Structural Engineers
Merry Christmas from the team at Cornell Engineers. Is your roof Rudolph ready?
Time goes marching on. With the change of seasons and bringing in of new years, each passing day, month and year makes those older buildings of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s a year older too.
The trouble is most of those older buildings were designed and fashioned for an expected life of 50 years. What happens to those buildings as they move past their design life?
Hi. I’m Matt Cornell. Today we’re talking about spoon drains, why we use them to improve drainage around a house site, what a spoon drain looks like and when they are better than grated drains or agi drains.
Do you think your house needs underpinning?
Is it because your house has cracks in it? Is it because your neighbour had their house underpinned? Is it because you don’t have time and you need your house fixed NOW? Is it because some random salesperson said you do?
It’s time to have your house assessed properly before you weigh up the options for underpinnings and house repairs.
Following a catastrophic failure of a deck in Victoria, we’re once again reminding homeonwners and landlords to have the decks and verandahs on their houses and investment properties checked regularly by a professional.
Our Australian climate is very harsh and even the most durable construction materials will eventually degrade. The defects might not be visually obvious to you – so have a professional Check your Deck!