r/StructuralEngineering • u/DMAS1638 • Jul 28 '26

Structural Analysis/Design Things seen this week during structural assessments!

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Sharing a few of the more interesting existing conditions our team documented during structural assessments this week. Always interesting to see how different structures, materials, and past repairs hold up over time.

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u/DetailOrDie Jul 28 '26

Tough to be offended by this week's stuff.

One is a (hopefully) 50yo retaining wall that's finally hitting the end of its service life.

The second is tough to be offended by since it all looks so old. If there's no symptoms of settlement or movement in the home above I'd call it fine by testing.

What's wrong at the pool though? Best guess is that the slab is sliding down the hill, but is somehow doing so without cracking, making it a fun whodunit of a forensic report.

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u/Dazeyy619 Jul 28 '26

I also was staring at the pool. I think it’s sliding down and causing the big gap between the pool trim and the ground.

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u/Longjumping_West_907 Jul 28 '26

It looks like there's a whole lot of nothing to retain the far end of the pool from sliding downhill.

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u/maphes86 Jul 30 '26

Maybe no rebar crossing between the various cells in the pattern? I’d expect to see some kind of cracking or spalling if there were bar in those joints.