UT Garages Speedway 27th
Carbon FRP and crack treatment addressed ramp-column connections at UT Austin's Speedway and 27th Street parking garages.
Delta Structural Technology completed FRP installation for the University of Texas Speedway and 27th Street parking garages. The repair program addressed ramp-column connections, combining crack treatment with carbon fiber reinforcement and anchorage. Delta worked with Bartlett Cocke General Contractors and Garner Consulting Group as the project moved from repair planning through the 2016 construction and punch-list process.
- Market
- Education
- Services
- Ramp-column joint repair and FRP reinforcement
- Location
- Austin, Texas
- Structural members
- Concrete Column Strengthening
Project challenge
The garage connections required an engineering response to forces within the ramp and surrounding structure. The design scope considered gravity loading alongside temperature, shrinkage and creep effects. Connection geometry varied where beams, ramps and columns met. Access planning also had to account for nearby vehicles, building services and other obstacles around the reinforcing locations.
Project approach
The proposed repair concept placed FRP around column corners and anchored it at the beam-column intersection. The revised scope clarified that reinforcement was focused on columns at the joints. Delta's planned sequence included protective covering, concrete grinding, epoxy crack injection, installation of carbon fiber anchors and wet-layup carbon reinforcement. The proposed finish included UV protection, subject to the project's fireproofing requirements and final design.
Delivery and coordination
The design package assigned engineering development to Garner and identified the general contractor's interfaces for obstruction removal and traffic control. Owner testing and inspection were separate from Delta's installation scope. During the 2016 closeout, the team circulated punch-list notes and coordinated remaining injection locations. Bartlett Cocke subsequently reported the work complete while the formal completion documentation was being assembled.
Project significance
The two-garage program shows how local connection repairs can require both structural analysis and detailed access coordination. The FRP concept was tailored to the column-joint geometry, while the work plan addressed crack treatment and surrounding operations. The closeout exchanges also demonstrate the role of location-specific punch lists in bringing a repeated repair scope to completion.
