Department of General Services

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Germantown Indoor
Swim Center

18000 Central Park Circle
Boyds, MD 20841

Project Team

Architect Hughes Group Architects
22630 Davis Drive Suite 175
Sterling, VA 20164
(703) 437-6600

General Contractor
Benaka Inc.
4880 Manor Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21042
(301) 602-2247

Montgomery County Government
Department of General Services

Project Manager
Department of General Services

Charles Edwards
(240) 777-6070

Project Description:

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.

Funding:

Germantown Indoor Swim Center Supplemental Appropriation
Project Status:

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

Project Images

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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

Links of Interest

Montgomery County Department of Recreation

Montgomery County Department of Recreation Germantown Indoor Swim Center

Division of Building Design and Construction - Department of General Services
11th floor, 101 Monroe Street Rockville MD 20850