Alpine Painting&Sandblasting Contractors

On April, 27th of 2011 we received a call from the celebrated Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa. Since his first exhibition in 1980, Jaume has been showing his art off all around the world including numerous museums and galleries in Europe, USA and Japan.  His sculptural work has gone through several stages in his career starting with recuperation materials such as iron, bronze and copper; transitioning to melting materials such as synthetic resin, glass, alabaster and plastic.  Jaume explained to us that he has been working on a piece he calls Echo for the Madison Square Park Conservancy.  Echo depicts a nine-year old girl from Plensa’s Barcelona neighborhood,...

Kinder Morgan is a pipeline transportation and energy storage company that owns or operates more than 37,000 miles of pipeline and 180 terminals in North America.  The liquids terminal where the work was performed is located in Philadelphia, PA and contains approximately 80 tanks.  Alpine Painting was contracted to provide a secondary containment system for the Ontario Field, a 150,000 sq. ft. area that contains the largest tanks in the terminal. The Ontario Field includes five storage tanks of varying diameters and is separated from the other fields by concrete walls and an earthen dike.  The earth was compacted and graded previously by a separate contractor.  Located in the area...

In September of 2010, Alpine Painting was hired by the general contractor Spectraserv as a subcontractor for the rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plant in Rockland County Sewer District No. 1. The scope of work included abrasive blasting and coating the interior and exterior covers of two digesters.  Both digesters have a 90‘diameter and 20’ tall concrete walls.  The first digester had a fixed roof to be blasted and coated on site.  Spectraserv was responsible for fabricating a replacement floating roof for the second digester.  The second digester parts were blasted and primed at the manufacturers shop and the skirt plates were to be sent to the...

Pepsico, the makers of Pepsi-Cola, Gatorade, Tropicana, Quaker Oats, and Frito Lay, currently have their world headquarters located in Purchase, NY.  On the grounds is the 168 acre Donald M. Kendall sculpture garden, dedicated to the former Pepsico CEO.  This sculpture garden contains 45 pieces of artwork and is meant to provide an atmosphere of stability, creativity and experimentation that would reflect Donald’s vision of the company. Within the garden is the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro’s Triad, three 6’ diameter, 60’ tall cylindrical sculptures. Triad was installed in 1979 and one of the three columns is beginning to deteriorate from corrosion. The corroding sculpture is a vertical,...

 In order to alleviate traffic and parking problems around Newark Liberty International Airport, the Port Authority opened the Newark Airport Rail Station in 2001.  The Newark Airport Rail Station is a train station that is connected to both the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast train lines, providing train access to New Jersey and New York Residents.  The airport can be accessed from the Rail Station via AirTrain.  AirTrain is an 8 mile long monorail, opened in 1995 and run by Bombardier, which stops at all airline terminals and several parking areas.  AirTrain allows passengers to travel to and from the airport without worrying about...

Taylor Management - Grandview II Taylor Management is an accredited community management company that has been operating in New Jersey for over 20 years. With physical, financial and administrative expertise, Taylor Management runs over 100 communities.  One of these communities is the Grandview, located in West New York, NJ.  The Grandview II is a mid-rise luxury condominium, located on the Hudson River with a panoramic view of New York City. The Grandview II, constructed 6 years prior to the project, had started to show signs of wear, especially in high traffic areas.  In order to renovate the condominium, Taylor Management was looking to install new wallcoverings in the hallways of...

AMB Property Corporation AMB Property Corporation® is a leading owner, operator and developer of industrial real estate focused on the world’s busiest distribution markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They serve approximately 2,600 customers in 48 markets in 15 countries with a portfolio of 156.1 million square feet. The Company’s portfolio comprises High Throughput Distribution (HTD®) facilities—industrial properties built for speed located near key seaports, airports and major freeway interchanges.  Alpine Painting was selected to bid the Exterior Caulking & Painting of 14 warehouse buildings ranging in size from the smallest at 12,000 sq. ft. and the largest of 42,220 sq. ft. of Floor Square Footage. ...

Delano & Aldrich, the prominent architect of the ‘20s made his first commission in this area.  His first commission is the Christie House on Muttontown Rd whose exterior wall was modeled after Mount Vernon, the home of our first president, George Washington.  This mansion is now called Nassau Hall owned by Nassau County.  Nassau Hall was built by Delano & Aldrich for the Winthrop family and was known originally as the Egerton L. Winthrop Jr. House or Muttontown Meadows.  The estate was purchased by Lansdell Christie in 1950 and hence called the Christie House.  His widow, Helen Christie sold the house and its 183 acres to...

New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) is a private, non-profit community development and social service agency founded in 1994 with a mission of creating opportunities to transform lives. The focus of their work is the City of Paterson. Their core work and organizational focus is on neighborhood revitalization, positive youth development, education, affordable and supportive housing, the preservation of the Great Falls Historic District, and direct public-policy innovation.   William Waldman Independence House is a safe, inviting and inspiring place which provides housing and supportive services for young people in their final years in the foster care system. The residents are supported 24 hours a day by NJCDC staff and...