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JUL 2016

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Cover Story 36 JULY 2016 COATINGSPROMAG.COM P opcorn! Peanuts! Coatings? For the Tomas Industrial Coatings crew, working on the overcoat project at Busch Stadium where the St. Louis Cardinals play has been one for the books. For the past two years, the 6- to 30-person crew (depending on the task) has been working on prepping, spot priming, and coating all 1,300,000 square feet (120,774.0 m²) of structural steel. Not only is the stadium a city landmark, but it's also a special symbol for the home team from Tomas Industrial — especially for Director of Business Development Dane McGraw. "Generally, our process is that after a project is awarded, it is handed of to the operations team for execution. I deal with any problems, changes, or contractual issues at that point," McGraw explained. Tis project has been diferent, though. Not only does he see this client as a potential for more work in the coming years, but he sees the project as a very personal one. "Tis is one that I didn't let out from underneath me," he explained. "It's just really cool; I grew up as a Cardinals fan literally from three years old. I've lived in St. Louis almost my entire life. I remember going to the 'old' Busch Stadium with my dad, so it's really important to me." With the crew's close attention to detail and a pride for their work, it's no surprise that this major league project has progressed with zero errors. All-Star Lineup Te project's frst pitch was thrown in the summer of 2014 with a request for bids. "As soon as we got the invite to go, I made it my mission to get this job," McGraw said. He decided to hit it out of the park with an all-star team, including the coating manufacturer and TruQC, a quality control software. "I went beyond the specifcation and ofered the Cardinals what I considered a managed service package," he said. Tomas Industrial ofered to give the Cardinals fve iPads, the licensees for the software, and oversight of the important PHOTOS COURTESY STEPHANIE MARIE CHIZIK AND THOMAS INDUSTRIAL COATINGS BY STEPHANIE MARIE CHIZIK Crew Throws a No-Hitter on Cardinals Stadium SILICONE STEEL ACRYLIC

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