How do we approach Parking Garage Repair Restoration?

Lets face it, Parking Garages can be expensive to repair and maintain and they are dirty, loud, projects that can interrupt our customers. Fortunately, we have been working on parking structures for a long time. We do our best to limit the inconveniences while keeping the costs down. More importantly, we have the expertise in preventative maintenance to keep them from going down the restoration road to begin with. Calling us can save you time, money and inconvenience no matter what state your parking garage is in.  

We are well versed on how parking garages operate. How to prioritize critical repair elements based on safety, budget, and future threats to the structure. And how to perform and manage the project effectively.

We typically see parking garages that may require concrete repairs to beams, columns, soffits, and decks. Concrete failure and deterioration in a parking structure can be due to many different root cause problems, not just salt. Identifying the correct root cause problem is critical to the success of the project. Once repaired, it is just as important kill that root cause with preventative measures so that the cycle of deterioration doesn’t start again.

Preventative measures in parking garage can involve a number elements based on the root cause of the problem. They might involve waterproofing in the form of sealant replacement and a traffic bearing membrane. Or they could involve treating the reinforcing steel through the surface of the concrete, with a penetrating corrosion inhibitor. Or application of a water repellent to reduce water infiltration on the deck. We can help create a logical, cost effective preventative maintenance plan for your parking garage.

Have you had a quote for your parking garage that seems like it’s “too much”, seems like it might be missing the problem for your particular structure? Call us. We have saved our customers hundreds of thousands of dollars (probably millions by now), just by looking at the project from a different perspective. There have been plenty of times an engineer or another contractor has just missed the root cause of the problem and prescribed a solution that misses the mark to restore the project appropriately, or prescribed something just plain wrong for what is the real issue. When this happens, you are spending money on work, rather than solutions. Please don’t do that. Call us to make sure you are on target. We would love to take a walk in your parking garage.

List of Services for Parking Garage Concrete Restoration and Repair:

• Expansion Joint Installation/Repair                        
• Structural Concrete Beam, Column, Soffit Repair
• Concrete Pot Hole Repair                                       
• Post Tension Cable Repair
• Traffic Coating Repair and Installation                   
• Concrete Corrosion Inhibitor Treatment
• Carbon Fiber Strengthening Installation                
• Concrete Epoxy and Urethane Injection
• Concrete Spall Repair                                             
• Concrete Stair and Railing Repair
• Partial Depth and Full Depth Concrete Repair       
• Vertical Concrete Repair

What does preventative maintenance look like for a parking garage?

Parking Garages are a large capital expense that really does deserve a plan to keep it from deteriorating in the first place.  We have a vast tool box of techniques to determine what problems or threats to the structure may exist and what to do to reduce their impact.  For example, we can test for Chloride content in the parking garage deck.  Condition assessments of the concrete may also be appropriate enough to determine what preventative maintenance plans need to be put in place.  The guiding principals of parking garage preventative maintenance is to keep water and chlorides out of the concrete and to reduce chloride impact on reinforcing steel if infiltration of chlorides has already occurred.  We can help determine what path makes sense for your parking garage.

List of Services Parking Garage Preservation and Preventative Maintenance:

• Concrete Sealant / Caulking Replacement                   
• Life Extending Sealer and Water Repellents
• Traffic Bearing Membrane Installation                          
• High Performance Coating Installation