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JUL 2016

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COATINGSPRO JULY 2016 53 "Hey, we fnished early, so you can take the afternoon of," said no one in the coatings business ever! Te extra efort slowly brought this project back on track. Ten one afternoon came a call no coatings professional wants to get! Overspray had landed on a car. Te crew felt dejected and wondered what in the blazes had happened. Down in the Dumps Opel, Reyes, and Irwin met to check out the car. It belonged to a faculty member, and overspray had gotten it real good! Te three agreed to look into the matter further, but Reyes needed answers quick. If they were doing something wrong, they needed to rectify it before they repeated the mistake. Tis type of problem can put an entire project in a holding pattern while things get sorted out. Luckily, resolution came quickly. Brazos was not at fault. "We looked into the matter more deeply on our end," said Irwin. "We discovered that the faculty member actually drove around barricades so he could park next to the building. Te Brazos crew up on the roof couldn't see below and (rightfully) assumed the parking lot was empty." No readdressing strate- gies needed. Getting Good Grades With a potential overspray crisis averted, the Brazos crew pulled out all stops and wrapped up on time. Opel and Burke liked how the completed project appeared. Tey brought Irwin up to take a look. After all, his was the only opinion that mattered. "We are extremely satisfed with the end result," said Irwin. "One of my most important rules is that a contractor does what he says he's going to do, and Brazos did so. Tey restored the roofs at half the cost of replacement. Te roofs look great and are performing well. We've pretty much decided that this is going to be our technical standard for the district. I can't justify doubling the cost for a new roof when we have this option." Burke applauded Brazos' workmanship, technical exper- tise, and pioneering spirit. "Tis is a huge success story, a feel-good story," Burke said. "Other applicators are now spray- ing A lphaGuard, and we're in the process of updating our technical data sheets to include that process. We've shown this project to several interested parties and plan on continuing doing so. A nearby school district loved it so much they specifed it for an 80,000-square-foot [7,432.2 m²] project. Brazos won that job, too." Reyes praised his crew for taking the project's hurdles in stride, finishing on time, and lay ing dow n a superb coating system. " T he roofs look beautiful in form and in function," he said. " T hey're seamless, and the topcoat is bright white and shiny. T he men are extremely proud of what they accomplished." W hen Brazos began this assignment, the roofs were liter- ally sprouting leaks faster than Sierra College maintenance workers could plug them. But this job turned out to be a lot more than merely keeping out the rain. By restoring instead of tearing of the existing roofs, the crew saved landfll space and preserved natural resources. Using an alternative to conventional pressure washing saved water and complied with discharge regulations. Installing a BIO-based coatings system made for a greener project that helped preserve air quality. Replacing inefcient, waterlogged insulation helped lower energy consumption, as did installing a nice, bright, refective topcoat. In the end, Opel applauds how the school, supplier, and crew worked together to make this project a success. "Sierra Community College District considers this one of their most successful projects," said Opel. "Tey're so pleased that they've recommended us, and we've gotten more work out of it." For a college that only 70 days earlier was completely down in the dumps, that's high praise! CP Green Roof T h e s e co n d an d third l aye r s of co atin g we re Tre m co Alp haG uard polyurethane, applied at ~32 mil s (812.8 microns) each. In addition t o t h e b i o - b a s e d s y s t e m , t h e c r e w a v o i d e d l a n d f i l l u s e a n d minimized volatile organic compounds (VOCs). "We are ex tremely s atisfied with the end result," s aid Colin Ir win of th e college. "O n e of my m os t imp or tant r ule s is that a contrac tor does what he s ays he's going to do, and Bra zos did so…"

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