STRAAM

STRAAM - Structural Risk Assessment and Management

The development of STRAAM’s technology began in the late 1970s with the forced vibration studies of a number of full-scale structures, including buildings and dams. Since those early tests, STRAAM’s engineering staff has developed algorithms that allow the rapid evaluation of a structure’s integrity through the analysis of a simple, specific set of data. These algorithms are incorporated into proprietary hardware/software packages that produce short term and long term structural integrity assessment solutions.

Using this proven technology, STRAAM provides a structure’s owners, lenders, financiers, insurers, or operators with an assessment of their structure’s condition—a statement on the soundness of its structural components. This structural integrity assessment is used to facilitate decisions regarding repairs and upgrades to a structure to increase its strength and to assist in the decision-making about finances or disputes associated with the structure.

Core Markets

Structure Owners
to ensure the integrity of their investment over long periods of time and to assist operators in maintaining the structure properly

Structure operators
to schedule maintenance or rehabilitate the structure or parts of the structure

Engineers and surveyors
in the performance of structural and building surveys

Financiers/lenders
to verify the condition of their investment after construction or prior to sale

Lawyers/solicitors
for disputes arising from a structure’s integrity

Evaluating Structural Weaknesses

STRAAM identifies and locates weaknesses in a structure which can reduce that structure’s ability to operate as expected. Weaknesses lead to increased maintenance and repair costs with accompanying financial implications. This affects the owner’s or operator’s overall investment in the structure. STRAAM helps them establish the most appropriate strategy for modifying a structural system to repair current and minimize further weaknesses.

Weaknesses in a structure result from a number of causes, including:

Deterioration over time
All building materials deteriorate over time with a resulting reduction in the ability of a structure to operate as intended.

Natural and man-made hazards
Natural and man-made hazards (hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, landslides, explosions, etc.) can significantly reduce the strength of a structure’s components without significant visible indications.

Unforeseen performance expectations
Weaknesses can occur in a structure due to unforeseen differences between design and construction performance expectations and the actual behavior of the completed structure.

Construction quality
Construction quality varies widely among contractors, and even within a single contracting or sub-contracting company, sometimes compromising a structure’s integrity.

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