Rob Stam, Author at Fortress Stabilization Systems

Standard Water Control Systems, Inc

Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota

Project Scope: Residential block foundation built in 1930s. All walls were in various modes of failure. Slab and footer were poured monolithic. Two walls were deemed too far out of tolerance to repair and were therefore replaced. Solution: InvisiBeam Carbon Kevlar straps with top anchor and bottom anti-shearing anchor were used on remaining walls, which…

Corner Repair

Project Scope: 14 course high un-reinforced 12″ cement block basement wall failure. The corner of the inside basement/garage wall had broken and pulled away. Other cracking was evident but the corner repair was urgent. Solution: The vertical corner crack was injected with Fortress toughened epoxy and allowed to set up. A Fortress “corner stabilization…