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Feature CONCRETE FLOOR URETHANE Superstorm Sandy Cruise Terminal Restoration BY JACK INNIS, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR PHOTOS COURTESY DUR-A-FLEX, INC. T Te Brooklyn Cruise Terminal opened in 2006 with fanfare beftting a new, 200,000-square-foot (18,581 m²), state-ofthe-art structure. Travel writers gushed about everything from the $52 million terminal's ability to help passengers navigate quickly through ticket lines and customs, to sophisticated gangways, to its well-designed parking lot. In short order, the facility earned prestigious accolades including, "Cruise Terminal of the Year" by Princess Cruise Lines and "Best New Homeport" by PortHole Magazine. During its frst year of operation, Brooklyn Cruise Terminal welcomed 40 ships and added 330 new permanent jobs to the immediate waterfront area. By 2011, the total economic impact of New York City's cruise industry (Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and Manhattan Cruise Terminal combined) reached $239 million — up from $94 million in 2009 according to reports issued by the New York City Economic Development Corp. (NYEDC). But on October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy submarined all that. Te storm barreled into the Northeast, killing more than 100 people in 10 states/territories, destroying tens of thousands of homes and businesses, and leaving nearly 2 million people without power. Te 1,000-mile (1,609 km) diameter superstorm created a storm surge so high that in New Jersey it knocked out tide gauges at 8.5 feet (2.6 m). Te surge eclipsed 12.5 feet (3.8 meters) in western Long Island Sound, and Brooklyn Cruise Terminal was swamped. "Tere was four feet of water in the terminal and parking lot," said Tomas Spina, director of cruise operations for NY Cruise, which operates the facility under NYEDC. Te water destroyed approximately 105,000 square feet (9,755 m²) of tile and carpet, including 44,000 square feet (4,088 m²) in the front (lobby area and waiting room) and 61,000 square feet (5,667 m²) in the rear (customs and baggage inspection areas and associated corridors). Plans were made to replace the fooring, but NYEDC designers tagged the terminal with an "at risk" designation, which meant the new fooring system needed the ability to withstand future fooding. 80 JANUARY 2014 COATINGSPROMAG.COM Hurricane Sandy left the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in desperate need of an overhaul only a few years after its debut in 2006. The client, New York City Economic Development Corp. (NYEDC), would have some decisions to make.