As an example on a much larger scale, we look at Bass Pro’s Wonders Of Wildlife Museum. They recently expanded from seven intricate aquariums to an eighth exhibit; the new display features creatures who live in the snow rather than in the water or warm environments, now known as “The Penguin Exhibit.”

Due to the arctic conditions inside the display, Butler Rosenbury and Partners, the architect and engineer for Johnny Morris, owner of Bass Pro, decided to have spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation applied inside the exhibit to encapsulate the required temperatures of 40 degrees and protect the exhibit from condensation due to warmer environment outside the display. As SPF is a barrier for air and water penetration and obtains a high yielding R-value, the interior contractors, PCI, chose to insulate the newly built structure.

After completing the penguin exhibit, they went on to apply SPF to the flooring of the NASCAR display and Bronze Buck exhibits located nearby. SPF is ideal for the performance needs of the penguin exhibit due to the seamless installation, high R factors, and low perm rating for moisture and temperature control that it provides. With 16,000 square feet to spray, including the three exhibits’ walls, floor, and roof deck, it made for an enormous project.

With projects like these as examples, it’s easy to see why the spray foam industry has experienced unprecedented growth, and it does not look like it will be slowing down anytime soon. 

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