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View the Shaw & Sons Structural Retrofit QuickTime Movie
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QuickTime Movie
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Both
Irvine Company Headquarter Towers – the
500 and 550 Newport Center Drive buildings,
were retrofitted with Kevlar reinforced Fibrwrap™
by Shaw & Sons
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performs steel jacket retrofitting
Simple installation
Minimal column stiffness and
structure load increase
Minimal cosmetic impact to
architectural detail
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The
following chart illustrates the technical
advantages that Fibrwrap has over conventional
steel jacket reinforcement.
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Axial Load
Lateral Load
Horizontal
Displacement
Ductility |
Steel
Jacket
400 KIP
51 KIP
1.40 in.
3-3 |
Fibrwrap™
Reinforced
400 KIP
205 KIP
4.67 in.
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