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Water Erosion

Impact of Unmanaged Rainwater Flow

We have performed hundreds of inspections of Residential and Commercial buildings, and the most ignored and overlooked issue is rainwater damage.

As you can see in the following photo, dripping water from a window air conditioning unit, over many years, has managed to erode the concrete sidewalk. Imagine what happens when this water seeps behind a building foundation or gets past a building facade. Foundation settlement or cracks and brick wall bulging are a few to name and are expensive to fix. 

 

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Sean Ainechi a licensed Professional Engineer and the owner of New York City-based Engineering firm Alma Engineering, PC. He has earned his master's degree in Structural Engineering from City College of New York (CUNY) and has 15 years of experience working in the private and public sector, in design, planning and construction support.

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2020 - Present: President of ALMA Engineering, PC

2009 - 2019: Project Engineer at EnTech Engineering, PC

2006 - 2009: Structural Engineer at A&A Consulting Engineers, PC

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