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Item I02Board of County Commissioners P'r Agenda Item Summary Meeting Date: June 20, 2001 Division: Board of County Commissioners Bulk Item: Yes ❑ No ® Department: George R. Neugent AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Request and support for URECOAT Industries Inc. to demonstrate and test a product to enhance longevity and structural integrity for the old 7-mile bridge. Testing would be 100' of the structure including the ground and piling part which is maintained by FDOT. URECOAT has obtained permission from FDOT which no permits are needed. DEP has also given permission. Nk ITEM BACKGROUND: Sponsored by South Florida Resources Conservation and Development PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: TOTAL COST: PN BUDGETED: YES ❑ NO ❑ COST TO COUNTY: $ REVENUE PRODUCING: YES ❑ NO E!(AMT PER MONTH: YEAR: APPROVED BY: COUNTY ATTY ❑ OMB/PURCHASING ❑ RISK MANAGEMENT ❑ APPROVAL: "Vl 4V-L- MAYOR GEORGL R. NEUGENT DISTRICT II DOCUMENTATION: INCLUDED TO FOLLOW NOT REQUIRED ❑ DISPOSITION. AGENDA ITEM # ENVISION, "Maintenance free steel, leak proof roofing, maintenance free concrete, and enhanced structural integrity with the ability to flex". INDUSTRIES OFFICIAL SPONSOR "WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN RESTORE OUR ECOSYSTEM" .South Florida Comm uni ty- Urban Resources Partnership (SFCURP) Regional Conference - Town Hall Meeting . October 24-26, 2000 The URECOATS 100TM RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE(RSM)TM has the ability to offer a complete seamless vapor barrier, eliminating the possibility of air or water intrusion, thus preventing corrosion and deterioration. The URECOATS 100TM adhesion forces enable the RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE(RSM)TM to attach itself to substrates or surfaces offering characteristics unlike anything in the marketplace today. Preserve It, Protect It, Pay Less For It... Urecoats Industries Inc. is committed to developing a cohesive relationship in which structures and infrastructure work in concert with our Ecosystem and not against it. Remember we live on the Water Planet. We are smart enough to put rubber boots on our feet when it rains, we now can be smart enough to put a rubber membrane on our structures as we build them or even retrofit existing structures and infrastructure. Initially, the URECOATS 100TM, RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE(RSM)TM was developed to consolidate the $30 billion a year (USA) roofing industry. Based on two very important independent test results, it became evident that our product's cross -over industry. application potential will include and exceed the roofing, waterproofing, construction, marine, and automotive industries. The following will outline in detail these two very significant tests: 1. Concrete Adhesion and Wind Uplift. The RSMTM withstood over 1,000 pounds of pressure per square foot before the seal was compromised. This, my friends, was called "Structural History" by the president of one of our independent testing labs. To put this in perspective, Dade County Code Compliance, the most stringent in the world, only requires 45 pounds of uplift and adhesion for product approval. Crumbling seawalls from deteriorating concrete will be a thing of the past. 2. Steel Pull Force. The RSMTM reached a pull force of 2,520 pounds per square foot before separation occurred. There is no product or application of this kind to which to compare. We can only say that the Marine Industry is about to receive significant support in the steel corrosion area. One of the largest contributors of ozone depletion is the combination of primers and paints sprayed into our atmosphere. Exposed steel requires periodic maintenance, remember this is just maintenance not a solution. To understand the magnitude of this process let's look at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Its maintenance program requires 18 to 24 men working three shifts, 360 days a year, to cut out bad steel, replace with new, then primer, then paint. Now expand this process to "all steel structures worldwide", bridges, towers, ships, liquid containment tanks, aqueducts, pipelines, and offshore oil platforms, just to name a few. No wonder ozone depletion is a worldwide problem. URECOATS 100TM RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE(RSM)TM goes beyond maintenance and provides a SOLUTION. Remember Concrete and Steel are the building blocks for our Modern World. The key is to Preserve, Protect, and Reinforce. The RSMTM is that key to unlock this worldwide dilemma of "Preservation of Structures". As you can see we've got something very different from just another product. What we have is "THE" product for the 21 st Century. Remember this is a "Technology of Need" and the "Time is Now". Urecoats Industries RSMTM offers a Pollution Solution. Why are we sponsoring this event? We wholeheartedly believe in the SFCURP mission statement "Working Together, We Can Restore Our Ecosystem". This just makes plain sense. We need to build and foster public -private partnerships in all areas of the Ecosystem restoration process. We are all part of one global community and all parts must work in tandem with each other to prolong our human habitat. How are we participating in this mission? We are participating in three distinct ways. First, we are supporting the global recycling effort by using reclaimed materials from recycling efforts with our use of crumb rubber from recycled tires in our product's composition. Two, we have created a sealant that will permit a new structure to last longer with less maintenance requirements when our product is applied to it. Third, our sealant can be applied to extend the life of existing structures, savoring our natural resources from the need for rebuilding. To better understand our product and its incredible potential, we have provided below a list of questions and answers for your review: I . What makes up the composition of the RSMTM sealant product? We have a patent pending on the URECOATS 100TM RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE(RSM)TM formula and cannot make certain information public. Generally speaking, our composition includes various components such as asphalt, urethanes, crumb rubber from recycled tires, and other specially formulated additives, which components make up our incredible and revolutionary substance. Remember, asphalt is a natural preservative. 