A structural assessment is a procedure utilized to check the adequacy, structural integrity and soundness of structures and their components. An assessment is made to evaluate a structures current and future use and conformance to current building codes.

 

All buildings and structures require periodical inspection to ensure structural safety, strength and stability under normal/actual loads as well as reducing the possibility of disproportionate collapse under unanticipated or accidental loads.

 

The consequences of having insufficient structural integrity can be a danger to public safety – meaning the building may not be able to support the loads that it was designed for.

 

SANA's evaluation process involves visual observations as well as destructive and non-destructive testings of structural members such as columns, beams, joists, load bearing walls, slabs, roof decking, foundations, and connections for any signs of structural deficiencies such as cracks, excessive movements, bowing, deflections, differential settlements, including any evidence of distress and material deterioration. Our Professional Engineers assess the structural elements ensuring that they will continue to safely perform their intended function.