The brick tower of the St. Louis business school in 2020, arched windows and limestone bands in low evening sun
Case File 039

Color Correcting Window and Door Fill Ins After a Renovation

A 2000 renovation added 60,000 square feet to this business school. Old window and door openings were bricked in and the new units did not match the walls around them. The mason hired the color correction. It was photographed again in 2019 and 2020 and certified Platinum.

Case No. 039
Structure Four-story business school
Location St. Louis, Missouri
Stained May to August 2000
Re-photographed 2019 and 2020
Elapsed 20 years, Platinum level

2000

  1. A four-story brick elevation of the business school in 2000, shot from below, with pale rectangles of new brick between the windows where old openings were filled in, and a camera date of 5 10 00 in the corner Before, 2000 View this photo larger
  2. The gable end of the business school in 2000, three pale patches of new brick beside a column of windows where openings were filled in, a louvered vent under the peak Before, 2000 View this photo larger
  3. The brick tower of the business school in 2000, arched windows and limestone trim above a corbelled bay, shot from the ground through tree branches Before, 2000 View this photo larger
  4. A pointed arch window in 2000 with a border of pale new brick around its head and jambs where the wall was rebuilt, and a camera date of 7 15 00 in the corner Before, 2000 View this photo larger

What was wrong

The file records the 2000 renovation as 60,000 square feet added to the building. Where old window and door openings were bricked in, the new units read as pale patches against the original walls, and a rebuilt wall did not blend with the structure around it. Nothing had failed. The mason hired the correction, not the school.

What was done

Mineral stain, brushed on by hand, over three separate trips between May and August 2000. The file records color correcting the window and door fill-ins, re-blending an entire wall, and correcting additional areas as needed, inside the building and out. On the tower the note reads brick and mortar both.

2019 and 2020, twenty years on

  1. The brick tower of the business school in 2020 in low evening sun, arched windows, limestone bands and a corbelled bay, the brick reading as one range from the pinnacles down to the roofline After, 2020 View this photo larger
  2. The pointed arch window in 2019, photographed at night, the brick around its head and jambs now reading in range with the wall After, 2019 View this photo larger

What twenty years prove

The same tower and the same arched window, the fill-ins reading in range with the wall around them. The mark on the file is Platinum, twenty years and over on the certification scale, and the form was signed in 2020. As of 2026 the work is twenty-six 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 039, transcribed beside the scan so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 039, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Business School, St. Louis (2000)
Level
Platinum. The scale runs Bronze at seven years and over, Silver at ten and over, Gold at fifteen and over, Platinum at twenty and over.
Hired by
The mason or contractor
Cause
Other
Background
"Repaired and restored multiple interior and exterior areas on this business school"
Actions taken
"Color corrected window and door fill-ins, re-blended an entire wall and color corrected additional areas as needed"
Detail of events
"This Business School in St. Louis underwent a massive transformation in 2000, adding an additional 60,000 sq. ft. to the space. After the renovation was complete, MCI was called in to stain areas that needed color correction. Three separate trips, 21 years later and the facility still looks stunning!"
Address
"Release permission required"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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