FAQ
Parking Structure Questions
Written for owners, boards and asset managers.
The structure, its age, and what you have noticed. If there is an engineer's report, send that instead — we will price what it identifies.
FAQ
Parking structures and restoration in Florida
- Why not a fixed price?
- The quantity is unknowable until the concrete is opened.
- Why does repaired concrete fail again?
- Chloride-contaminated material was left against the steel.
- Can coating replace repair?
- No. It seals moisture in and accelerates the damage.
- What decides whether a coating lasts?
- Surface preparation, more than the product.
- Why do expansion joints matter?
- A failed joint pours water and chlorides onto the structure below.
- Is post-tensioned repair different?
- Substantially. Tendons carry stored energy; never cut blind.
- Where does tendon corrosion concentrate?
- At the anchorages, frequently at the slab edge.
- Is ponding a problem?
- Ponding areas become spalling areas.
- Where do displaced cars go?
- The owner's first question, and where projects stall.
- Can cure times be shortened?
- No. Early reopening damages the work.
- Who should assess the garage?
- An independent structural engineer.
- Why chloride testing?
- It finds contamination before delamination.
- Should restoration be in the reserve?
- As its own line.
- Does deferral cost more?
- Yes, on an accelerating curve.
- Is falling concrete urgent?
- It is a safety matter.
Still not answered?
Call (954) 807-3208. Send the engineer's report if you have one, or tell us what you have noticed.
What we do
Concrete Restoration
Salt reaches the reinforcement, the steel corrodes, the corrosion expands, and the concrete breaks away. In a Florida garage it is a matter of when.
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Expansion Joints
Joints allow the structure to move, and they are the most heavily worked and shortest-lived element in a garage.
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Traffic Coatings
A traffic coating keeps water and chlorides off the concrete. Applied correctly it extends structural life substantially; applied over damage it hides it.
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Post-Tensioned Repair
Many Florida garages are post-tensioned, where steel tendons are held in permanent tension inside the concrete. Repair there is a different discipline.
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Drainage
Standing water is the mechanism that carries chlorides into concrete. Fixing drainage is the cheapest structural intervention available.
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New Structures
A new garage is a fifty-year exposure problem. The specification decisions made once determine what the owner spends on restoration for the rest of its life.
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Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.