What do you do when you are an architect with the State of New York Office of General Services, Design and Construction, and a building that you are responsible for — a high-profile building that is clearly visible from Gov. Pataki’s office — needs a new roof?
The next time you skip work for a game of golf, consider this: It is quite possible that the grips on your golf clubs, your golf balls and even parts of your get-away vehicle’s interior all contain the same polymers as that roofing material you are leaving behind – whether you work with asphalt shingles, modified bitumen or elastomeric coatings.
Kraton Polymers, Houston, formerly part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, invented styrenic block copolymers back in the 1960s. These polymers are found in a vast array of products including adhesives, sealants, coatings, roads, and of course, roofing.