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August 23, 2011

Earthquakes…

I was sitting at my desk this afternoon around 2:00 p.m. and a light shaking suddenly began in the office. Not particularly abnormal being that my office nearly overlooks the train track behind the downtown Staunton Wharf. When I looked out the window to where I would normally see the train pass and saw nothing, my mind drew a blank as to why the shaking was taking place. As it turns out, I had … [Read more...]

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August 21, 2011

DropBox

S&A recently entrusted DropBox to help carry out collaborative work with industry partners. We recommend it, and challenge you to find a more efficient method for collaboration. http://www.dropbox.com/ … [Read more...]

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August 21, 2011

Insurance Claims: Structural Failure Analysis of Residential CMU Basement Wall

S&A was recently commissioned to conduct a structural analysis of a collapsed residential CMU basement wall, in the interest of determining the primary cause of collapse. The back story is irrelevent with regards to the structural forensic aspect of this case, but the launch of the investigation into who was at fault has enough lessons within it to merit a blog post all its own. You may even … [Read more...]

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