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Damage by pyrite, pyrrhotite, vermin or other contaminants
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In cases where a structure is exposed to various contaminants, such as pyrite or pyrrhotite, causing a defect of use, EMS engineers can provide its customers with support tailored to their needs, depending on their role and involvement in the events. Thus, EMS will specifically address the needs of the owner, the builder, the various insurers or any other involved party with the following services:
- Evaluate the impact on the structure and the risk of worsening or successive collapses;
- Secure the area;
- Search for the probable causes;
- Determine the residual capacity and the ability to fulfill the intended use of the structure;
- Technical analysis under different codes that may be applicable and production of reports for legal purpose;
- Identify repair or reconstruction solutions;
- Produce drawings and specifications for rehabilitation of the structure after the disaster, up to standard or not;
- Estimate the cost.
Lifting of slabs because of pyrite-contaminated soil
Natural soil containing pyrite
Set up of a structural slab in a house built on natural soil contaminated by pyrite
Physical manifestation of the presence of pyrrhotite in the concrete (swelling of the aggregates)
Physical manifestation of the presence of pyrrhotite in the concrete
Physical manifestation of the presence of pyrrhotite in the concrete
