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Big-Time Protection for Little Rock Condo Façade

In 2016, the Quapaw Towers block façade was experiencing leaks, cracks, and other damage. The crew from Western Specialty made the repairs and gave the façade a new waterproof coating to offer full protection from the elements.

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Haiti Pier Preserved With New Coatings, Dust-Free Prep

After many years, the pier’s original three-coat catalyzed epoxy system with granular anti-slip additives had begun to fail. As a result, the crew at Quality Sandblasting was called on to install a new deck coating system.

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Roll On Rock Around the Clock: Resort Gets New Coating

After the contractor performed a sample balcony installation of a two-part epoxy flake system, the resort’s management team was convinced to use it for numerous vacation facilities, starting with Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Steel City Facility Floor Refresh

A facility in Pittsburgh needed a floor refresh and had only two days to complete it. The local contractor, Titan Floor Surface Technology, used a polyaspartic system to get the facility back and running by Sunday night.

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Big Floor Fix for Big Ten Teams

The 5,000-square-foot kitchen area floor at the University of Minnesota’s new Athletes Village required a bit of finessing from EDC Install Solutions Inc.

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Russian Crew Paints ‘Sweet’ Mural for Gas Storage Tank

O3-Engineering is a Moscow-based coatings company with extensive experience working with assets in demanding environments. As a result, they were a natural choice to provide anticorrosion coatings and passive fire protection solutions for Yamal LNG.

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Durable Floor Hand-Crafted for Dauntless Distillery

Craft brewers and distillers know a lot about beer and spirits. And they know a lot more than they probably ever wanted to know about floors. The first time a keg is dropped on an uncoated concrete floor, a brewery owner sees the importance of having a high-quality floor system.

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Charity for Church: Saving a Leaky Roof

Despite its storied past, the 100+-year-old structure was riddled with leaks. And, as is typical of many churches and other nonprofit organizations, finances were tight.