City of Kansas City, MO

RENOVATION PLAN
“How it was done”

According to the Kansas City Parks & Recreation Department, Gorman Park was named after Anita B. Gorman, who focused much of her life to conservation efforts, and civic and community improvements.   Gorman Park was named after Anita Gorman in 1991.  The Gorman Park pool was operated by the YMCA until 2016, when the entire facility was closed.  Subsequently the property was purchased by the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

This pool had earlier renovations at different times throughout its life, however nothing supersedes the degree and type of work done on them in 2018. This restoration will keep the pool in operation for decades to come.

With nearly 10,000 sq. ft. water surface area, The Gorman Park pool was a massive structure to reconstruct. Gorman was built with shotcrete, then plastered, and subsequently re-plastered. The plaster surfaces deteriorated, lost their bonding capability and released from each other and from the concrete pool shell.  Likewise, much of the water line tiling had simply fallen off.

The existing surface condition of the Gorman pool made a simple re-surfacing process impractical and impossible. Virtually all of the top layer of plaster had released from the layer below and was manually removed.

The original layer of plaster done at the time of original construction was deteriorated and soft in many areas. Removal of large sections, and preparation of this original layer of plaster was done with 40,000 psi Water Jetting.

While the waterline tiling on the pool was in the process of completely releasing, the concrete throughout the gutter areas was badly deteriorated requiring some specialized reconstruction before re-surfacing.

High Early Mortar was used to render the entire pool and gutter.  The gutter edge was manually formed during the render using a specialized tool that created a ‘Hand Hold’ edge for swimmers and pool users.

The pool received new frost-proof tiled racing lanes, tiled edged expansion joints and a new INTER-GLASS® interior.

RENOVATION PLAN
“How it was done”

According to the Kansas City Parks & Recreation Department, Gorman Park was named after Anita B. Gorman, who focused much of her life to conservation efforts, and civic and community improvements.   Gorman Park was named after Anita Gorman in 1991.  The Gorman Park pool was operated by the YMCA until 2016, when the entire facility was closed.  Subsequently the property was purchased by the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

This pool had earlier renovations at different times throughout its life, however nothing supersedes the degree and type of work done on them in 2018. This restoration will keep the pool in operation for decades to come.

With nearly 10,000 sq. ft. water surface area, The Gorman Park pool was a massive structure to reconstruct. Gorman was built with shotcrete, then plastered, and subsequently re-plastered. The plaster surfaces deteriorated, lost their bonding capability and released from each other and from the concrete pool shell.  Likewise, much of the water line tiling had simply fallen off.

The existing surface condition of the Gorman pool made a simple re-surfacing process impractical and impossible. Virtually all of the top layer of plaster had released from the layer below and was manually removed.

The original layer of plaster done at the time of original construction was deteriorated and soft in many areas. Removal of large sections, and preparation of this original layer of plaster was done with 40,000 psi Water Jetting.

While the waterline tiling on the pool was in the process of completely releasing, the concrete throughout the gutter areas was badly deteriorated requiring some specialized reconstruction before re-surfacing.

High Early Mortar was used to render the entire pool and gutter.  The gutter edge was manually formed during the render using a specialized tool that created a ‘Hand Hold’ edge for swimmers and pool users.

The pool received new frost-proof tiled racing lanes, tiled edged expansion joints and a new INTER-GLASS® interior.