Below are some projects that Wood Science Consulting has recently worked on:

  • Resistograph Testing of the Wooden Elements in Bridge No. 1901000, MD-364, over Dividing Creek, Pokomoke City, MD (Resistograph testing, structural assessment).
  • Structural Assessment of the Floor Elements at 2162-2164 3rd Avenue, New York, NY (visual grading, structural assessment, wood species identification).
  • Jeffry Ullman and Renee Ullman vs. John Benson d/b/a National Property Inspections and National Property Inspections, Inc. (wood decay, strength loss, lawsuit).
  • Assessment of the First Level Floor Elements at St. Peter’s Church, Pittsburgh, PA (Resistograph testing, assessment of termite damage).
  • Assessment of Windsor-One and Advantage Board Products (multiple lawsuits).
  • Evaluation of Timber Piles Removed from Port Covington, Baltimore, Maryland (destructive testing, microbiological analyses and determination of design values).
  • Assessment of the Roof Elements in the Old Dallas High School, Dallas, Texas (visual grading and determination of design values).
  • Structural Assessment of Timber Trusses and Roof Rafters at the Highland Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Kentucky (visual grading, failure analysis and determination of design values).
  • Evaluation of Timber Cores from Consolidated Edison – 14th Street (marine borer evaluations and current preservative retention).
  • Assessment of a Bowstring Truss in Hangar D, Westchester County Airport (visual grading and determination of design values).
  • Evaluation of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) T-Head Pier 86 in Washington, D.C (Resistograph testing, assessment of wood decay).
  • Assessment of Architectural Siding and Trim Materials from Harvard University (species determination, coating assessment and microbiological analyses).
  • Assessment of Timber Pilings at Pier 3, Military Ocean Terminal Concord, CA (Resistograph testing, assessment of Limnoria damage).
  • Evaluation of the Floor Elements at 670 Broadway, New York, NY (visual grading and determination of design values).
  • Evaluation of Several Wood Poles at OCI Beaumont LLC, Nederland, TX (Resistograph testing, wood decay, termite damage, wood treatment)
  • Initial Structural Assessment of Timber Elements at One Eleven Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky (resistance drilling, destructive testing, microbiological analyses and determination of design values).
  • Evaluation of Timber Cores from the Consolidated Edison Hudson Avenue 57th Street Generating Station (marine borer evaluations and current preservative retention).

  • Assessment of Arch Glulam Beams in the CBEI Building, Philadelphia, PA (resistance drilling, microbiological analyses and determination of design values).