Police and Fire Stations: Structural Integrity Inspections, Seismic Hazards Determination, Tidal Energy Generation, Wave Energy Generation, Police Station Reinforcement, Fire Station Reinforcement, Police and Fire Station Reconstruction

The recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, and China and the recent explosion of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig and resulting oil spill underscore the need for preventative mitigation and restoration efforts for these earthquake-ravaged countries and for the U.S. and elsewhere, as well as for the many police stations, fire stations, and law enforcement buildings in the U.S. and around the world that may be in danger of collapse or partial destruction - in the event of an earthquake, tsunami, storm, or other natural or human-generated stress.

Charles B. Pyke, Ph.D., President, CEO, and Principal Scientist of Environmental Science & Energy, Inc., offers Construction Defects Analysis, Structural Integrity and Structural Safety Inspections, Investigation of Historical Structural Damages, and Seismic & Landslide Hazards Determination, plus Repair, Refurbishment, Reinforcement, Strengthening, Renovation, Restoration, Enlargement (as may be needed), and Reconstruction - perhaps even Demolition and Replacement - of Structures and Facilities listed below, along with the Design of New Structures and Facilities. [Many of the structures, facilities, and services offered may apply to the earthquake-damaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti and to locations damaged by the earthquake and/or tsunami in Chile.] These include, but are not limited to:

Structures and Facilities:

Police stations - in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and overseas.

Fire stations - U.S. and other countries.

Other law enforcement buildings - U.S. and other countries.

Fire trucks and other large police and fire vehicles.

Water supply pipelines and conduits serving police and fire stations, above and below ground.

Sewage pipes and conduits, serving police and fire stations, above and below ground.

Roads and railroad tracks serving police and fire stations and other law enforcement buildings.

Other public utility facilities.

The defects and hazards include, but are not limited to:

Faulty, shoddy, or generally poor original construction.

Construction that met building and seismic codes at the time of the original construction, but which fail to meet today's codes, and which could be a hazard to life and property in the future.

Construction that met building and seismic codes at the time of the original construction, but which have deteriorated over the years or were damaged or weakened by fire, weather, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, ground subsidence, landslides, avalanches, or blasts (including sonic booms or nearby demolitions).

Foundation failures of police and fire stations, resulting from corrosion, earthquakes, subsidence, liquefaction, ground shifts, and/or gradual deterioration of materials from water currents and weather.

Corrosion, over the years, of road and bridge components associated with, or built in conjunction with, police stations, fire stations, and other law enforcement buildings.

Damage caused by terrorist attacks, or hidden damage caused by sabotage or by attempted sabotage that appeared at first to have failed.

Corrosion, over the years, of structural components of police stations, fire stations, and other law enforcement buildings.

Asbestos that may be present in some structures.

Landslides: threats; slides that have occurred since construction of a structure and may have weakened the structure.

Earthquake faults and potential for major shaking or permanent ground deformation that could cause a major structural failure, especially one that could lead to a leak, spillage, or release of toxic gases or liquids into the environment.

Proximity of a structure to earthquake faults and soil vulnerable to magnified shaking.

Potential for subsidence of the soil beneath a police station, fire station, or other law enforcement building, including differential subsidence within a structure's footprint.

Services Offered:

Structural integrity inspection of the structure or facility.

Construction defects analysis.

Investigation of catastrophic failure or major damage resulting from earthquakes, storms, or human-generated activities (terrorist attacks, sabotage, major accidents, etc.).

Structural analysis for damage, deterioration, or corrosion over the years.

Seismic hazards and seismic safety analysis

Repair of defects.

Mitigation, overhaul, or renovation of a police or fire station - partial or total.

Asbestos removal.

Reinforcement of the police station, fire station, or other law enforcement structure or facility.

Restoration or reconstruction of the police or fire station, or other law enforcement structure or facility.

Protection against maximum credible earthquake.

Protection against maximum credible wind event.

Demolition or removal of entire police station, fire station, or other law enforcement building or facility.

Replacement of entire police station, fire station, or other law enforcement building or facility.

Design and construction of new police stations, fire stations, or other law enforcement buildings or facilities - U.S. and overseas.

Research into improvement in the construction of various law enforcement buildings and facilities.

For more information about these services and other programs:

Telephone: Environmental Science & Energy, Inc.: (520) 625-8346 or (877) 373-4629,

cellular (520) 310-9931 or (775) 742-5376. Alternate (520) 625-8316.

FAX: Call (520) 625-8346 to obtain fax number.

e-mail: Call (520) 625-8316 to obtain e-mail address.

Mailing address for Dr. Charles B. Pyke, President & CEO:

P. O. Box 1747, Green Valley, AZ 85622-1747

Contract, billing, and payment address:

P. O. Box 292760, Phelan, CA 92329-2760.