World’s Largest Purification System Dispenses One Billion Gallons of Potable Water per Day to Five Million Consumers
After two years of demolishing a 50-year-old graveled coal tar pitch roof, disposing of 6,100 tons of debris, installing 712,000 board feet of cellular glass insulation, and replacing 30,000 precast concrete roof channels, workers capped off Chicago’s James W. Jardine Water Filtration Plant with 10.3 acres of Flex FB Elvaloy KEE thermoplastic membrane.
The last of 1,086 rolls of the Flex fleece-backed membrane was installed in late September, bringing to fruition the largest, most complex reroofing project in Chicago during the past decade and the biggest ever for Flex Membrane International Corp. during its 25 years in business.