McKinney Downtown Revitalization Project

As part of the historic landscape of the McKinney, Texas, downtown, the McKinney Silos became a project of restoration and preservation. The city of McKinney dedicated resources to create and maintain a strong and thriving downtown. Several opportunities and programs were put into place to promote reinvestment in the physical landscape and creating betterpublic spaces.

The revitalization project had to maintain a careful balance of creating new while preserving the unique historic character. The silos needed to eliminate leaks on the tower roofs. They looked to Sika® and Sikalastic® RoofPro systems to provide products that are multi-substrate compatible (metal, concrete, modified bitumen) and could be installed simultaneously without interfering with the Silo artwork being done.

Sikalastic® EP Primer/Sealer provided a multi-surface solution to priming the substrates. Sikalastic®-644 LoVOC resin reinforced with Sika® Reemat Premium allowed for a seamless water tight installation. The flexibility of the RoofPro products helped to keep material and labor costs down. After completing the roofing/waterproofing in September the following months of  “sometimes severe” Texas weather put the products to the challenge. The professional installation by Western Specialty Contractors and the tried-and-true quality of the Sika® products continue to hold up to all types of weather conditions and are keeping the silos protected.

• Sikalastic®-644 LoVOC
• Sikalastic® EP Primer/Sealer
• Sika® Reemat Premium

• SIKA CORPORATION: Tim Bush, Technical Field Services Representative 
• GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Western Specialty Contractors