HARTMAN ENGINEERING has provided engineering expertise to a variety of clients. This has been in the form of peer evaluation of design work, problem analysis and solution as a project proceeds and evaluation of site conditions for a variety of situations.

Some major activities include the following:

• Emergency evaluation of the structural integrity of a hospital building and minimization of damage during a flood and then direction of subsequent salvage operations.
  
  
• Evaluation of the extent of damage to a manufacturing facility after a flood.
  
  
• Evaluation of the structural integrity of a dam to allow trains carrying nuclear waste to pass over the dam.
  
  
• Review of the design for a large closed cell cofferdam used to construct a tidal generating plant in South Korea. Included were recommendations for alterations of the design to reduce costs and facilitate construction.
  
  
• Analysis of conditions that caused the floor of an underground parking garage in Puerto Rico to heave.
  
  
• Project supervision for an insurance company during the clean-up and reconstruction of a pier that was damaged during demolition of an adjacent grain elevator.
  
  
• Recommendations for support of a crane during the lifting of a large replica of a US Navy sailing vessel.
  
  
• Observation and certification of pile load tests.