Adams Building, Howard University, Washington D. C.
The Howard University School of Medicine dates to 1868, just one year after the founding of the university.
In January 2018, the steam pipes ruptured, causing many of the campus buildings, including the Adams building, to be without heat during freezing weather in the Washington, D.C. area.
John Tiedemann Inc./HPCS USA was called in to inspect the plaster-on-wire-lath ceilings and the plaster-on-masonry walls in the Adams building and other campus buildings that were affected by the ruptured steam pipes. It was determined that virtually all the plaster had been saturated and compromised by the escaped steam. 5,000 square feet of plaster-on-wire-lath ceilings were successfully stabilized using the HPCS three-step treatment system featuring HPCS CO 100 Plaster Consolidation Agent. Another 15,000 square feet of plaster on masonry walls were successfully reattached using HPCS AD 25 Gel and a tool developed specifically for this purpose by JTI.