Terra Cotta Facade Restoration & Reproduction with GFRC by SureCrete

Terra Cotta Facade Restoration & Reproduction with GFRC – SureCrete

Location: Richmond, Indiana

Project: Reproduction of Terra Cotta Architectural Facades with GFRC

Installation by: Artistic Illusions & Construction Resources

Material Supplier: SureCrete Design

Total Sq. In.: 7,140+

Products used: Xtreme Series GFRC Face Mix, Xtreme Series Backer Mix

The Pennsylvania Railroad station, built in 1902, is the focal point of the Railroad Depot Historic district in downtown Richmond, Indiana. The Terra Cotta architectural facade had out lived it purpose and lost its luster. Two companies were involved in the restoration and reproduction of the Terra Cotta facades: Artistic Illusions and Construction Resource.

Artistic Illusions was in charge of creating the molds replicating the Terra Cotta facade and using GFRC as the material of choice for the reproduction. The size of the molds ranged from 6 sq inches to 36 sq inches. This required casting over 300 pieces of GFRC replicas of the Terra Cotta architectural facades. The choice of which GFRC mix design to use was made easy by SureCrete. As the industries only preblended GFRC formula, Artistic Illusions had the advantage of minimizing errors and consistency issues seen when every batch of GFRC is measured and weighed in traditional formulations. The Xtreme Series GFRC system delivers high early strength to the lightweight GFRC mold system.

Once the 300+ pieces were reproduced from the Terra Cotta molds they were put in the hands of Construction Resources. The team at Concrete Resources properly installed the GFRC replicas of the Terra Cotta architectural facade. To learn more about the Xtreme GFRC system visit www.SureCreteDesign.com.