CPR Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1

CPR is pleased to announce the publication of our first corporate newsletter. In this issue we announce the winners of our most recent contests, discuss our Employee of the Month program, and share an update on our Quarterly Safety Award.

We also included in-depth articles about some of our recent featured projects, including the SBR
Tank #1 repair at the Mount Carmel Wastewater Treatment Plant, the facade and terrace renovation at the Georgetown University Car Barn, and the balcony repairs at the McLean House Condominiums.

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Preventing Soft-tissue Injuries

Soft-tissue injuries are the number-one injury in the construction industry. Any company looking to enhance their safety program or reduce worker’s compensation claim costs would be wise to focus on these injuries or more specifically their prevention.

This new article by Charles J. Brienza, CHST, CPR's Safety Director, offers an overview of safe work practices which help to prevent these soft-tissue injuries.

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OSHA Revises Recordkeeping Rule

CPR's Safety Director, Charles J. Brienza, CHST, has a new article entitled OSHA Revises Recordkeeping Rule, published in the November/December 2014 issue of the ICRI's Concrete Repair Bulletin. In the article,  Charles discusses OSHA's rather complicated new catastrophic incident reporting rule. By way of a hypothetical case study, he brings clarity to the new rule.

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CPR Honored Twice by ICRI-BW Chapter

Yesterday (November 7, 2014), was a very important day for CPR for two reasons. First, our senior Project Manager, Patrick O’Malley, received an award from the ICRI-BW Chapter for all his efforts in promoting and encouraging people to participate in the chapter while also maintaining his efforts to give back to the community.

Secondly, CPR won first place on the ICRI-BWC 2014 Outstanding Repair Project Award with the Mount Carmel Municipal Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant SBR Tank #1 Repair project. The MCMA Wastewater Treatment Plant was built in 1975 and it was originally designed for 1.5 mgd average daily flow & 2,500 lbs/day of organic capacity, but on September 2011, the devastation of Hurricane Sandy played its toll on the SBR Tank #1 causing slab buckling, foundation movements, foundation wall displacement, walkway displacement, and column structural damage.  Therefore, from May 2013 to January 2014, CP&R performed a $1M repair on the SBR Tank #1. Repair sequencing was systematically designed to stabilize the structure while allowing the adjacent tanks to stay in full operation as well as to not jeopardize the structural integrity of the post-tension foundation slab and walkway bridges.

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CPR Completes Upgrades at Fannie Mae

During the past 10 months, CP&R performed Building Envelope & Waterproofing Upgrades at Fannie Mae’s corporate office located in Reston, Virginia. The scope of the project involved complete removal of the existing lighting, drainage, planters, pavers, topping slabs, and waterproofing at the West Plaza and Rotunda as well as selective demolition, concrete repairs, precast panels, and unit masonry assemblies.

The project also involved manufacturing and installing custom architectural exposed structural steel trellis, custom glass canopies, new pavers, planters and all new state of the art lighting and landscaping. This project took place during one of the worst winters this area has seen in twenty years. There were also many challenges throughout this project due to hidden and unforeseen conditions but CPR was able to work very close with Fannie Mae’ s design team and engineers to minimize cost and delays.

Curious to see the outcome of this project? Take at a look at the pictures!

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Garage Repair: Consolidated Rental Car Facility Garage

Since May 2013, CPR has been working hard to complete garage repairs to the Consolidated Rental Car Facility Garage located at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The scope of the project included tasks such as:

- Repair of concrete cracks and spalls in the garage, slabs, walls, columns, beams, parapets, and ceilings.
- Repair of pipe guards and pipe bollards.
- Removal and replacement of existing expansion joints and of cracked elastomeric concrete of joint seals.
- Application of sealer on concrete traffic decks and ramps and restriping of pavement markings as well as repainting stairs towers.

Are you flying to or from BWI this weekend? If yes, you can check out this project in person. Otherwise, check out some of pictures of this project!

Post-Tension Repair at 1425 New York Avenue

From February to October 2014, CP&R provided post-tension repair at a sub-grade parking garage located at 1425 New York Avenue, Washington, DC. The original garage structure was built around 1985. The garage consists of three elevated levels and one mat slab foundation that is also constructed with post tension cables. Therefore, CP&R completed full depth repair at the flat slabs, partial depth overhead repairs at the flat slabs as well as vertical partial depth repairs at the walls, beams, elevated decks, soffits, columns, and storage room at each garage level. We are proud of completing yet another successful project.

Check out some pictures of the project!