The upper wall of the hospital in 2021, buff brick reading as one range above a band of darker blend brick
Case File 359

Darkening Light Brick on a Winfield Hospital Wall

The buff brick on this hospital arrived with too many light colored units in the range. The manufacturer that made the brick paid to have the light units darkened in 2005. The wall was photographed again sixteen years later and certified Gold.

Case No. 359
Structure Hospital
Location Winfield
Stained 2005
Re-photographed 2021
Elapsed 16 years, Gold level

2005

  1. The upper wall of the hospital before staining, a scatter of pale units across the buff brick field above a band of darker blend brick, under a deep blue sky Before, 2005 View this photo larger
  2. The same upper wall after the light units were darkened, the buff field reading as one range above the band of blend brick After View this photo larger

What was wrong

Nothing failed. The range carried more light colored units than it should have, and on a blank upper wall a scatter of pale brick is the first thing the eye lands on. The file puts it in one line: there were too many light colored brick in the range. The manufacturer that made the brick hired the correction, not the hospital.

What was done

The light colored brick was darkened. That is the whole entry, and it is the right way round: pulling the pale units down to the range beside them keeps the blend a blend.

2021, sixteen years on

  1. The upper wall of the hospital in 2021, buff brick one range from the coping down to the band of darker blend brick, with the certification stamp in the corner After, 2021 View this photo larger

What sixteen years prove

The same upper wall in 2021 reads as one range, with the certification stamp on the frame. On the certification scale that is Gold, which starts at fifteen years. As of 2026 the work is twenty-one years old, and the 2021 photograph is the most recent record on it.

The signed file

Every certified job gets the same form, signed when someone goes back to the building. This is the one for case 359, transcribed beside it so it can be read on a phone and by a search engine.

The case study form for case 359, filled in and signed View the signed form full size
Project name
Hospital in Winfield (2005)
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
"There were too many light colored brick in the range."
What was corrected
"We darkened the light colored brick."
Storyline
"We darkened the lighter colored bricks for an overall tighter looking range in the brick. Still looks good today!"
Authorized
Donald A. Foster, signed, dated 2020
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