 |
|
PaintSquare Daily News is available in three editions: Industrial Only Commercial Only Combined Industrial & Commercial Your free subscription also includes: Special topical editions and Weekend Brief—a recap of the week’s top news and some great in-depth reads. Subscribe now: paintsquare.com/psdn |
Bids Invited to Coat NY School Roofs
An Upstate New York school board is seeking bids to recoat two building roofs after infrared moisture analysis revealed that the current roof coatings were failing.
The project includes application of a spray-on polyurethane foam and a silicone finish coating. Bids are due March 28. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for March 14.
An infrared moisture analysis, which is used to identify moisture-damaged insulation, concluded that the roofs of two buildings within the Rockland County Board of Cooperative Educational Services were in need of new coatings.
The Thermo Group of Hackettstown, NJ, performed the infrared moisture analysis on the 43,000 square feet of roofing using a FLUKE TiR32 infrared camera. The testing identified 79 anomalies in the existing coating system, with 2,699 square feet of insulation entrapping moisture for a total of 6.3 percent insufficient insulation.
Scope of Work
The contract involves spraying a two-component monolithic polyurethane foam roofing system onto the surfaces of buildings 1 and 2 within the district, according to the bid documents. The roof of building 1 is 19,000 square feet; the roof of building 2 is 24,000 square feet.
The roofs will be primed before applying the roofing system. Metal surfaces will be primed with a two-component, water-based rust-inhibitive coating. Non-metallic roof components will receive a single-component, water-based primer.
The polyurethane system is designed to be self-adhering and seamless, while providing high insulation levels. The foam should be at least one to one and a half inches thick when cured, unless tapering is necessary within an area to provide drainage, according to the documents.
 |
|
Spray polyurethane foam (SPF) will be used to coat two roofs at Rockland County Board of Cooperative Educational Services in West Nyack, NY. |
A single-component silicone coating will be applied on top of the polyurethane foam roofing system, and is intended to act as a protective barrier against the weather. The silicone basecoat will be applied after the polyurethane foam has cured for at least an hour. If more than a day elapses after installation of the polyurethane foam, the area will have to be inspected for signs of UV degradation and oxidation.
Ceramic-coated roofing granules and low-dust roofing granules will be used to prevent skidding. Masking protection may be used to contain the areas to be painted.
About the Schools
The Rockland County Board of Cooperative Educational Services serves eight school districts. The program partners with the Board of Regents, the Commissioner of Education, and local school districts and communities.
Reported by Paint BidTracker, a construction reporting service devoted to identifying contracting opportunities for the coatings community.