2. Are there any special procedures required to prepare the substrate before applying the RSM? We have found so far that very little preparation is needed based on our product's incredible adhesion capabilities and characteristics. Right now we just make sure the substrate is clean and remove loose debris and apply our product. We are working out the optimal preparatory details to maximize our product's adhesion on the various types of substrates through real world applications. 3. Is the RSM spraying? Is any required to apply it? applied only by special equipment The RSM can only be applied by spray application at this time. We specifically designed a mobile system for applications in our everyday living environments to address the myriad of needs at varying locations. Also, you must know that the combination of mechanical engineering and chemistry is what make our product and its delivery system revolutionary to begin with ("Achieved Through Knowledge . Delivered By Technology"). The triumph here is the integration of these two fields of science. Our product is actually created from our delivery system. Our delivery system takes our various components and creates our product onsite. The product and delivery system have a homogenous relationship. However, our current system is not limiting. We can, and expect to, create and install stationary applications for use by major corporate institutions in their operational environments, such as steel, automotive, and marine manufacturers. Urecoats IOQ RSM 'File Rooring System for the 21 st Century 4. Which laboratories tested the RSM? So far we have had various tests performed by three testing labs, Independent Roof Testing of South Florida, Inc., Intertek Testing Services (the largest products testing lab in the world), and PRI. We are in the process of developing protocols for testing our product as an anti -corrosive with NASA. 5. Is the RSM currently being used in any other real -world applications besides roofs? You would be surprised what else is on a roof, such as air conditioner units, storage units, small buildings, and other useful structures. We are spraying them all. Remember, we have a sealant product that adheres to so many different things. Our spray method allows us to apply the RSM, with ease, to the steel structures which the air conditioners are fastened onto, the steel beams that hold up the aesthetic parts of the front of a building (the beams holding up these"aesthetic walls on top of a roof are hidden behind the walls and are fastened to the roof top), and steel storage containers. This steel rusts and corrodes. We have sprayed them. We believe our product (based on its adhesion capabilities) will eliminate future rust on these steel parts (vapor barrier). That is why we are aggressively pursuing testing our product as an anti -corrosive with NASA. 6. Do you have any other comments about the RSMTM sealant product? We believe our RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANETM will revolutionize the piping industry, above and below ground. The shipping industry, from oil tankers to cargo ships, will benefit greatly based on our products vapor barrier capabilities, also infrastructure retrofit will reduce the municipalities maintenance budgets substantially. We tested our product adhesion to steel, using a steel pull force test. The pull force on steel resulted in 17.5 pounds per square inch before separation occurred. This is an absolutely phenomenal result. Our product has incredible adhesion properties, it acts as an anti -corrosive (below waterline and above), is hydrophobic (repels water), and zebra mussels and barnacles don't like it's taste (eliminates these predators). 7. Is the RSM only available in black? If so, can it be painted for aesthetic or other reasons? Which types of coatings are suitable for the RSM? At present the RSM is only available in black. We have tested several types of colored topcoats on our product with much success. ' We are in the process of expanding our laboratory and research and development efforts to develop the most optimal and best -suited topcoat for our product with our own chemists. Our aim is to use different colored pigments for aesthetic reasons and increased UV protection. Remember, all we need is pigment and compatibility. Who better to understand the compatibility of our product than our own chemists that created it? We will develop our own topcoats. CONCRETE AND STEEL ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR MODERN WORLD PRESERVE IT, PROTECT IT, PAY LESS FOR IT... WWW.URECOATS.COM OTCBB: UREC URECOATS INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED 4100 North Powerline Road, Suite F-1 Pompano Beach , Florida 33073 www.urecoats.com 800.382,4931 954.977.5428 fax 954.977.9589 URECOATS INDUSTRIES ENVISION, "Maintenance free steel, leak proof roofing, maintenance free concrete, and enhanced structural integrity with the ability to flex". The URECOATS 100TM RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE(RSM)TM has the ability to offer a complete seamless vapor barrier, eliminating the possibility of air or water intrusion, thus preventing corrosion and deterioration. The URECOATS 100TM adhesion forces enable the RUBBER SEALANT MEMBRANE (RSM)TM to attach itself to substrates or surfaces offering characteristics unlike anything in the marketplace today. "ACHIEVED THROUGH KNOWLEDGE • DELIVERED BY TECHNOLOGY"