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| Mississauga | Nov 22 - 24, 2010 |
Building Condition Assessment
Winnipeg, MB
(Mar 29 - 31, 2010)
Course Code: 00-0303-2047
After participating in this seminar, you will be able to:
Follow the visual inspection methods used by specialists
Use the latest destructive and nondestructive investigation techniques for building condition survey
Select the destructive and nondestructive testing techniques as the basis of their strengths and limitations and their suitability to
your concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures
Interpret results of the various components of building systems
Assess the useful life of the building systems and the whole building
Description
As the buildings age, engineers responsible for them, must get involved with condition survey. They have to evaluate materials, conduct destructive or nondestructive tests, evaluate results and decide on the action necessary for rehabilitating the structures. This seminar explains step by step procedures for conducting condition survey of concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures, HVAC, mould, plumbing, electrical and fire safety systems. The strengths and limitations of destructive and nondestructive techniques along with their suitability for a variety of situations is discussed.
Objectives
To present the methodology for condition survey of concrete, steel, timber and masonry structures and the latest technology for
destructive and nondestructive testing, suitability of technology and interpretation of test results.
To present condition survey methods for HVAC, mould, plumbing, electrical and fire safety systems.
Who Should Attend
Building industry professionals from private and public sector, structural engineers, consulting engineers, architects, designers, facility managers, directors of plant maintenance for large industrial, commercial and institutional buildings, building services managers, project engineers, municipal building officials, technicians and technologists, contractors, developers, inspectors and testing lab personnel having interest in condition survey of buildings, destructive and nondestructive testing, interpreting test results, inspecting, carrying out repair and rehabilitation of existing buildings.
Special Feature
Condition survey of each building element will be presented by specialists. Participants will take part in discussions to develop condition survey inspection check lists.
Chairperson: Martin Gerskup, BEST Consultants Martin Gerskup Architect Inc.
Program Outline
Day I
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:20 Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method
8:35 Assessing Condition of a Building (Martin Gerskup)
Objective for building condition assessment
Procedures and checklists for assessing buildings
A comprehensive study of condition survey of a building
Examples of assessing various building components
9:40 Structural Condition Assessment and Evaluation of Wood Structures (Steve Brockman, Brockman Engineering Inc.)
Wood as construction material, pressure treated wood
Visual inspection of columns, beams, fasteners and connectors, structural panels, shear walls and diaphragms, roofs,
glue laminated timber and metal plate connected wood trusses
Material evaluation
Destructive and nondestructive testing
Strength considerations
Assessing the risk of failure
Case studies
Checklist for wood structures problems
10:40 Refreshments and Networking
11:00 Structural Condition Assessment and Evaluation of Wood Structures (Continued) (Steve Brockman)
11:40 Structural Condition Assessment and Evaluation of Steel Structures (Steve Brockman)
Types of damage: corrosion, structural deficiencies and distress
Visual inspection of columns, beams and trusses
Material condition
Destructive and nondestructive testing techniques
Performance rating of components
Upgrading of existing structures
Reporting data reduction
12:20 Lunch
1:20 Structural Condition Assessment and Evaluation of Steel Structures (CONTINUED) (Steve Brockman)
Case studies : Condition assessment of a steel building
Checklist for 80% of steel structure problems
2:40 Refreshments and Networking
3:00 Structural Condition Assessment and Evaluation of Masonry Structures (Martin Gerskup)
Types of damage: dampness, spalling, efflorescence, corrosion of ties, structural deficiencies and distress
Visual inspection of load bearing walls, columns and brick veneer
Material evaluation
Destructive and nondestructive testing
Statistical evaluation of test data
Strength considerations
Case studies
Checklist for 80% of masonry structures problems
4:30 Adjournment
Day II
8:30 Structural Condition Assessment and Evaluation of Concrete Structures (Steve Brockman)
Causes of concrete deterioration: frost action, chemical attack, alkali-aggregate reaction, mechanical abrasion,
non-uniform volume change, corrosion of embedded reinforcement
Types of damage: cracking, water leakage, staining, corrosion-related damage, structural deficiencies and distress,
fire damage
Visual inspection of columns, beams, slabs, parking garages
Material evaluation
Destructive and nondestructive testing
Statistical evaluation of test data
Strength considerations
Durability considerations
Assessing the risk of failure
Reporting-data reduction
Case studies
Checklist for 80% of concrete structures
10:00 Refreshments and Networking
10:20 Foundation (Martin Gerskup)
Soil type and bearing capacity
Soil modifications
Type of foundation-shallow or deep
Foundation cracks/repairs
Foundation settlement
Checklist for 80% of foundations problems
12:00 Lunch
12:40 Testing and Monitoring Building Envelope (Martin Gerskup)
Standard, non-destructive testing and monitoring of building envelopes will be discussed encompassing the techniques
and advantages of ground penetrating radar and impact-echo to evaluate envelope conditions including:
Standard tests: testing brick mortar in the field, testing vapour pressure in the field
NDT tests
- General principles of ground penetrating radar
- General principles and uses of impact-echo testing
- Comparison of the two NDT methods using case histories
evaluating the presence of cracking in stone masonry
evaluating the presence of voids in solid masonry units
evaluating the internal deterioration of historical masonry
Monitoring buildings including: stress, crack and building envelope movement-methods and accuracies,
moisture-methods and accuracies
2:00 Case Study At Venue Location
4:30 Adjournment
Day III
8:30 Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning ( Brent Wall, Achieve Engineering Inc.)
