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North Yonkers Pumping Station
Chimney Stack, North Yonkers, N.Y.
The chimney stack at the North Yonkers
Pumping Station was constructed circa 1930's. Over the years the
chimney exhibited several signs of deterioration, including
cracking and brick spalling. The chimney was eligible for listing
in the National Register of Historic Places and the County of
Westchester required the repair and restoration of the chimney.
FKC prepared a testing program, including removal and testing of
concrete, brick and mortar samples. The chimney was also be
surveyed for plumbness, so that a baseline for long term tilting
was established. Vibration monitoring was performed to evaluated
the effects of traffic and construction vibrations on the
structure. Performed structural analysis and evaluation of the
chimney based on the material strength test results and the
vibration monitoring results. Prepared an engineering report,
including findings and conclusions, preliminary repair sketches
and preliminary repair cost estimates. The restoration
recommendations emphasized the aesthetics of the existing
structure. All restoration recommendations were in accordance with
the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties. |
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Siemens Demag Delaval Rotor Test
Facility, Trenton, NJ
Siemens Demag Delaval (SDD) USA
required the installation of a new high speed testing balancing
equipment at their Trenton, NJ plant. Schenck-Trebel was the
manufacturer of the balancing equipment. The proposed location of
the new equipment was located at an existing foundation pit of the
previously installed milling machine that was located within a
sheet pile cofferdam. The pit had been filled with non-structural
concrete fill of un-known strength and the depth of concrete was
not previously verified by SDD. Feld, Kaminetzky & Cohen, P.C.
(FKC) investigated the structural integrity and adequacy of the
existing concrete foundation pit to support the new four foot
thick concrete wall and roof bunker structure that will house the
new testing equipment.
FKC designed the new bunker
structure. This is a massive concrete structure consisting of four
feet thick steel fiber reinforced concrete walls lined with steel
plates. The roof cover is a four feet thick movable concrete
structure. This structure was designed to resist impact and blast
loads. |