Department of General Services

18000 Central Park Circle
Boyds, MD  20841

The Germantown Indoor Swim Center opened in 2006.  Interior paint on the ceiling of the facility began to fail and flake off from the surface almost immediately and has continued to fall.  The Center will be closed from May 8, 2011 through September 5, 2011 so that the failed paint can be removed, the surfaces properly prepared and a new high performance paint coating can be applied.  The project requires extensive scaffolding to be erected inside the swim center to allow workers access to the building ceiling.  The failed paint will be removed completely by sand blasting.   Surface preparation consists of profiling the surface, chemical etching and a thorough cleaning.  The paint product being applied is a high performance epoxy coating especially suited to the warm, humid, high chlorine pool environment.  The completed surface will be thoroughly tested for paint film thickness and adhesion.

Germantown  Indoor  Swim  Center Supplemental  Appropriation

The Contractor has completed all work and the Germantown Indoor Swim Center is operating normally.

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Vicinity Map	Site
Sand Blasting Equipment	Area of failed paint removed
Area of failed paint removed	Stairway to top of scaffold
Failed Paint	Failed Paint Close up
Recreation Pool Scaffolding	Scaffold Platform Underside
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Leisure Pool Scaffold	Scaffolding Under Way
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Stairway to top of scaffold