New Offices, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger Engineers

Project: New Offices, Simpson Gumpertz and Heger Engineers

Client: Saracen Development

Location: Waltham, Massachusetts

Description:
Raytheon built a complex of buildings some 65 years ago that were being converted into high quality office space in 2001. Environmental standards and the understanding of the effects of ground pollution were not well understood in the 1930’s, and the site became polluted with VOC's and other chemicals. While the cleanup was effective, tenants wanted further protection from any possible contamination in the workspace.

Resicon was hired by the developer and SGH to provide design and construction of a VOC barrier system that would be applied to the existing floors and wall bases of the 60,000 s.f. space. Innovative fluorinated membranes, urethane and epoxy coatings and 100 percent solids tapes were used in this VOC barrier system to seal the edges of the space and the areas around the columns.

• Building: Original Raytheon plant and buildings.
• System: VOC barrier system and sampling ports.
• Scope: Seal existing floor and all penetrations, seal edges of floor to walls, provide sampling ports, provide secondary containment barriers for chemical storage areas.
• Resicon Services: Provide design, contractor liason, quality assurance inspection and contractor training, sampling port design and installation, secondary barriers at chemical storage areas.

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