{"id":2068283,"date":"2023-02-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cs-engineer-magazine.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2068283"},"modified":"2023-02-27T03:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T09:24:38","slug":"western-specialty-contractors-restores-waterproofs-masonry-facade-at-southwestern-illinois-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/western-specialty-contractors-restores-waterproofs-masonry-facade-at-southwestern-illinois-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Specialty Contractors Restores\/Waterproofs Masonry Fa\u00e7ade at Southwestern Illinois College<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Western Specialty Contractors \u2013 St. Louis Masonry Branch has restored the fa\u00e7ade of Southwestern Illinois College\u2019s three-story main complex in Belleville, IL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1946, Southwestern Illinois College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Belleville, Granite City and Red Bud.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Western contracted with project consultant Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. (WTI) in May 2022 to restore and waterproof approx. 110,000 square feet of the college\u2019s brick fa\u00e7ade. The scope of work included cleaning the entire fa\u00e7ade, replacing all sealants, tuckpointing, rebuilding damaged brick and applying a masonry water repellant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masonry restoration and preservation is very important to the life of a building. Although building exteriors are made of durable and resilient materials, facades are constantly being affected by weather, climate and normal wear and tear.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Due to the size of the project, completing the work during the college\u2019s summer break was not possible. Western coordinated with WTI and college administrators to close areas around the building when school was in session to minimize disruption to students and faculty as much as possible while Western\u2019s crews were working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western\u2019s craftsmen were able to complete the project in six months and within budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/u><\/a> for more information about Western\u2019s masonry restoration services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Specialty Contractors \u2013 St. Louis Masonry Branch has restored the fa\u00e7ade of Southwestern Illinois College\u2019s three-story main complex in Belleville, IL. Founded in 1946, Southwestern Illinois College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Belleville, Granite City and Red Bud. Western contracted with project consultant Weatherproofing Technologies, Inc. (WTI) in May […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4972,"featured_media":2068286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1853],"tags":[43004,6140,43502,8374,43501,3801],"acf":[],"views":19,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Southwestern-Illinois-College-Southwall-After1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2068283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2068283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2068283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csengineermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2068283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}