For contractors working on concrete substrates, equipment can cover anything from surface prep to moisture meters. This overview hits all the high notes.

The roof of the massive AAA corporate regional office in Costa Mesa, Calif., was restored with a coated spray polyurethane foam (SPF). The coatings contractor came up with a clever way to keep overspray off the surrounding cars while the facility remained operational.

Recoating the metal roof at a company in a Wisconsin farming community included working innovatively around sawdust, farm dust, and odors.

The renovations to a career technical school in Maysville, Ky., included recoating the metal roof deck. An experienced crew made the application of a new coated spray polyurethane foam system look easy.

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, aka “The Greatest Stadium in the World,” underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation. A local coatings team was brought in for spall repairs, sealant removal and replacement, and urethane traffic coating installation — just in time for football season.

Surface prep is a part of each and every coatings job — from the ground up. CoatingsPro takes a look at the higher parts of prep with this focus on roofing.

The Denver Broncos celebrated 2016 with a big win on the field and for the field. A new sponsor meant new roof coatings!

When the University of Louisville renovated Cardinal Stadium, a nearby coatings crew had to tackle the project aggressively before the football season opener.

The All Phase Construction crew completed a green recoating job for the Department of Sustainable Development.

When the plaza outside Illinois State’s campus library started to leak, the Western Specialty Contractors crew aced the test by installing a hot-applied waterproofing solution.

The Sage Condominiums roofs in Florida had been leaking for eight years. A new silicone coating was sure to do the job.

In 2016, the Quapaw Towers block façade was experiencing leaks, cracks, and other damage. The crew from Western Specialty made the repairs and gave the façade a new waterproof coating to offer full protection from the elements.

After many years, the pier’s original three-coat catalyzed epoxy system with granular anti-slip additives had begun to fail. As a result, the crew at Quality Sandblasting was called on to install a new deck coating system.

The landmark Capitol Records Building in Hollywood had been leaking for years, and a crew from Raider Painting proved to be the right ensemble to fix it.

After the contractor performed a sample balcony installation of a two-part epoxy flake system, the resort’s management team was convinced to use it for numerous vacation facilities, starting with Fort Lauderdale, Florida.