer Field Observation SummaryTO:
KURTZ & ASSOCIATES, IN CORPORA TED
5012 County Road 154
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Structural Consultants
Phone + Fax: (970) 945-6305
FIELD OBSERVATION SUMMARY
Attn :
Mayan Piering
Michael Woelke
DATE: June 27, 2014
PROJECT : Residence @
3310 Mesa, Suite No. 156
Colorado Springs, Co. 80904
66 Silver Mountain Drive
Ironbridge Subdivision
Garfield County, Co.
CONTRACTOR: Mayan Piering
Kurtz and Associates, Inc . is the structural engineer of record for the foundation and structural repairs
for the noted single family residence . As such , of office provided structural construction documents
specifying repairs to the existing foundation dated April 02, 2014. The documents specified and detailed
the installation of eleven (l l ) hydraulically driven helical piers to stabilize and re-level the foundation of
the attached garage and the area immediately adjacent to the garage .
We also perfonned three (3) site inspections during the course of the foundation repairs and the
subsequent structural framing repairs .
FOUNDATION INSPECTION NO. 1 (05/14/29014): The excavations adjacent to the existing
foundation walls were complete at this time . The existing perimeter , cast-in-place concrete foundation
walls are in reasonably good condition despite the differential foundation movement that the residence has
suffered . The existing concrete walls are 8" thick by 4'-0" high . One of the eleven piers to be installed
was in conflict with the existing utility lines which serve the residence. During the course of my site visit I
recommended and approved the re-location of that single pier: the pier was moved, in plan, approximately
2'-0". The attached partial foundation plan documents that revision.
FOUNDATION INSPECTION NO. 2 (05/22/2014): I observed the foundation after the all eleven (11)
helical piers had been installed and the foundation had been re-leveled . I also observed the boring logs for
the hel ical piers . The installed pier depths were consistent with the anticipated depths. The pier brackets
were properly attached to the existing concrete foundations .
FRAMING INSPECTION (05/29/2014): I performed a framing inspectiQIJ to verify that the existing
framing was properly plumbed and nailed . Framing is exposed in the attic above the garage. All of the
attic bracing which had been displaced and separated from the attic trusses was re-positioned and re-nailed
at the time of this inspection. The hurricane ties which attach the individual attic trusses to the top plate of
the garage walls were in good condition : they were properly positioned and nailed .
It is my professional opinion that the structural foundation and framing repairs have, at this time , been
successfully and fully completed in accordance with the structural documents .