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information on the project. Te all-star team approach worked for
Tomas Industrial. Tey were awarded the project and got right to
work on the 46,000-seat stadium. But frst, they had to get inside!
"A ll crew members have to go through badging procedures,"
McGraw said. If someone didn't have a badge, he or she had to
sign in at the security gate at the beginning of the day and sign
out at the end of every shift. "It's not terrible, but it is a process,"
he said. "We understand that security is not taken lightly."
Once inside, the crew started in the outfeld and worked on
four of the six light towers. Tey will complete the upper deck,
the underside of the concourse areas, and the remaining two
light towers in this last 2.5 years of the contract. Te project is
The project included cleaning, spot priming, and recoating the carbon
steel around the stadium. The substrate was in good condition; it will
take a total of five years to complete the entire project.
The stadium was built bet ween 2004 and 2006. All was made of
structural steel but all areas required different detail work. Exposed
areas, for example, were more deteriorated than protected areas.
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