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MnDOT’s Approach to Improving Bridge Maintenance Painting Operations

Bridges, Coating Assessment, Inspection, Maintenance Painting / By

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) conducted a one-day seminar on bridge maintenance painting strategy and project design in May of 2013. One outcome of that seminar was the realization that MnDOT needed a more uniform method to rate the condition of coatings statewide during biennial bridge safety (in conjunction with the new AASHTO Manual […]

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From Bond Breakers to Sealants: Anathema to Painting of Concrete

Buildings, Coating Assessment, Coating Failure, Coatings, Commercial, Concrete Walls / By

Concrete is a very utilitarian construction material used to create highways; bridge decks; construction blocks; tilt-up wall panels; floors on grade or elevation; tanks; secondary containment structures; kitchen countertops; textured, stamped or molded reliefs; and more … amazing. Consider the overall “natural” appearance of concrete and how dull it would be if all concrete structures were available

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