On discovering a number of large cracks in exposed concrete joints spanning three classrooms, Braintree High School Director of Buildings, Charles Nelson, became concerned for the safety of students and called in engineers to investigate. Engineers Simpson Gumbertz & Heger of Arlington, MA carried out a structural evaluation of the 300,000 sq. ft. three story, 30 year old building to ensure that the building was considered as a whole, not simply

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