Saturday, February 16, 2008

2000 Protze Concrete Report

Herman Protze, an international expert on concrete, investigated the concrete in Mill #5 on April, 2000. The purpose was “to assess to condition of structural reinforced concrete beams and to evaluate the feasibility of repairing deteriorated concrete.” Click on image for report.
He found that “the deteriorated concrete is amendable to repair and mitigation… A rough estimate of the cost of repairing and mitigating the exterior of the mill building is approximately $330,000… The repair and coated concrete will provide an additional life value of the structure of over an additional 50 years.”

Please read the report’s entire executive summary.

Mike Carey
Lewiston

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