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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.

 

 

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.