Bayview Demolition, Environmental, & Industrial

The project at 1300 Bayhill Drive is a “ground-up” construction of two new mass-timber buildings for YouTube. Bayview’s scope of work on the project involved removing approximately 227,000 square feet of non-hazardous paint primer on steel using dustless blasting equipment. Bayview was brought on to the project by Level 10 Construction after the existing paint primer was failing on what will eventually be exposed steel inside each of the two new buildings. Bayview was given the unique task of using abrasive blasting methods to remove paint from steel on an active construction project. The abrasive blasting method served two purposes; 1) remove the existing paint primer which had failed, and 2) prepare the steel to accept new paint primer which followed immediately after.

During the project, there were many trades working nearby which presented a challenge for open-air blasting without containment. Bayview’s crews worked off scissor lifts, boom lifts, and scaffolding to access all of the steel on each of the two, 3-story, above-ground structures. The crew members doing the blasting wore supplied air hoods/respirators for safety reasons while the crew below managed the blasting media, equipment, and cleaning. The cleaning presented a great challenge on this active jobsite and it took a lot of coordination amongst trades in order to complete our scope without delaying new construction. Bayview’s Foreman, Rafa Gama, and his crew did a fantastic job on this unique and challenging project.