SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 2004
STP11471S

How Deteriorated Can Marble Facades Get? Investigation and Design of Repairs

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The existing condition of the exterior marble panel facade of a high-rise building in midtown Manhattan were unsafe. A number of marble faced panels had bulged out and were ready to pop out and fall down to the crowded street below. These deteriorated and unsafe conditions necessitated a facade investigation, close examinations, field testing of marble, and analyses of the deteriorated marble panels. The causes for the failure were determined in order to design effective repairs.

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Lavon, B
Feld, Kaminetzky & Cohen, P.C., Consulting Engineers, Roslyn Heights, NY
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Developed by Committee: E06
Pages: 194–204
DOI: 10.1520/STP11471S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5491-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-3475-1