When the University Building needed its rooftop smokestack repainted, BASE Painters turned a routine maintenance job into a Denver skyline landmark. Using rope-access techniques and a custom Sherwin-Williams coating system, the team transformed the structure into a towering No. 2 pencil — now known locally as “The Denver Pencil.” The award-winning project showcases creative design, safe execution, and lasting structural protection high above downtown.

BASE Painters restored five 700-foot WWII-era LORAN towers for the U.S. Coast Guard using rope-access tower painting. Crews removed lead coatings, applied a full zinc-to-polysiloxane system, and brought every structure back to FAA aviation color standards without cranes, scaffolding, or shutdowns—proof that true tower painting requires height capability, compliance, and disciplined rope access.

When the Silver Legacy Dome began to fade, traditional contractors walked away. The 180-foot-wide structure sits above active hotel towers with no way to stage lifts or scaffolding. BASE engineered a full rope-access solution, washing, priming, and coating more than 76,000 sq ft of fiberglass without shutting down the casino below—an award-winning dome restoration completed entirely on rope.