The upper wall of the Ohio hospital in 2019, rounded buff brick piers standing between bays of dark glass under a clear sky
Case File 119

Color Correcting the Radial Shapes on an Ohio Hospital

The rounded brick piers on this hospital were laid lighter than the face brick around them. The brick manufacturer paid to have the side facing the highway corrected in 2001. It was photographed again in 2014 and 2019, and certified Platinum in 2020.

Case No. 119
Structure Hospital
Location Ohio
Stained October 2001
Re-photographed 2014 and 2019
Elapsed 18 years, Platinum level

2001

  1. The highway side of the hospital in 2001 before staining, five rounded piers of pale pink brick standing between bays of green glass above a concrete band Before, 2001 View this photo larger
  2. An applicator in a hard hat on an extension ladder against one rounded pier in October 2001, working stain into the brick by hand beside a bay of glass During, 2001 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file calls them radial shapes: the rounded piers that stand between the curtain wall bays. They were laid a lighter color than the face brick, and the brick manufacturer, not the hospital, hired the correction.

What was done

A test panel first, so the blend could be checked and the hospital could approve the color. Then each pier brick was stained individually, on one side of the building only. The hospital wanted the side facing the highway corrected and nothing else, and the file records that limit.

2014 and 2019, up to eighteen years on

  1. The upper wall of the hospital in 2019, rounded buff brick piers between bays of dark glass under a clear sky, a lower wing of the same brick beyond After, 2019 View this photo larger
  2. One rounded pier in 2014, buff brick with a wall lamp near the top, the concrete band and a bay of glass beside it After, 2014 View this photo larger
  3. A pier and the concrete band beside it in 2014, seen from below, the brick one buff range down to the ground floor glazing After, 2014 View this photo larger
  4. The highway side of the hospital in 2019 from the foot of the entrance ramp, rounded brick piers and glass bays above a concrete base, a white railing and a low brick planter in front After, 2019 View this photo larger
  5. The run of rounded piers and glass bays in 2019 receding under a cloudy sky, the ground floor glazing and concrete band below After, 2019 View this photo larger
  6. One rounded pier in 2019 with its wall lamp, buff brick reading evenly beside the concrete band and a bay of glass 18 Years After View this photo larger

What eighteen years prove

The piers were photographed in 2014 and again in 2019, and in both sets they read as one range with the face brick. Platinum on the certification scale is twenty years and over; the form was signed in 2020. As of 2026 the work is twenty-five years old, and the 2020 certification is the most recent record on it.

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 119, rendered from the case booklet and transcribed beside it so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 119, filled in and signed, rendered from the case booklet View the signed form full size
Project name
Hospital, Ohio (2001)
Level
Platinum. 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 radial shapes were too light."
What was corrected
"We color corrected the radial shapes on one side of the building."
Storyline
"The hospital only wanted us to color correct the side of the building facing the highway, and it still looks great!"
Booklet notes
"These radial shapes were a lighter color than the face brick." "A test panel was created to make sure we had created the right blend, and so the client could approve the color." "Each brick was individually stained."
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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