Project Profiles
Sika Restores Old Ford Factory
By Sika. Landmark building in Los Angeles is given a new life with highly sustainable roof restoration that makes the early 20th century building look like it was built yesterday. The Old Ford Factory is an iconic building in Los Angeles, it is a landmark building, designated as a ...
Folsom Fire Station Protected With Fluropon® Coating
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. The roof on this California fire station is durable and resistant to color fading. Folsom Fire Station 39 in Folsom, California is conveniently placed next to the Sierra Nevada mountains, an area prone to wildfires. With that in mind, the structure needs to be durable ...
El Dorado Hills Fire Station Renovated With Fluropon® Coated Roof and Wall Panels
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. The changes to the building make it more welcoming to the surrounding community. The three core values of the El Dorado Hills Fire Department in California are integrity, service and excellence. The department states on their website that their vision is to “demonstrate continuous improvement ...
Oxygen Reactor Room Resists the Elements With MTC Technology
By Sika. Waste water treatment plant reactor room’s roof can now stay dry with the help of Sikalastic® products. Due to the nature of its treatment process, the Patapsco Waste Water Treatment Plant in Baltimore, Maryland has to be able to withstand excess moisture and extreme temperatures. When its oxygen ...
Composite Slate Roofing Helps Chapel Soar
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Wichita church gets a Romanesque-style roof with DaVinci composite slate tiles. Day or night, the chapel at Central Community Church in Wichita is a beautiful architectural site. Soaring 50-feet into the sky, with a composite slate roof overhead, the chapel embraces people with its warm design. Small ...
Villa’s High-slope Roof Redirects Rainwater Into Reservoir
By Evelyn Witterholt, RCS Reporter. This Thailand villa makes a positive impact on the local water supply with its dramatic roof slope. The coast of East Bangkok, Thailand has been suffering from excess soil salinity, otherwise known as an increase in salt content of the ground’s soil. To combat ...
Turner Construction Installs Waterproofing System in NBA Stadium
By GCP Applied Technologies. New NBA stadium keeps the water out with PREPRUFE® Plus. Project - Constructing the new Golden 1 Center When General Contractor Turner Construction was assigned to build the Golden 1 Center for NBA’s Sacramento Kings, they found it to be no easy task. Not only did ...
A Castle in Kansas
By DaVinci Roofscapes. Homeowners chose DaVinci composite slate to match the stony aesthetic of the exterior to their impressive home. From any angle, the Whitaker home looks like a castle. A turret and multiple brick chimneys highlight a steep-pitched roof line. There’s even an attached carriage house. When ...
Woolworth Building’s Roof Restored Using Sikalastic® RoofPro
By Sika. Find out how Sikalastic® RoofPro membrane was used to restore the roof of this longstanding New York skyscraper. Project description The Woolworth Building has been a New York landmark skyscraper since 1913. It was originally built to be Frank W. Woolworth’s headquarters, and at one point it was ...
Case Study: Ocean Reef Club at Key Largo― RibBracket™III and S-5-PVKIT®2.0
The solar installation, secured with S-5-PVKIT®2.0 and the RibBracket™ III, is predicted to save the resort on average $1,000 per month on its electric bills. The project Located on the northernmost tip of Key Largo in the Florida Keys, Ocean Reef Club is one of the country’s most comprehensive private club communities, ...
