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"41 <br />Tyler, Texas 75703 <br />Phone: 9 3.581.255,1 <br />Fax: 903.581.2552 <br />TBPE FIRM # F-12575 <br />Mr. Shawn Napier <br />City of Paris, Texas <br />30�O Greenville Ave. <br />Mineola, Texas 75773 <br />Re: 260 S. Main Street, Paris, Texas Building Observation <br />Dietz Engineers, LLC, Project No.: D 12056 <br />We have conducted a walk through visual observation of the historic building in Paris, Texas on <br />June 21, 2012 to assess the condition of the building structure and deten-nine if it presents a <br />safety concern to the public. <br />Photographs for illustrative purposes can be found on the pages following the written report. <br />Refer to the attached Plan for location of photographs, <br />llimrf— 'ZIUMMI= <br />The building located' at 260 South Main Street and was constructed in the 191 O's,. The building <br />is a four-story structure. The structure consists of a concrete frame and flat slab system with <br />brick masonry infill at the exterior and elevator shaft. The building faces east for the purposes of <br />this letter. Refer photograph 1. <br />Structural Observations and Discussion <br />The following are our observations: <br />1. We observed the: basement level and noted excessive spalling of tile concrete beams <br />supporting the glass block sidewalk slab. Refer photographs 2-3. The exposed <br />reinforcing has excessive corrosion with section loss. Tile reduction in area of the <br />reinforcing has significantly reduced the structural strength required to support the <br />sidewalk on the east side of the building. Due to the condition of the sidewalk support <br />firairiing, the public should not have access to this area. <br />L The concrete columns and beams at the exterior of the first through fourth floors of the <br />building have minimal spalling of the concrete, except at the southwest comer of the <br />building on the third floor. This area has excessive concrete spalling and corrosion of <br />