An active cargo facility leaves little room for painting work to interrupt daily operations. At the SWA Cargo Building, faded paint and dirty surfaces needed attention, but logistics activity continued around the clock.
Socium Coatings completed a commercial painting project that addressed the building’s appearance while accommodating ongoing operations. Section-by-section phasing and daily communication helped the team work around the facility’s demands. The project covered building surfaces, architectural details, loading dock areas, and parking lot markings.
Project Overview
The client wanted a clean refresh of the existing facility. The scope included several surface types and working areas, requiring coordination beyond the building’s facade.
- Project: SWA Cargo Building Repaint.
- Project number: 212400.
- Project partner: Southwest Airlines.
- Facility type: Active cargo building with 24-hour logistics operations.
- Initial condition: Extremely faded existing paint and dirty facility surfaces.
- Client priority: A clean, refreshed appearance.
- Primary services: Commercial painting, pressure washing, parking lot restriping, and electrostatic painting of aluminum storefront window mullions.
The Challenge: Refreshing a Facility That Stayed Active
Working Around Continuous Logistics Activity
The main project challenge was schedule pressure associated with ongoing cargo operations. Work had to accommodate the facility’s activity rather than assume the building would become fully available to painting crews.
Loading dock areas, walkways, and other operational spaces formed part of the scope. Planning therefore needed to account for where work could proceed while logistics activity continued. A detailed phasing plan gave the team a practical sequence for addressing individual sections.
Managing a Broad Repainting Scope
The project extended across concrete surfaces, metal components, doors, and exterior details. Each part of the scope required attention within the larger work sequence.
Included surfaces ranged from concrete facade areas, ceilings, walls, and columns to walkway ceiling conduit, hollow metal doors and frames, and overhead doors and frames. Railings, bollards, facade signage frames, loading dock walkway striping and angle iron, and loading dock ramp curbs were also included.
Keeping these elements organized helped the team manage execution across the facility.
Socium Coatings’ Approach
Section-by-Section Project Phasing
Socium Coatings developed a detailed phasing plan to keep logistics operations ongoing while work progressed. Dividing the project into sections allowed the team to coordinate painting activity around the building’s operational requirements.
The project information identifies execution management as a notable strength of the work. The phasing approach provided a framework for handling a varied scope within an active environment.
Cleaning and Painting the Included Surfaces
Pressure washing formed part of the work on concrete walkways, steps, and the concrete floor of the loading dock area. The painting scope addressed the building surfaces and components identified for refurbishment.
The team also restriped parking lots and electrostatically painted aluminum storefront window mullions. These tasks extended the refresh beyond painted walls, addressing details throughout the property’s exterior and operational areas.
Daily Communication and Flexible Coordination
Daily communication between Socium Coatings’ field team and the on-site team supported project coordination. Flexibility around logistics activity was identified as an important practice for keeping execution aligned with site demands.
The project also produced a useful planning lesson. The logistics phasing plan was developed after the job was secured. Including that plan during bid submission could help streamline coordination on future projects with similar operating constraints.
Results of the Cargo Building Repaint
The project record describes a much-needed cosmetic refresh and reports that the result exceeded the client’s expectations. This is a reported outcome rather than a direct client testimonial.
- Refreshed appearance: The work addressed the facility’s faded paint and dirty surfaces.
- Comprehensive scope: Painting and related services covered building surfaces, metal components, loading dock details, storefront mullions, and parking lot markings.
- Operational coordination: Section-by-section phasing was used to accommodate ongoing logistics activity.
- Responsive execution: Daily field communication supported adjustments around site operations.
- Future planning insight: Earlier development of logistics phasing was identified as an opportunity to improve subsequent projects.
Choose Socium Coatings: Your Trusted Commercial Painting Partner in Atlanta
Planning a repaint for an active commercial facility? Socium Coatings’ SWA Cargo Building project demonstrates an approach built around phased execution, daily coordination, and the demands of an operating property. Contact Socium Coatings to discuss an Atlanta commercial painting project and request a quote tailored to the facility’s scope and access requirements.
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