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April 5, 2019

Exterior Renovation Commercial • Washington

Applied Restoration's scope also involved removal and replacement of windows and deck railing, concrete spall repair and painting, and new waterproof deck pedestrian coatings — all in an occupied building.

Chase Bank Building facade renovation

Location: Bremerton

Contractor: Applied Restoration

Team: Dryvit USA and Canada, Tremco, Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel, Commencement Bay Construction Products, Masonry Technology, Amerimix, Scafco Steel Stud Co., SteelTec, Hilti, The Supply Guy, Foundation Building Materials, CWallA, Cemco, Eagle Glass, Gyptech, PCI Scaffold, Miller Sheet Metal

This building was constructed in 1965 using concrete panels clad with baseball-size granite stones embedded in cement. Stones had fallen from the top of this 75-foot structure to the sidewalk below. One almost struck a woman.

The Applied Restoration team quickly helped the owner get a temporary sidewalk canopy in place to protect pedestrians. It then had crews on lifts to detect further delamination of the stones. Epoxy was brushed into cracks for temporary stabilization until a solution was developed. The owner had a local architect develop a design to over-clad the building with metal panels.

After a round of bidding, the project was over budget so the owner reached out again to Applied Restoration as Applied had suggested an alternative method using Dryvit Fedderlite EIFS panels and a light-gauge steel grid system. With input from Devco Engineering, the project was approved.

Applied Restoration's scope also involved removal and replacement of windows and deck railing, concrete spall repair and painting, and new waterproof deck pedestrian coatings — all in an occupied building.

The team had to field measure and lay out the panel sizes, but there were no grid lines, no bench marks and no flat wall surfaces to measure from. To get the measurements, craftsmen found points in space with strings and water levels. They had one shot to get the 528 panels correct, if measurements were even ¼-inch off corners would not match up.

Walls were pressure washed and the stone was coated with Dryvit backstop to stabilize it and keep moisture out. The grid system was laid out on the wall and holes were drilled through the rock into the concrete behind. Foot-long stainless steel bolts were epoxied into the holes. Clips were attached to the bolts and vertical stringers of 16-gauge metal were attached to the clips. Joints were finished with backer-rod and sealant.

All work was done off of swing stages.


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