Western Specialty Contractors Restore Two Structures
Glen Oak Towers is a housing building in Peoria, Ill., that gives preference to seniors, veterans and people with disabilities. Originally constructed in 1954, the 15-story masonry structure and its attached 40-space parking garage were showing signs of deterioration and corrosion of the concrete surfaces, as well as weathering from salts and deicers brought into the garage from outside vehicles. Western Specialty Contractors at the Springfield, Ill., branch recently completed restoration of both structures, as two separate projects.
For the first project, Western crews restored the parking structure, located on the backside of the building. With the garage's main level and its suspended deck completely enclosed, the total floor space per level was approximately 10,000 square feet.