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Akouri Consulting Engineers bring over 17 years
of skills and working knowledge performing the following services: STRUCTURAL DESIGN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FORENSIC ENGINEERING ROOF CONSULTING CONCRETE RESTORATION 40 YEARS RECERTIFICATION
STRUCTURAL DESIGN: Akouri Consulting Engineers performed structural design
for residential and commercial structures. We are specialized in Dade, Broward,
and Palm Beach Counties. Our Engineers are using the latest in the structural
field to assist in providing timely and professional response to needs and
deadlines. Akouri Consulting Engineers provide complete engineering support for
the design, analysis, inspection, and evaluation of structural systems. Our
staff has expertise in the design of structural systems including systems which
utilize structural and cold formed steel, aluminum, concrete, masonry, and
timber. Wind and Seismic Loads Design Building Design (Steel, Aluminum, Reinforced Concrete, Wood) Floor Design PT or RC "Slab and Beams" Building Parking Design Lateral Analysis and Design Shear Wall and Column Design Foundation Design (Mat Foundation PT OR RC, Slab on Grade PT OR RC, Pile Foundation) Structural Reinforcement and Enhancement of Historical Building Supports and Lifts Sea Walls and Retaining Walls ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: Akouri Consulting Engineers have performed architectural design for residential and commercial building. Please see Photos of completed projects on this site. For additional photos please visit our office in Hollywood to view a detailed video. The State of Florida permits Engineers to perform incidental architectural works and we have extensive experience in architectural design. FORENSIC ENGINEERING: Akouri Consulting Engineers, (ACE) offer forensic engineering consulting services to identify the root cause(s) and contributing factors to structure or construction material failures in the areas of foundations, concrete structures, masonry structures, wood structures, aluminum structures, steel structures, walls, sheathing, roofing or elsewhere. ACE perform design analysis, investigate problems, identify the sources, and assess failures. Contact ACE today for fast and accurate failure determinations. ACE examine all aspects of your site to determine the cause and origin of your failure. Forensic engineering consulting services from ACE surpass those of other structural engineering firms because our team provides a high level of expertise that helps shape a quality end product. We offer a superior historical reliability of determinations, fast response time, and fast and accurate client communications. In the examination of your site, we will apply a number of investigative methods to look for the problems. We will also determine if your failure was the result of storm damage, hail, tornado, hurricane, fire, explosion, lightning, sink holes, water intrusion, architectural defects, or other causes. ACE Emergency Response Team can quickly arrive on the scene to determine the reason behind your trouble and investigate your situation. We provide prompt and accurate failure determinations. ACE provide the best combination of experience and customer care available in the industry. Home Owners, Insurance adjusters, surety consultants, surety claims handlers, attorneys, architects, property managers, risk managers, contractors and others can call us and we will follow up with you promptly. Accurate determination of your failure is essential to a suitable resolution. Contact Akouri Consulting Engineers for all of your structural-related needs. ACE offer forensic engineering expert witness services that provide authoritative evaluations of the cause and origin of building condition failures. Do you need a fast response to determine the cause of your structural problem? Contact ACE for the best combination of engineering expertise and customer service. ACE save you time and money by quickly determining the cause of your problem. Reliable forensic engineering expert witness testimony can help you recover significant amounts of money. ACE offer the best experts when you are faced with a structural engineering design failure, water infiltration or soil related problems, storm-related damage, and more. We are able to determine if your failure was caused by structural or installation defects, or the use of poor quality building materials. ACE will examine your site from the roof to the foundation, checking for foundation movement, and construction defects. We also offer the team that can rapidly arrive on-site to investigate your problem. Trust your forensic cases to ACE, the failure investigation experts. A prompt and accurate determination of the exact cause of a building failure or of any structural problem can save you valuable time and money. ACE offer you the advantage of historically reliable determinations and fast response time. Whether your failure stems from natural or man-made causes, you can count on ACE to provide a fast and accurate determination of its origin. When you call ACE to investigate your structural building damage, you can count on an accurate investigation of the scene. We can determine the causes of stucco problems, cracks in drywall, uneven floors, floor moisture, roof collapses, cracks in exterior walls, and much more. ACE can help you find the source(s) of moisture infiltration, and we can perform testing services. Our expertise has resolved many difficult forensic cases with rapid and precise failure determinations. You can count on ACE to make accurate and fast determinations in forensic cases and recommendations for structural restoration projects. Contact ACE today, we are your first choice for new structural design and structural failure investigation. We can rapidly determine the cause of your failure and make repair recommendations. Structural failure investigation encompasses many fields of expertise, all of which ACE can apply to your particular circumstances. Our capabilities include analytical and 3-D modeling, structural analysis and design, structural movement and repair, foundation analysis, finite element analysis, soils design using finite element, steel design, timber design, aluminum design, concrete design, masonry design, temporary structures, and much more. ACE provide structural engineering services when failures occur during any stage of a project. We are thoroughly familiar with the design and construction process and failures resulting therefrom, with investigating failures in complex situations with numerous parties, and with identifying cause, analyzing, and making recommendations regarding structural failures to ensure minimal subsequent damage and reduced liability. Please visit our office to review photos of completed projects, we will try to post as many photos as we can on this site of which some of them are more than 15 years old. ROOF CONSULTING: We provide comprehensive roof condition analysis, roof repair/replacement design specifications for all types of roof systems. We have evaluated in excess of 250,000,000 square feet of roof area on over 12,000 projects. With more than 10 years of experience in the roof consulting industry, ACE have a proven track record of providing our clients with quality service (design and inspection) and personal attention. We prepare a roofing bid package that consists of the following: 1. Contract Agreement. 