The Background

Prolec^® GE Waukesha is a prominent power transformer manufacturer supporting critical electrical infrastructure. When a large section of its 171,500-square-foot facility in Goldsboro, North Carolina, needed roofing, the facility team selected Seaman Corporation’s FiberTite^® 45-mil roofing membrane for its demonstrated high performance. Another section of the roof had been covered three years prior with a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) membrane.  

The differences between those two roof membranes would be tested in a way no facility manager could have foreseen: a massive fire outbreak at a nearby salvage yard posed risk of major damage to the Prolec GE building.