Projected consisted of many proposed renovations and improvements to the ~160,000 Grand Junction Steel facility. Project required investigations of: existing conditions without any record, Carnegie steel from the 1920’s, riveted construction, etc.

This project entailed many facets as it dealt with approximately 150,000 – 200,000 SF of steel structures in Grand Junction, CO that previously had housed rail road trestle building, locomotive repair, etc. The structures ranged in age from the 1920’s – 1990’s with documentation ranging from non-existent to partially complete. The scope was a complete facelift and renovation of the intended use of the structure. Decisions had to be made by myself as to where to call the analysis sufficient as many times, due to the unknowns involved, engineering judgement was going to be critical. I designed and calculated the capacities of historic steel members (Carnegie Steel) to determine if they could handle additional load (new roof systems, changes to architectural plans, etc.). I also designed protocols to test / proof load certain members with unknown capacities to understand if they were fit for service. The project required much coordination with the mechanical engineers as fitting those systems within the current structure was non-trivial.