Atruim Court, Fashion Island Shopping Center, Newport Beach, California

One of the more common questions we get about FRP is regarding longevity.  We have been producing architectural FRP for over thirty years and have many projects that were produced in FRP and continue to look great.  In fact, one significant project is located in Newport Beach, CA and was installed in 1985.  While the retail space has changed many times in the last 25 years, our cornice material has not been repaired or replaced, only repainted.

The building is part of the Fashion Island Mall called Atrium Court.  It now is primarily a Bloomingdales department store on the upper floor and many specialty shops on the lower floors. We provided the two large upper cornice profiles, the lower bullnose banding and the quatrefoil in FRP.  This project is within sight of the ocean so the corrosive salt air would have attacked either metal or wood if used on the cornice.  FRP is specifically used and formulated to be unaffected by corrosive environments.

So this is just one example of how durable and attractive FRP cornice can be on a building.  We are confident that this material will be performing just as well during the next twenty-five years and beyond.

While we produced this cornice in our standard FRP, we have produced other cornice applications using our GFRCnext material, our Cornicestone FRP material, and our Echo-Stone material. So whether you are using an existing or custom cornice profiles, use an expert with over 30 years experience in making cornices for all types of architecture in the right material for your application.  Let DEC provide the solutions to your architectural vision.

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