Case Histories

1. ROOF COLLAPSES DUE TO SNOW LOADING

• Collapse of Sears Roof - Village Mall, St. John’s, Newfoundland

• Collapse of Wood Motors Ford Building - Halifax, Nova Scotia

• Collapse of Air Craft Hangar - Halifax International Airport

• Collapse of Frozen Food Storage Building - Burnside Industrial Park, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

2. COLLAPSES DURING CONSTRUCTION

• Five-Storey Wood Framed Apartment Building - Highfield Park, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

• Three-Storey Wood Framed Apartment Building - Highfield Park, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

• Forestry Nursery Education Complex - Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia

• South Shore Ready Mix Plant - Collapsed Roof Trusses Caused Load Bearing Concrete Block Masonry Walls to Displace Outward

• Bear River First Nations Recreation Hall - Digby County, Nova Scotia

• MacGregor Bedding - Collapse of Pre-Engineered Steel-Framed Building During Erection Due to Inadequate Temporary Wind Bracing - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

3. EXCESSIVE ROOF DEFLECTIONS DUE TO SNOW OVERLOADING

• K-Mart Plaza - Torbay Road, St. John’s, Newfoundland

4. COLLAPSE OF BRICK VENEER DUE TO WIND SUCTION AND INADEQUATE BRICK TIES

• Car Parking Garage - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

5. MASONRY STRUCTURAL TESTING

• Alderney Manor - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Cyclic Lateral Load Testing of the Restored Brick Veneer/Metal Stud Wall System of In-situ Lateral Load Testing of Brick and Block Composite Masonry Wall System Wall Ties
    Related Materials: The Cyclic Lateral Load Testing of the Restored Brick Veneer/Metal Stud Wall System Exterior Masonry Walls - Scott Maritimes, Abercrombie, Nova Scotia
• First Baptist Church - Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Northwood Manor - Halifax, Nova Scotia

6. HISTORIC RESTORATION

• Cumming Hall - Nova Scotia Architectural College, Bible Hill, Colchester County, Nova Scotia (Date Original Building Completed: 1904)
• Provincial Building - 1723 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, (Date of Completion of Original Building Construction: 1935)
• Old Post Office Building (1884 Truro Federal Building) - 695 Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia
• First Baptist Church - Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Northwood Manor - Halifax, Nova Scotia