Western Specialty Contractors at the Springfield, Ill., branch recently completed restoration of a 15-story masonry structure and 40-space parking garages, as two separate projects.
When selecting a commercial specialty contractor for waterproofing or concrete or masonry restoration work, Western Specialty Contractors Assistant Regional Business Development Manager Teddy Williams says not to think of contractors as commodities.
Historic restoration experts Western Specialty Contractors - Springfield, lL Branch recently completed a two-month project to repair the limestone base of landmark Illinois National Bank (INB) in Springfield, IL.
When the main cell house building at the historic Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was constructed in 1910-1912, prison workers mixed salt water from the surrounding San Francisco Bay and brick rubble in the concrete support beams.
Historic Plaster Conservation Services Limited reported recently that a plaster ceiling the company consolidated in 2009 was accidentally flooded with water in 2015 and yet still easily passed a structural load test.
The Western Specialty Contractors, Chicago Masonry Branch, was recently honored with a national Sealant, Waterproofing & Restoration Institute Trinity Award.
Constructed in 1982, the travertine panel facade of the Capital One Plaza building in Houston, Texas was showing signs of spalling and the sealants were failing from years of weather exposure.