The corner of the waste water plant building in 2021, red brick reading as one range across both elevations under a metal coping
Case File 368

Tightening the Color Range on a Waste Water Plant

The brick on this plant building came out too rangy and the architect rejected it. The manufacturer that made the brick paid to have the range tightened in 2003. It was photographed again in 2021 and certified Gold.

Case No. 368
Structure Waste water plant
Location Not recorded in the file
Stained November 2003
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 18 years, Gold level

2003

  1. The corner of the new brick building in 2003 before staining, bands of lighter and darker red brick running across both walls above a bare concrete foundation Before, 2003 View this photo larger
  2. The same corner in November 2003 with an extension ladder against the wall beside the roll-up door and a camera date of 11 16 03 on the concrete wall at right During, 2003 View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing had failed. The brick arrived in a wider color range than the architect would accept, and the 2003 frame shows it: bands of lighter and darker units across both walls. The manufacturer that made the brick hired the correction, not the owner.

What was done

More than one recipe. The file records several, some to lighten units and some to darken them, so the range closed from both ends. The form's words are a tighter and consistent color range; the 2021 frame is the check on them.

2021, eighteen years on

  1. The same corner in 2021 with snow on the ground, one range of red brick across both walls, a round exhaust vent and a window on the near wall, and the certification stamp in the lower corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What eighteen years prove

Same corner, one range across both walls. On the certification scale that is Gold, which covers fifteen years and over. The form was signed in 2020 and the revisit frame is dated 2021; as of 2026 the work is twenty-three years old.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed on the day someone goes back to the building. This is the one for case 368, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

Scan of the case study form for case 368, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Waste Water Plant (2003)
Level
Gold. The scale runs Bronze at seven to nine years, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
The brick manufacturer
Reason for project
Complaint or problem
Issue
"The brick came out too rangy and was rejected by the architect."
What was corrected
"We tightened the off colored brick for a better and tighter range."
Storyline
"We created several recipes to lighten and darken brick for a tighter and consistent color range."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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