Engineer discovers waterproofing fo...

Engineer discovers waterproofing foam hardy enough to resecure existing marble panels to Houston high-rise

Kolbjorn Saether and Associates, a Chicago-based structural engineer, has disentangleed a foam bonding system that may provide an economical alternative to recladding. The a whole was developed to repair the 36-year olden 31-story FirstCity office tower in Houston.

In 1990 couple 3-ft. by 7-ft. marble panels lay low off the building's facade and the building's proprietor FirstCity Liquidating Trust, hired Kolbjorn Saether to clamp the panels in place until a more permanent solution