so we're in downtown Denver for the catalyst health project we're in the
parking garage and we are using the Vulkem EWS vehicular system over some
areas that are going to be on occupied space so that's going to be on the
second level it's going to be roughly 3,000 square feet the two conditions we
have is going to be just a flat deck so we're going to have parking areas that
we're not going to be on the exact drive lane but where people park so relatively
flat cut-and-dry it's going to just be our self leveling code of the base coat
our second condition is going to be a ramp where we actually have to use the
roller version and forgo using the filler powder and the wear coat we'll
just go with two coats that way we get that build up and the durability
the reason they went with the EWS was because they were looking at traditional
urethane coatings and were not too thrilled about only getting a five-year
warranty so we came in with the EWS system that we were able to offer them a
10 year warranty this was over occupied space so it was pretty important the
turnaround time was a big deal as well we were able to get it done in two days
you know with a standard urethane coating it was going to take a little
over a week with shot blasting and prepping and then it also laid down the
coating so we were able to save them a lot of time as well
yeah absolutely that's the greatest thing that they were able to come out
and actually walk us through step by step on what we need to do especially
with a newer system and it kicking off so fast you know we have to have someone
there to tell us exactly what to do so that the next time we do it on our own
we're ready to go and we know what we're doing a couple of things the Tremco
brings to the table that I don't know that anybody else does it's very
important we come to the site after a surface prep has been performed we do a
moisture meter reading with our Tramex CME 4 and we do that so we want
to know how much moisture is in the concrete the second thing we do is we
like to have a temperature gun especially when we're about ready to
prepare the material for a placement we want to know where we're at because the
initiator for the EWS has ranges of where you should be and how much
initiator goes in each gallon that's based on the temperature of the concrete
they were out from the get-go we came and presented them with this option
Scottie Stinson was out here with us on the initial meeting with Bec to present
this product to them and so that really helped them sell it and giving them the
warranty there's so many more benefits to it that make it a better system and
so having a rep there to be able to walk a owner through or GC through really
helped us out as well and then from there I've made periodic site visits
just to kind of check on the condition of the concrete make sure everything's
fine before we lay down the coating as you mentioned we're going to have a tech
rep come out on-site Mike Bader he'll be joining us tomorrow to ensure the
install goes smoothly so he'll be here from primer all the way to the top coat
just to make sure everything's laid down correctly
one of the things we did with the crew was that we had them grid the system so
that every bucket had a place from point A to point B that guarantees our mill
thickness but it also guarantees that the guys are putting it down at the
right square foot per gallon one of the things that we found with EWS this is
important to have the mixing station as close as possible to the work area
because our pot lights are short sometimes 10-12 minutes for a six gallon
unit we need to be as close as possible and then we stage the material we've
separated into primers base coats wear coats and top coats that way two
things happen the guys at the mix station don't get confused about what
we're doing also it shows them a pattern of where we're going next one thing to
notice on this job particularly is a crew size I like to have two guys at the
mixing station and at least four guys out doing the work so that's a total of
six we had six today and we did 1,800 square feet in about six hours the
product cured out in 45 minutes or less in between coats which allowed us to
speed up the the process we were able to add more initiator when we wanted to the
crew was able to keep up that is a unique feature that not we're in charge
of the curing process not mother nature
the job went pretty smooth we noticed that the shot glass was a little
aggressive we'd like to see a CSP three or four we think we had a five to six so
our primer soaked in very quickly so instead of getting ninety square feet
per gallon we only got about 45 but that's typical because the primer then
soaked into the concrete other than that this job has gone extremely smooth yeah
I mean you have to have everything prepared you know we had to have
everything in its place to be able to get everything mixed because of how
quick this cures and kicks off you know you got to have guys that are ready to
go when you're ready to go and so our crew is ready they this is the same crew
that did our helipad so they had some familiarity with it just even that they
knew how quickly we had to get this going so yeah I mean it's it's a fast
install but that's great for us