PROJECT PROFILE WJE www.wje.com Haven Tower Apartments Masonry Facade Investigation and Repair | Chicago, IL CLIENT Evergreen Real Estate Services BACKGROUND Haven Tower Apartments is a nine- store multi-unit residential apartment building that was completed in the spring of 2001. The building is constructed of precast hollow-core concrete floor planks supported by load bearing CMU walls with a brick masonry exterior cladding. In the months following completion, cracks were observed in the brick parapet, predominately at building corners. From 2001 to 2006, multiple repair campaigns were completed, yet distress in the brick masonry continued to redevelop. SOLUT

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