Winning Post: Crew Restores Luxury Parking Garage Next to Race Track By Ben DuBose When the new property manager, Stoneleigh Companies, took over operations and rebranded the facility, the desire was for every aspect of the complex to mesh with the luxurious theme and look appealing to potential tenants drawn to the sporting area.
Fast-Curing Polyurea System Boosts Flexibility at Busy Jobsite By Ben DuBose When MarkWest Energy began developing plans for a new gas compressor station in the area, they wanted construction solutions they could both trust and install quickly — allowing them to take advantage of reserves as quickly as possible!
Hungry for Change on Food Facility Floor By Stephanie Marie Chizik It would take a coatings crew that was just as confident to take the nearly bare concrete and turn it into a beefy urethane floor with all the fixins.
Night and Day: Facility Leaves Dust and Dirt Behind By Stephanie Marie Chizik The client was converting an old warehouse into a facility that needed to be Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved. It took a five-person crew and a slew of materials, but PennCoat played its part to help that come to life.
Waste Not Want Not: Sewage Update for Famous Festival By Stephanie Marie Chizik The Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, England, hails 175,000 attendees and 50,000 support staff, not to mention seven stages and a myriad of other areas for entertainment.
Floors Tamed for Skeptical Vet By Stephanie Marie Chizik Second chances don’t come around very often, so when they do it’s important to make them count. That’s the mentality that Evan Tarabocchia and his crew at Imperial Flooring Systems, Inc. took with a recent renovation at a veterinary hospital in New Jersey.
Linking Old, New Floors a Work of Art By Ben DuBose By size, the largest part of the job was the 2,200-square-foot (204.4 m2) main office area, which consisted of decorating new concrete.
On Track With Oxygen Train Recoat By Stephanie Marie Chizik Six chambers, 40,000 square feet total (3,716.1 m²), 65 days. Coating systems that were applied to all walls, columns, and ceilings within the scope of the project. Sounds like a straight forward project, right?
Decorative Flooring Expert Works Holiday Shifts By Ben DuBose The group wanted to renovate the building for modern use while still retaining a feel of “vintage industrialism” as a nod to Detroit’s history.
Heating Up: Connecticut Ballpark Renovators Overcome Harsh Winter By Ben DuBose The New Britain Rock Cats minor league baseball franchise had been a staple of the community in New Britain, Connecticut, for more than 30 years — until they abruptly left town in late 2015 for a newer stadium in nearby Hartford.
Traveling South: SPF on Bean Tanks in Belize By Stephanie Marie Chizik For many, Belize is a place to rest and relax. It’s a small country, and a place where cultures and languages mix. It’s also a place where beans and rice are food staples, which explains why a new facility was being built and why a crew came down not for vacation but to apply spray polyurethane foam (SPF) and coatings on seven bean-holding bins.
Australian Stadium Redevelopers Floored by New Look By Ben DuBose The facility is currently home for two Australian Football League (AFL) teams — Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide — and it also hosts concerts and marquee games of cricket, rugby, and soccer.
Teamwork Shines Through for Flooring Crew at Ohio Brewery By Ben DuBose MadTree Brewing Co. made history upon opening in 2013 by becoming the first modern craft brewery to can its beer in Ohio.
Cracking the Code on Concrete Repair By Chris O’Brien, President and CEO of Rock-Tred Corporation Failing to spot and document mistakes in concrete before applying a coating system may result in losses for your coating contracting company. It is not enough to have 20 years of experience with coatings. If you don’t understand the concrete you are applying coatings on, experience won’t help.
Historic New Zealand Viaduct Gets 21st-Century Makeover By Ben DuBose Concerns over the deteriorating paint system, ongoing corrosion of the carbon steel, pooling water, suspect rivets, and a need to boost capacity prompted owner KiwiRail to seek out solutions to keep the viaduct operational heading into its second century.