Last fall, Phillip Ballard, StreetBond’s Southeast Senior Account Manager, spoke to Sain’s staff about the various applications and use cases for StreetBond. For this week’s blog, Drew Ramsey, the Sales Director at StreetBond, shares insights into the many benefits of their pavement coatings.
StreetBond (a division of GAF) is an industry leader in pavement coatings and markings, offering a wide range of durable, vibrant, and long-lasting solutions for surface protection and aesthetic enhancement. Use cases include decorative streetscapes, sports surfaces, or regulatory applications. StreetBond offers eco-friendly and sustainable products with a backbone of performance.
GAF StreetBond has been at the forefront of tackling urban heat island mitigation for nearly a decade. We recently worked with Climate Resolve and other key partners to facilitate one of the largest third party studies ever conducted in the United States. The study took place in California and evaluated the effect of coating neighborhood streets, parking lots, and school playgrounds within a multiblock radius. This peer reviewed study provides additional insight into how the right surface coatings, correctly utilized, can be a key mitigation tactic as part of a city’s arsenal.
While some “cool coatings” rely simply on the reflectance of the visible part of the UV spectrum, StreetBond with Invisible Shade pigmenting technology allows for darker colors while still maintaining high reflectance levels. Public acceptance and aesthetic appeal still play a critical role in community adoption, so appearance is quite an important part of the equation.
Fostering safety and community engagement can also be achieved through the use of pavement coatings and surfacing solutions. These can include decorative intersections celebrating the unique features of a neighborhood or green bike lanes to increase pedestrian safety. Slip resistance and durability are also critical because these surfaces need to look great and perform. This is why all StreetBond products are manufactured with a factory-integrated aggregate load optimized for use. This ensures consistency regardless of the applicator and application.
When evaluating projects, it is important to find the right solution. As a partner, StreetBond offers a wide range of products like EMA’s (Epoxy Modified Acrylics), MMA’s, Thermoplastics, and cementitious coatings to meet the needs of the client and use cases. Our expertise and offerings allow us to be a partner on everything from crosswalks to splash pads, ultimately making the places we all use on a daily basis better.
Please visit our website to learn more, or email us at streetbond@gaf.com.