The Experience of Strengthening Structures Based on the Results of the Industrial Safety Examination of Two Pumping Stations of the Pipe Welding Workshop of JSC Tagmet.

During long-term work at the “Tagmet” metallurgical plant after 1995, when there was an accident in the workshop no. 3, and the plant Management took care of the condition of other workshops, the Central Research Institute of Building Structures named after V.A. Kоucherenko conducted surveys of even small buildings and structures that performed serious functions in the production process the plant. An industrial safety examination was carried out in order to issue Conclusions and Recommendations on repairing and strengthening damaged building structures for the possibility of further safe operation. The article presents the results of a survey of the buildings of two pumping stations built of mixed structures and serving the pipe welding workshop No. 3 of the plant. Significant damage to the building structures was found and a method of strengthening these structures was given, which can serve as an example for its use in similar events.