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Water Park

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Contractor and Engineering Resources
Case Studies
Water Park Column Repair

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Concrete has good vertical strength but poor horizontal strength. Because of this lack of horizontal strength, reinforcement with rebar or other methods is necessary. Sometimes, concrete reinforcement is not included in the original design or is forgotten during the pouring of the concrete. Under such circumstances, it is advisable that reinforcement be incorporated after the fact.

In this case, many different size columns were cast in place as designed for foundation of various water slides. Vertical rebar cages were used; however, horizontal ties were missing when the concrete was poured.


Date: June 2010
Structure: New Construction Water Park, Pennsylvania
Contractor: Ram Jack of Tri States
Material Used: : Fortress 300 gsm unidirectional carbon fiber tow sheet w/ 4550 Epoxy resin
Project Scope:
Many different size columns were cast in place as designed for foundation of various water slides. Vertical rebar cages were used, however; horizontal ties were missing during pour. Carbon fiber wrap was applied to add shear capacity that was missing from horizontal ties.
Before After

Conclusion:
Column wraps were installed in less than 3 days and project was concluded with Fortress 105 epoxy coating which allowed construction to continue and water park to open on July 4th deadline.

Before After
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