System type- air furnace, central hot water boilers, electric furnaces, forced air, ducted forced air, hot water, cooling tower,
humidifiers, evaporators, and condensers, evaporative coolers
Condition assessment of components
Tests
Assessing the risk of failure
Reporting-data reduction
Case studies
Checklist for condition survey of HVAC systems
9:40 Refreshments and Networking
10:00 Mould (Martin Gerskup)
Areas of highwater episode potential
Musty odor
Floor coverings with water damage
Behind wall paper
Ventilation equipment: filters, insulation, ducts, fan rooms
Humidification units
Checklist for condition survey
11:30 Lunch
12:10 Plumbing System ( Brent Wall, Achieve Engineering Inc.)
Fixtures, drains and vents
Domestic hot and cold water piping systems
Sump and ejector pumps
Hydronic systems
Plumbing system materials and valves
Checklist for 80% of plumbing problems
1:00 Electrical System (Larry Schultz, Winnipeg Technical College)
Single and three phase wiring
Metering arrangements
Fuse panels and circuit breakers
Transformers
Feeders and services
Subsystems: fire alarm system, life safety system, emergency lighting, emergency power
Checklist for 80% of electrical problems
2:00 Refreshments and Networking
2:20 Fire Safety (Martin Gerskup)
Life safety and property protection
Containment
Early warning system
Fire alarm
Egress
Suppression
Checklist for 80% of fire safety problems
3:20 Written Report and Presentation (Martin Gerskup)
General condition report for the owner
Introduction to the report
Order of magnitude estimate for required repairs
Unpredictable repair
Descriptive text for each element
Appendices: pictures, maintenance recommendations, glossary
Presentation
4:30 Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes
1.8 CEU / 18 PDH
Faculty
Martin Gerksup
Martin Gerskup, B. Arch, OAA, MRAIC, is President with BEST Consultants Martin Gerskup Architect Inc. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of Investigative Architecture and Building Science. He is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) and has served in various capacities on the Ontario Building Envelope Council (OBEC) Board of Directors from 1991 to 1997. He was President of OBEC from 1993-1994; and a member of Council for the OAA from 2003 to 2005; and is currently a member of the ULC Thermal Insulation Committee. During his tenure on council at the OAA, Martin was Chair of the Discipline Committee, and actively served on the following committees: Practice Committee, Registration Committee, Public Interest Review Committee, Communications Committee and the University Liaison Task Group. Martin has authored and presented many technical papers on the subject of building science and taught as an Assistant Adjunct Professor and tutor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design from 1999 to 2001, and for the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Ryerson University in 2002.
Steve Brockman
Steve Brockman, P.Eng., is a registered professional engineer in Nova Scotia and 31 U.S. states. He has 26 years of experience with foundations in North America for clients such as General Motors, Cummins Engines, and Chrysler Motors.
Brent Wall
Brent Wall, P.Eng. is the President of Achieve Engineering Inc. Achieve Engineering Inc. specializes in mechanical systems design, review and investigations for commercial and industrial occupancies. He spent the equivalent of two years working with a mechanical contractor installing plumbing systems and gas piping. Brent has over 25 years experience in the design and inspection of commercial and industrial mechanical systems throughout Western Canada and Canadas high Arctic. He has completed Plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration and dust collection designs and investigations for educational, recreational and institutional buildings, the Food, Mining and Pharmaceutical Industries, held the position of Director of Engineering for one of Canadas major pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in Western Canada, and completed HVAC designs and investigations at numerous buildings throughout Nunavut Canada.
Larry Schultz
Larry Schultz is a journeyperson electrician who obtained his vocational teaching diploma in 1992 and a BSc in technical education in 2004. While working as an electrician, in both Canada and the United States, he specialized in commercial and heavy industrial applications and controls systems. As a teacher he has taught electrical theory, electrical code and control systems for Winnipeg Technical College (1 year), Schneider Electric Canada (2 Years) and Red River College (12 years). For the last four years he has been active in the CSA Section 8 Electrical Code committee.
The fee for this course is $1,695 + GST. If you register after February 26, 2010 the fee increases to $1,865 + GST.
Venue Information
Holiday Inn Airport West
2520 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3T6
(204) 833-2400
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Registration covers all program materials, refreshments during breaks and lunch but excludes accommodation. For organizations sending more than one participant, the following discounts to the course fee apply: 10% discount to the second, 15% to the third, 20% to the fourth and 25% to the fifth and subsequent registrations.
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• Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge.
• Five to fourteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year.
Credits are transferable within your organization.
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