[CPEO-IRF] Fabric cover for Moffett Field's (CA) Hangar One?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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