2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 18 May 2007 19:24:54 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Fabric cover for Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One?
 
Fabric covering for Hangar One?
Process similar to that used to cover Shoreline's tent

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
May 18, 2007

If the Navy decides to preserve Hangar One later this year, the historic structure may be covered in a fabric stronger than steel, resulting in an all-white look reminiscent of the hangar when it was first built.

At last week's Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board meeting, architect Linda Ellis made a presentation on a Teflon-coated Fiberglass fabric that could make preservation of the hangar a more practical option. The fabric is already used on large structures, including the Denver airport, the San Diego convention center and the Georgia Astrodome, which survived Hurricane Katrina. In fact, the oldest example of its use is right here in Mountain View: the 34-year-old Shoreline Amphitheatre.

The Navy is considering the fabric as one of many options in its environmental cleanup of the structure. In 2003, Hangar One was found to have toxic PCBs — short for polychlorinated biphenyls — washing off the coated steel siding and floating in the air inside. The Navy is required to remediate the pollutants, and in the past has stated that dismantling the structure is its best option.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=2930

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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