POLYUREA GYM WORKOUT: BEAUTY AND BRAWN People go to the gym to work on their appearance. But what happens when the gym’s appearance is lacking? That was the problem at a popular gym located in a major mall in Southern California. The operators of the MainPlace Mall in Santa Ana, California knew that they needed to upgrade the outdoor pool deck (located on the second floor roof deck) and exterior sport court (located on the third floor) in order to accommodate one of their anchor tenants, 24-Hour Fitness. And it all had to be accomplished without disrupting [...]

FLOOR COATINGS REPORT FOR DUTY By Christa Youngpeter While rehabilitating World War II-era Army barracks in rural California might sound like the opening of a haunting work of fiction, Joe “J.P.” Rodriguez had the very real challenge of transforming 200,000 square feet (18,581 m²) of gutted structures at Camp Roberts into fully functional living quarters for incoming troops in just 180 days. A majority of Rodriguez’s work involved asbestos abatement using Freedom Chemical polyurea coatings, and both manufacturer and applicator came across some unique challenges along the way. DOUBLE TIME One of the more [...]

COATINGS SAVES THE SUBS COATINGS TECHNOLOGY PRESERVES AMUSEMENT PARK HISTORY By Jen Kramer The year was 1958 and the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, traveled below the polar ice cap. The following year, a popular amusement park debuted a submarine voyage “to the bottom of the sea,” complete with a vessel named after the famed Nautilus, in honor of that technological and patriotic achievement.The amusement park Nautilus and her seven sister subs sailed in their lagoon until 1998, when the ride was shut down and re-themed based on a popular animated movie. After a [...]