Client: Culver Academies
Project: West Barrack Renovation and Addition
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Description: Ter Horst, Lamson & Fisk, Inc. provided structural engineering design services for the West Barrack Renovation and Addition at Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana. The project consisted of the renovation of the West Barrack, which is a 12,800 s.f. structure dating from the 1800's and a new addition of 9,400 s.f.

• Addition was a four-story steel framed structure utilizing pre-cast concrete floor panels, metal deck and steel joist roof system and an exterior load bearing masonry wall system clad in brick and stone similar to the original building.
• Design for the new addition incorporates two story stone and brick clad concrete arches around the south end logia similar to the design of the arches in the original building. The existing concrete slab and floor joist system in the barracks was deteriorated and required extensive repair.
• The existing concrete slab and floor joist system in the barracks was deteriorated and required extensive repair.
• The existing floor joists were typically 2" wide by 13¾" deep concrete joists that were deteriorated due to moisture induced corrosion. The joists were repaired by replacing all of the deteriorated reinforcing and rebuilding the joists with an epoxy modified repair material.