2. Specifications 3. Design 4. Construction Details ACE have extensive experience in the following: 1. Roof Installation and heat flow basics. 2. Roof Decks and Drainage 3. Moisture Behavior and Condensation Control in Roofing. 4. Built Up Roofing (BUR). 5. Roof System Surfacings. 6. Polymer Modified Bitumens. 7. Single Ply Roofing, Polyurethane Foam Roofing, and PMR Systems. 8. Fluid Applied Membranes 9. Wind and Fire Characteristics 10. Roof Flashing Design and Problems. 11. Roof Surveys. 12. Life Cycle Costs. 13. Steep Roofing. 14. Metal Roofing Principles 15. and much more. CONCRETE RESTORATION: ACE perform structural design for repairing and strengthening failed structures. Our unparalleled experience has earned us a reputation for providing clients with the highest quality structural design repair services available. We prepare a Concrete restoration bid package that consists of the following: 1. Contract Agreement. 2. Concrete restoration Manual. 3. Design. 4. Construction Details 40 YEARS RECERTIFICATION: The Board of Rules and Appeals has established a building safety inspection program for buildings and structures that have been in existence for a period of 40 years or longer. The Board of Rules and Appeals by written policy shall establish the guidelines and criteria which will be the minimum requirements for the Building Safety Inspection Program. The building official shall enforce the building safety inspection Program. Exceptions: All single family residences, duplexes and minor structures defined as buildings or structure in any occupancy group having a gross floor area less than 3,500 square feet. In order for the Board to implement the new Building Safety Inspection Program in an orderly manner to clear a backlog of buildings needing inspection, implementation shall proceed as follows: A) 40 year or older buildings of 11,000 square feet or more - compliance in calendar year 2006. B) 40 year or older buildings 7,000 square feet or more – compliance no later than calendar year 2007. C) 40 year or older building 5,500 square feet or more – compliance no later than calendar year 2008. D) 40 year or older buildings 4,650 square feet or more – compliance no later than calendar year 2009. E) 40 year or older buildings 3,800 square feet or more– compliance no later than calendar year 2010. F) 40 year or older buildings 3,500 square feet or more – compliance no later than calendar year 2011. Subsequent building inspections shall be required at ten (10) year intervals Akouri Consulting Engineers have performed thousands of inspections in Miami-Dade County and Broward County. If your building is over 40 years of age and 4,650 square feet or more in floor area. You may be required to provide to the Local Building Department a safety inspection report prepared by an Engineer or Architect. Please call this office for an estimate to comply with this requirement. The 40 year and older Building Safety Inspection Program was created in 2005 and has become effective throughout Broward County in January 2006. Modeled after Miami-Dade County’s program, which was established in the mid 1970s, Broward’s program calls for structural and electrical safety inspections for buildings 40 years old or older and every ten years thereafter. One and two family dwellings, US Government, State of Florida buildings, schools under the jurisdiction of the B.C. School Board, and buildings built on Indian Reservations are exempt from this program. Miami-Dade County’s effort exempts other buildings under 2,000 square feet while the Broward program excludes all buildings under 3,500 square feet. Both Counties have had instances of structural building failures. By having such a program in effect they are minimizing the possibilities of future building failure and trying to better prepared for hurricane winds. The program for 2009 is fourth year a six year phase-in to help reduce and manage the work load of buildings to be inspected. This year only buildings 4,650 square feet or more and dating from 1924 to 1968, are to be reviewed. In 2010 buildings 3,800 square feet and larger will be included. There are checklists and guidelines for buildings to be inspected for structural integrity and electrical safety. State licensed architects and engineers should be hired by private building owners to do the safety inspection . The local government has the authority to establish a fee to review the Safety Inspection Reports. The Building Department will review the reports submitted to verify if the inspecting agency has deemed the structural and electrical systems as safe. If any deficiency is noted, the building department shall follow the guidelines of Policy #05-05. Each January a list of buildings meeting the program requirements are provided to the Building Officials from a data base that the Board of Rules and Appeals obtains from the County Property Appraiser’s Office. The program is then be administrated by City Building Department or the County Building Department and a notification letter is sent. The owner of a building or structure shall then furnish within 90 days the required Safety Inspection forms to the Building Official prepared by an engineer or architect. In the event that repairs are necessary, the owner has 180 days from the date of the building inspection report in which to correct the structural and electrical deficiencies that pose an immediate threat to life safety. Repairs that are incidental and nonlife threatening can be completed at a later date. In 2009, 910 property folio numbers are listed for inspection in Broward County only, but since a number of units and individual property owners may be in a single building, the number of structures to be inspected County-wide is significantly less than the 910. We anticipate less than 900 structures annually in Broward County will fall under the program guidelines in future years.
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