This commercial building has steel columns and beams structure with prefabricated concrete fiber roof panels supported on open web steel joists. The exterior walls are of concrete block masonry.

The columns are widely spaced to form nominally 40 ft x 30 ft bays.

My field inspection to document the structural integrity of the building revealed that this commercial building of 1960s vintage is structurally in good shape.

There are tell tales of roof leakage at some spots. Even though a large portion of the building is unoccupied, it has been reasonably well maintained. Structural steel is in good shape. There is onset of rusting at some steel joists -- but this is minimal and there is no reason for concen at this point in time. I have recommended that the broken roof panels be repaired to ensure there is no infoltration of water into the building from roof leakage.

I present here some pictures that I took during my field inspection.




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