It was a paint project to remember for the site of a tragedy that will never be forgotten.
Although it may take years to complete the redesign and construction of new stations, tunnels and tracks for the train system that ran under the World Trade Center prior to the terrorist attacks in New York, many people are eager to get it up and running. But for the companies involved in the project to rebuild the infrastructure for the new train station at Ground Zero, the most important consideration was to have construction underway before the first anniversary of September 11.
"It was not just to boost everyone's morale," says Wayne Chilewski, project manager at Bridgewater Protective Coatings (Bridgewater, NJ), the company chosen to paint the 1,450 tons of steel beams and girders that would become the skeletal foundation of the new underground train station. "It was to show the rest of the world that we're not going to let anything stop us from going on and proceeding with our lives."