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Western Specialty Contractors roofing branch managers provide answers to facility manager’s top roofing questions

Western Specialty Contractors roofing branch managers provide answers to facility manager’s top roofing questions

Posted by | May 8, 2019 | 0 |

Maintaining the roof on any building or facility can be an arduous task for any building owner or property manager. The roof, often the first line of defense against the elements, is an important structure that must be carefully monitored and maintained to protect the overall integrity of the building. Western Specialty Contractors’ three roofing branch managers recently sat down to discuss the roofing issues about which facility managers are most concerned.

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Western Specialty Contractors cleans, restores limestone façade of historic Decatur courthouse

Western Specialty Contractors cleans, restores limestone façade of historic Decatur courthouse

Posted by | Apr 18, 2019 | 0 |

Throughout its history, the Macon County Courthouse in Decatur, Ill. has inhabited a variety of buildings, from a log cabin built in 1829 where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, to a stone and brick four-story building with a clock tower built in 1892 to its current location — a five-story limestone building constructed in 1939. Western Specialty Contractors was recently tasked with restoring the historic courthouse’s 80-year-old façade.

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Western Specialty Contractors installs new roof, removes skylights at Peoria realtor office

Western Specialty Contractors installs new roof, removes skylights at Peoria realtor office

Posted by | Apr 10, 2019 | 0 |

A portion of the building’s roof (16,700 sq. ft) was barrel shaped and featured a modified roofing system that had been directly adhered to a wood deck. Due to the extent of the roof’s deterioration and leaking, Western’s crews recommended applying a new TPO mechanically fastened roof on top of the existing one, replacing the gutters, installing TPO wall flashing, and removing and infilling the old skylights with HVAC penetrations.

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Western Specialty Contractors expands roofing business in Kansas City Area

Posted by | Mar 14, 2019 | 0 |

Western Specialty Contractors has acquired the assets of full-service, commercial roofing and sheet metal contractor Great Plains Roofing and Sheet Metal of Kansas City, KS. The acquisition will expand Western’s existing roofing business in the Kansas City area and provide Western’s customers with a more comprehensive range of roofing, concrete, masonry and waterproofing services. 

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Protecting parking structures from damage during winter

Protecting parking structures from damage during winter

Posted by | Jan 9, 2019 | 0 |

It is important to minimize the amount of deicing chemical applied during the first two years of the concrete being installed. During this time, the concrete has an increased permeability which can allow the deicing chemicals to migrate into the concrete more rapidly. As concrete ages and cures, it will become less permeable and chemicals will not penetrate as easily.

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Western Specialty Contractors Named to List of Top 150+ Privately Held Companies in St. Louis

Posted by | Jun 11, 2018 | 0 |

Western Specialty Contractors is proud to announce that it has been named to the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2018 Top 150+ Privately Held Companies list. For decades, the St. Louis Business Journal has profiled the top privately held companies based in the St. Louis area, which are ranked by 2017 revenue. Information is also gathered by editors on how much companies on the list have grown, who runs them and what their hiring plans are for the upcoming year.

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Western Specialty Contractors Joins USL Preferred Supplier Program

Posted by | Jun 1, 2018 | 0 |

The United Soccer Leagues, LLC, announced Wednesday it has entered a multi-year partnership with Western Specialty Contractors, which will make the largest network of specialty contractors in the United States the Official Stadium Restoration Supplier for all related properties, including the United Soccer League, USL’s Division III, the Premier Development League (PDL) and the Super Y League.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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