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Transportation Project
The NREL Parking Garage represents the commitment to a greener environment with the use of HDG.
Structural components ready to begin the HDG process.
The galvanizer slowly removes beams from the kettle to maximize drainage of excess zinc.
HDG's prompt delivery time ensured that ample amounts of material would be available at all times.
HDG's "harder than steel" property prevents damage to the coating due to handling and erection.
Rear exterior of the parking area.
The Pedestrian entrance of the garage.
All columns, joists and rafters inside the parking structure were HDG.
All tubular handrail and guardrail is protected inside and out by the HDG coating.
1,000 tons of HDG steel were used in the construction of NREL's Parking Garage.
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NREL Parking Garage
When the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, decided on the critical protective coating for the exposed structural and architectural steel for NREL’s new $25 million, state-of-the-art solar array-powered parking garage, one need only imagine the path that led to a logical coating decision on this high profile parking structure. With a 50-year design life, the protection of all of...
