Historical Transformation
Client Profile:
- High End Commercial Property Manager
- Vancouver Historical Building
The Challenge:
Historical Building Restoration and Updated with Vancouver Heritage Colors.
- This required the following:
- Working in Association with other trades
- Working safely with tenants operating businesses in the building
- Working with a designer and architect to choose Vancouver Historical Colors
- Potential risk to pedestrians and workers safety by working on a swing stage above a busy downtown street
- Challenges with weather changes resulting in scheduling changes and re-painting.
Our Solution:
- Co-ordinated with the other trades to determine an ideal schedule for work to be completed
- Applied multiple test patches on the building to ensure Architect’s approval of Vancouver Historical Colors.
- Designed and implemented specific safety guidelines to be followed by all staff on site. This mitigated any risk associated with working above a busy downtown street
- Sought out the most suitable and long-term warrantied products for the surfaces being painted.
- Designed a communication plan for interacting with other trades to ensure project efficiency and safety.
The results:
- Long lasting protection – 25 year warranty on the products used to complete the painting.
- Physical transformation made the building a historical landmark in the downtown Vancouver area.
- Maintained a great relationship with property manager and other trades working on site despite challenges that came to light after initial schedule.
- Went above and beyond to ensure quality of the project was delivered and safety precautions were not compromised.
- This earned us a repeat client and great strategic alliances with other trade companies on the project.
We at Even Better Painting are experts when it comes to commercial painting in Vancouver. Trust your historical building to our reliable and experienced painting team.
