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Rehabbing Concrete Floors: Coat, Cover, or Polish?
June 20, 2016
Concrete is the most commonly and widely used construction material for commercial building floors. While the decision to specify concrete is an easy one, the ...
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Painting Bolted Connections for Bridges
June 14, 2016
High-strength bolts have been used to assemble steel structures for over 60 years, supported by research conducted by the Research Council on Riveted and Bolted ...
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[VIDEO] Verification of Accuracy Of Type 2 Gauges According To SSPC PA-2 & ASTM D7091
June 13, 2016
Type 2 Dry Film Thickness Gauge – Verification of Accuracy [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5WucAibO9s[/embedyt] Join KTAGage’s Matt Fajt for an explanation on Verification of Accuracy in relation to ...
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Treating Exterior Concrete Walls with Coatings
June 7, 2016
Concrete is widely used in commercial building construction and is present in a number of forms: poured concrete, tilt-up concrete and concrete masonry units (CMU). ...
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Are You Compliant with OSHA Top Ten? [Worker Safety and Health]
May 28, 2016
Every fall, OSHA publishes a list of the Top 10 most frequently cited standards from the previous fiscal year (October 1 through September 30), as ...
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Selecting Coatings for Hospitals by Service Area
May 22, 2016
Coatings used in hospitals and healthcare facilities must be kept clean, which typically requires frequent scrubbing and disinfecting. These coatings must therefore be resistant to ...
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KTA-Tator, Inc. Announces Promotions
May 19, 2016
Press Release KTA-Tator, Inc. Announces Promotions With an eye on the future KTA implements succession plan Pittsburgh, May 19, 2016: KTA-Tator, Inc., a 67-year-old coatings ...
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Major Consequences of Minor Defects in Exterior Pipeline Coatings
May 19, 2016
A minor defect in an exterior pipeline coating can have huge consequences. Consider the fire from the Spectra Energy 30” buried pipeline in Salem Township, ...
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F-Files: Mechanisms of Failure- Failure at the Jail
May 15, 2016
This article describes the failure of coatings applied to the concrete floors of a county detention facility. The structure is a multistory building with modular ...
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