PROBLEM: The parking garage of this high-tech building in Miami has an unusual problem. There are four super-chillers located just above the garage ceiling, which causes the concrete to stay at a much lower temperature than the outside air. This in-turn causes the ceiling to condensate high amounts of water down onto the parked vehicles and any pedestrians in the garage. Compounding this is the first solution the building owners used: fiberglass insulation. The water continued to condensate and infiltrated the open cell fiberglass which caused it to deteriorate and added to the mess on cars, parking areas, and people.

SOLUTION: First we had to get rid of the remnants of the fiberglass "disaster" and then pressure wash the garage ceiling. Then we had to dry the surface area completely, by doing it in January and February where humidity and outside temperatures are lowest in Miami, and by using industrial de-humidifiers from Munters corp. We approached this problem by thinking of it as an upside down roof. The project is 100% complete and the outside temperatures have begun to rise (the term "winter" in South Florida is a small period of time where the temperatures get to an average of 68 Degrees F.) and the areas protected by Spray Polyurethane Foam are secure and dry!