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PAU L <br />FUJAWA <br />ENGINEERS, <br />INC. <br />~- <br />Tuesday, June 29, 2010 <br />Mr. Carl P. Littrell, P.E. <br />City Engineer <br />The City of South Bend <br />Department of Public Works, <br />Division of Engineering <br />1316 County-City Building <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />- '-~- <br />--1- <br />'- <br />~- <br />RE: Proposal for Professional Engineering Services <br />Investigation of Facade Condition <br />St. Joseph/Wayne Street Parking Garage <br />South Bend, Indiana <br />Dear Mr. Littrell: <br />In response to your recent request, Paul Fujawa Engineers, Inc. (FUJAWA) is pleased to submit the <br />following proposal to perform a investigation of the facade condition for the referenced City-owned parking <br />structure. <br />The St. Joseph/Wayne Street Parking Garage has pre-cast concrete panels with thin-set brick mounted on <br />all four sides of the garage. The garage was constructed in around 1989. During the fall of 2009, Casteel <br />Construction removed and repaired portions of the brick that had delaminated on the west face. During a <br />recent site visit, an area of brick that had fallen off the building was noted on the south face. Also, <br />structural concrete elements of the garage are covered with a cement overlay and painted on the exterior <br />faces. During the site visit, I observed that areas of these overlays are also cracking and delaminating. <br />SCOPE OF SERVICES <br />FUJAWA proposes the following program of services, which are essential to properly evaluate the <br />parking garage for the purpose of developing a prioritized list of cost-effective repair/preventive <br />maintenance program options: <br />PHASE I -Investigation of Facade Condition <br />Task I-1 Review available existing documents, i.e., drawings, specifications, concrete test reports, <br />former condition survey reports, etc., in order to acquaint ourselves with the parking garage, <br />prior to conducting an on-site survey of the facility. FUJAWA has the existing structural <br />17455 Douglas Road / South Bend, IN 46635 / (574) 273-5014 <br />