HALFACRE ENGINEERING

HALFACRE ENGINEERING HALFACRE ENGINEERING INSPECTION SERVICES:
Halfacre Engineering is a "One Stop" for your Inspection needs. We are seasoned professionals. Call us FIRST! BUT..

In the past ten years, we have completed over 5000 inspections ranging from modest apartments, small to colossal residences, manufactured homes, commercial buildings, such as, restaurants (twenty for one client), shopping centers, apartments, a casino hotel, and nursing homes. We offer the following:
• Foundation Evaluations;
• General home Inspections;
• Commercial building inspections and evalua

tions; and,
• Specialty inspections - roofing, electrical systems, and cladding like the Exterior Insulated Finish Systems (EIFS). We're well versed in:
• Local construction,
• Residential construction,
• Commercial construction, and
• Building codes. We do not hire part time inspectors. We did not take a 60 hour course to obtain our license... nor do we have a marketing coach. Remember, by not choosing a certified, licensed, well seasoned, experienced, knowledgeable, and ethical inspector you run the risk of getting a fallacious, inadequate, substandard report that declines to find important issues that could cost you thousands to hundreds-of-thousands of dollars! Protect your investment today! FOUNDATION REPAIR CONSULTING ENGINEER:
It is truly disheartening and offensive to see how some foundation contractors prey on homeowners. If you think you might have foundation problems, do not fall for an old baseball pitcher ad or other such HYPE from lesser known foundation contractors. Home owners are all too frequently told they need a "a few pilings, piers, jacking pads, etc. to correct a foundation problem". This is sometimes true; however, in far too many instances, all the repairs accomplish is a nice commission and or bonus for the contractor / salesman. Do not fall for a smooth sales pitch and / or a slick power point presentation; call Halfacre Engineering; we will save you money and protect your investment by giving your peace of mind and or saving you a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars! Mississippi does not require a license for a foundation contractor; YES that is what I said... there is no licensing requirement, testing of knowledge training, or apprenticeship to do foundation repairs in our state. We specialize in helping homeowner's get structural repairs done at a fair price. We are not on commission....we are not in any contractors pocket! I am a Consulting Engineer. I am licensed as a Professional engineer by the state of Mississippi. I am Certified by the Structural Engineer Certification Board (S.E.C.B.)http://www.secertboard.org/Docs/Listing_by_State_06_2013.pdf as a Structural Engineer, as well as, a member of the Structural Engineer Association of Mississippi (SEAM). I work for the homeowner as a third party Engineer Consultant. We will evaluate your situation(s) and if you truly need repairs, we will assist you in getting whatever repairs that are appropriate done to your home, all the while ensuring that you get your money's worth; you will not get over piered. We will keep both your house and your wallet from being OVER JACKED. GUARANTEE:
I have NEVER had a client that asked for their money back! since you probably do not know us...I PROMISE you will get the very BEST and the MOST comprehensive inspection possible from HALFACRE ENGINEERING at a FAIR price. It will be done by seasoned professionals. From past client's testimonials and our own sense of self pride, I expect to SAVE you money... For some past clients, that has been hundreds-of-thousands of dollars! However, for the record... If you choose to hire us and afterwards, for whatever reason, you feel the service you received is not what you were promised, we will gladly refund your fee. We serve all of CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. Call us to discuss your individual inspection needs. Work Phone: 601-982-9500, Mobile Phone: 601-291-3140, Fax Number: 1-877-513-1977, and Email: [email protected].

12/24/2023

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11/14/2023

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08/27/2023

ESTUDIA INGENIERÍA

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué está inclinada la torre de Pisa?

Hoy aprenderás la razón.

La torre inclinada de Pisa es el campanario de la catedral de Pisa, construido en el Campo de los Milagros. Un poco de historia.

Su construcción se inició en el año 1173 dC con la construcción de la losa de 3 metros de profundidad y sobre ella se empezaron a construir los muros. Cuando el edificio llegó al tercer piso, se notó que empezaba a inclinarse.

Hablamos de una torre de 14.500 toneladas de peso construida sobre cimientos de 3 m de profundidad apoyados en suelo de arena y limo. Me imagino que estudios geotécnicos previos a la construcción en la época, los justos.

Después de detectar la pendiente, los ingenieros de la época construyeron los muros del resto de los pisos para que la altura del piso del lado más hundido fuese mayor que su altura en el otro lado compensando así el ángulo de inclinación.

¡Unos lumbreras! Esto inclinó la torre aún más debido al hundimiento de los cimientos en mayor proporción del lado ya más hundido que del otro por el aumento de peso justo en ese lado.

La construcción duró 199 años, y las varias paradas en la misma durante un tiempo fue una de las razones que permitió que el suelo se compactara.

El suelo arcilloso compactado ha sido la razón por la que la torre no ha colapsado y ha resistido cuatro terremotos sin caerse. Sin embargo, si se dejaba así sobre ese tipo de suelo, esta joya terminaría colapsando. Así que tocaba "jugar" a la ingeniería moderna.

Los ingenieros modernos calcularon el centro de gravedad de la torre, y de los cálculos se concluyó que la torre se derrumbaría si se alcanzaba una pendiente de más de 5,44 grados.

La torre se cerró en 1990 para repararla. Se cavaron 361 agujeros de 40 metros de profundidad y se inyectaron en el suelo 90 toneladas de hormigón por esos agujeros. (Eso vienen a ser 361 columnas de 13 pisos de altura "hincadas" en el suelo)

En argot de cimentación se hicieron pilotes bajo la losa. Es como poner columnas que atraviesan la capa de suelo inestable y se "clavan" en la capa estable de suelo, más profunda, para mantener la losa igualmente estable.

Después se removió la tierra del lado menos hundido de la torre para que esta se hundiese de ese lado y redujese su inclinación a los cuatro grados originales, y por fín se usaron anclajes de acero para fijar las bases de la torre en el suelo estabilizándola.

Se podría haber dejado la torre vertical pero no se quería que la torre perdiese su fama y valor turístico por la inclinación. Y tras confirmar que podría aguantar sin inclinarse 300 años, se reabrió la torre al público.

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03/21/2023

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Our understanding of soil mechanics has drastically improved over the last 100 years. This video investigates a geotechnical foundation failure that happened...

11/15/2017

As Thanksgiving week approaches, we at HALFACRE ENGINEERING are so very thankful for our clients and referral sources for the trust you place in us and our services. Our blessings are too numerous to count! We love helping people and we love what we do. Thank you all, so very much! Happy Thanksgiving from the Halfacre Engineering Team!

05/13/2017

Selecting methods of improving bearing capacity of soils is necessary in many cases for the construction of foundation. Soil investigation is carried out

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12/11/2016

So you need foundation repairs and you have had a contractor or two out for an estimate. It just may be that you are now confused about spread footings, helical piers, concrete segmented piles, precision pilings, cable lock piling, drill piers, foam lifting or heaven knows what else..... . Well we are not!

We can help you select an appropriate application for your home and the appropriate work scope. Through this process, we recently saved one Client over $50,000!! Call us, we would love to help you save money and get your home repaired appropriately. 601- 982-9500

05/20/2016

From time to time, we provide discounts or pro-bono consulting services to ELDERLY, DISABLED, LIMITED INCOME INDIVIDUALS, VETERANS, VICTIMS of DISASTERS or RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

If you have a need for a service that we provide and fit one of these listed classifications, Please contact us for confidential discussion of of how we might assist you.

04/20/2016

Common design and detailing errors in construction arises due to either inadequate structural design or due to lack of attention to relatively minor design

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