Greenfield-Central High School Painting Project

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Greenfield-Central High School

Greenfield-Central High School in Greenfield, Indiana was seeking professional painters to assist with a gymnasium painting project. The project included painting steel trusses and fiber sound board for ceiling deckings, block walls, and miscellaneous items in the main gym of the high school. The project posed some unique challenges, including 30ft interior walls and ceilings with areas inaccessible to lifts.

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- Tom L. | PM Assistant

Tom L. | PM Assistant

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CHALLENGES:

High ceilings with areas inaccessible to lifts required the use of scaffolding for parts of the project.

The project needed to be completed over Christmas and Spring breaks to keep the gym available to students when school was in session. Due to this constraint there were several other projects going on at the same time, and we had to coordinate to work around the schedules of other contractors.

CONDITIONS:

  • Trusses and decking received a drastic color change, slight change to wall colors.
  • Surfaces in good condition.
  • Lots of dust on ceiling as a result of large HVAC renovation.

PROJECT INVOLVEMENT:

  • Apply – specialty masonry caulking of steel columns against block on the interior face of exterior walls
  • Spray – dryfall on trusses, decking, and pre-cat on the walls
  • Paint – ceiling decking, block walls, and misc items throughout the gym.

PROJECT TIMELINE

Walls: January 7 – January 18 2019
Trusses & Deck: May 2019

BEFORE PHOTOS

Before the project began we did an assessment of the building. Overall the surfaces were in good condition but the original paint was starting to show it’s age.

Ceiling & Trusses

Ceiling & Trusses

Some discoloration, and a lot of dust were present on the detail work of the ceiling.

Scuffed walls

Scuffed walls

The walls along the pull-out bleachers had some scuffs and discoloration.

Hard to Reach Areas

Hard to Reach Areas

There were some spots within the gym inaccessible to a lift. The walls were around 30 ft tall.

Gym Entrance Area

Gym Entrance Area

Had some dated colors that the school was looking to modernize.

High traffic areas

High traffic areas

Some damage was present on corners of high traffic areas.

Wall painting

Wall painting

The school was looking for a cleaner look and thought it was time to remove the large painting on the gym wall.

THE FINAL RESULTS

After completion we walked around the building and took photos of each area of concern that were noted at the beginning of the project.

Completed Gym Painting Project

Completed Gym Painting Project

This shot gives us a good view of both the completed walls, ceiling trusses, and rafters.

Ceiling trusses & details

Ceiling trusses & details

A closer look at the ceiling painting that was completed.

Walls, pipes, and ceiling

Walls, pipes, and ceiling

A view of some of the harder to reach areas of the project.

Freshly Painted School Gym

Freshly Painted School Gym

The completed gym looks brand new after the painting project was complete.

Behind Bleachers

Behind Bleachers

The clean white surface and ceiling feel more modern and open.

Gym Entrance / Hallway

Gym Entrance / Hallway

brighter white and removal of the wall shapes makes the space feel more open and welcoming