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.

BASE Painters completed a high-access Roller Coaster Painting project on SeaWorld’s Steel Eel, restoring the 150-foot chain lift hill and upper steel sections that lifts could not reach. Using industrial rope-access systems, the crew performed surface prep, corrosion removal, and applied a PPG PSX 700 urethane coating for long-term durability. The project finished ahead of schedule with zero safety incidents.

BASE Painters completed a Stadium Painting restoration of the Hard Rock Stadium canopy towers at more than 300 feet, using redundant rope-access systems to reach areas lifts could not. The crew removed corrosion, cleaned the steel to SSPC standards, and applied a long-life Sherwin-Williams coating system. The project finished on schedule, with zero safety incidents and national recognition for high-access performance.

BASE Painters completed a full Capitol Dome Restoration for the State of Colorado, removing failed coatings, restoring historic copper, and applying a long-life fluoropolymer system built for extreme UV and altitude. Using rope-access precision, the team reached areas traditional methods could not, delivering an award-winning restoration that returned the dome to its iconic brilliance and long-term protection.

Recently we were in Pueblo Colorado donating our time to repainting the state’s last standing Airway Beacon . History In the early days before Foreflight and GPS, beacons were used as a guide to pilots during the night. Each beacon stood atop a 70′ concrete arrow pointing the pilots to the next station. This beacon was # 8 of the National Airway Beacon Systems Amber Line. 1500 towers were constructed by the Post Office in the late 1920s and stood every 10nm miles along the ro