Public Courthouse Slab & Beam Strengthening

Commercial Retrofit and Strengthening with Carbon Fiber

Problem vs Solution

   
• A change of use required additional capacity not present in the historic beams and slabs
   
• StrongHold™ was designed by professional engineers to increase capacity to accommodate future dead and live load
   
• StrongHold™ was applied to beams for shear and flexural strengthening
   
• StrongHold™ was applied to top and bottom of slabs to address increased positive and negative moments
   
• Beams and slabs were upgraded with a 50-yr design life