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Cover Story 42 SEPTEMBER 2016 COATINGSPROMAG.COM G eorgetown University, founded in 1789, sits on a hilltop in Washington, D.C. e Jesuit institution has been home to many academic and athletic stars, including Patrick Ewing, A llen Iverson, and former basketball coach John R. ompson Jr. coach John R. ompson Jr. ompson made history in 1984 when he became the pson ompson made history in 1984 when he became the made history in 1984 when he became the firs first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate an-American first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate head coach to win a major collegiate championship. In 2016, the college will finish construction of nship. championship. In 2016, the college will finish construction of In 2016, the college will finish construction of a new 144,000-square-foot (13,378.04 m²) athletic facility and w a new 144,000-square-foot (13,378.04 m²) athletic facility and 144,000-square-foot a new 144,000-square-foot (13,378.04 m²) athletic facility and (13,378.04 m²) athletic facility and dedicate it in his honor. It's a huge deal. It's the first athletic facility built on the campus in 60 years. To achieve this, the construction team included individual squads for electrical, brick laying, wood floor installations, and, in the locker room areas, a high-perfor- mance coating system. Team Huddle From an overall coatings standpoint, the project didn't start off successfully. e original contracting firm turned out to be the practice team; they were replaced by the starters from Surface Technology, Inc. after the clock had already started. " We were brought in at the end of the job; there was an issue w ith the original sub, so they brought us in late," explained Michael Greenblatt, president of Surface Technolog y. Surface Technolog y was the prime f looring contractor on this project, and Greenblatt brought in appli- cators from FlorLine. He has worked collaboratively w ith the installers from FlorLine for close to 30 years. " T he ow ner of FlorLine and I go back a long way," Greenblatt said. " T he guy who ow ns it now, his father and I started together. We have a ver y close working relationship — almost interchange- ably for our guys." A lthough Surface Technologies does f loor coating installations as well, they chose to sub out to FlorLine. " W hen our installation schedule is full, FlorLine is one of the only installers that we trust to seamlessly maintain our PHOTOS COURTESY STEPHANIE MARIE CHIZIK AND SURFACE TECHNOLOGY, INC. BY STEPHANIE MARIE CHIZIK Buzzer Beater for Athletic Center's New Floor FLOOR CONCRETE

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