December 2006 marked three decades of operation for the Baltimore-based specialty-contracting firm Structural Preservation Systems (SPS). Since 1976,
December 2006 marked three decades of operation for the Baltimore-based specialty-contracting firm Structural Preservation Systems (SPS). Since 1976, SPS has completed more than 14,000 repair and protection projects for concrete, masonry, and steel in the commercial, industrial, energy and public markets. The firm has applied expertise and technical competence in surface repair, strengthening, stabilization, waterproofing and protection to repair a wide range of structures, including buildings, high-rise structures, parking structures, airports, bridges, tanks, plaza decks and historic structures. Major projects completed over the 30-year history include:
- Basilica of the Assumption (Baltimore, Md., 2006)
- Holocaust Museum (Washington, D.C., 2006)
- Hyperbolic cooling tower column and lintel beam cathodic protection (Jacksonville, Fla., 2006)
- University Hall tension ring repair (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 2002)
- Delayed coking unit turnaround (southwestern United States, 2005)
- Restoration of Fine Arts Building on Cardinal Gibbons Campus (Baltimore, Md., 2005)
- Xerox Square Tower fa¡ade restoration (Rochester, N.Y., 2005)
- Cement preheater repair (Florence, Colo., 2004)
- Hippodrome Theater strengthening repair (Baltimore, Md., 2004)
- Michie Stadium, United States Military Academy (West Point, N.Y., 2004)
- Fallingwater historical restoration (Mill Run, Pa., 2003)
- Freedom Tower renovation (Miami, Fla., 2001)
- Providence Aqueduct (Providence, R.I., 2000)
- Blue Circle silo strengthening (Boston, Mass., 1998)
- LaGuardia Airport (New York, N.Y., 1997)
- The National Aquarium (Baltimore, Md., 1996)
SPS has contributed advancements in the structural repair industry, company officials assert. In the mid-1990s, for example, it was instrumental in introducing composite materials for infrastructure applications. More recently, the company’s alliance with Hardwire LLC Û a leading manufacturer of steel-reinforced polymer composite strengthening systems Û was established to work with government and military agencies to develop products and systems for the protection of buildings, infrastructure, staff and the public from blasts and ballistics.