Image 1: SFFD Training Tower The SFFD Training Tower, located at the SFFD Training Academy, 19th and Folsom Streets, San Francisco, CA. A large eight story building used for urban firefighting training. Here, the building is surrounded with scaffolding and netting during renovation. |
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Image 2: Lath and Trim Lay-Out The general contractor, KLW Construction; installed a water-proof membrane, Bituthene by Grace, over the entire structure. We began the lathing phase by installing aluminum trim and revels as specified by the City Architect. Here, a lather is installing "FRY JPM" around all terminations. We further installed a plaster channel screed, Fry PCS 75-200, to create a 2" revel around the bottom perimeter of building. |
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Image 3: Lath ready for Stucco Galvanized metal lath was installed over existing concrete throughout the building. We used a propane-fueled concrete fastening gun, a "Track-Fast System" by Ramset to attach the lath. Here, the Fry plaster revels are shown on the lower elevation. |
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Image 4: View form the top After the lathing is complete, it's time to apply the stucco. Because of the size of the building and it's height, we pumped the stucco using a plaster pump. The stucco is sprayed at 1000 p.s.i. and sent up a heavy-duty concrete hose. Here, the "nozzle-man" is applying the stucco and is followed by a crew of plasterers who finish and clean behind him. |
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Image 5: Where Eagles Dare This view is from the roof of the tower showing the ground staging of the project. The portland cement stucco, was supplied by BMI, formally Maxit. The material is contained in a large 28' silo and fed into the plastering pump. Here you can see the silo, pump, hoses and rigging which are sent to the plastering crew working on the top floors. |
Image 6: Spraying Scratch Coat Nozzle man and project foreman Ted Tow, Plasters' Local 66, spraying the scratch coat on building penthouse. The scratch coat is the first coat of stucco applied to the building, followed by the "brown" or leveling coat. A nice view of San Francisco neighborhood "Bernal Heights" is in the background. |
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Image 7: Ready for a day's work Plastering forman Ted Tow, Plasterers' Local 66; Hod Carriers Pete McDonagh and Glenn Midgley; Hod-Carriers' Local 36, and apprentice Rodner Dizon, Plasterers' Local 66; preparing for a day's work by the pump and silo. |
Image 10: Completed Project The project was completed with a finish coat of La Habra Stucco, color was a custom match from the original brick veneer. The City of San Francisco can now continue training firemen and women to protect the world's most beautiful city from international terrorism and the inevitable specter of earthquakes. Congratulations and accolades to the SFFD for the 2006 centennial of the 1906 fire and earthquake. |
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