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delamination on top surface
Buildings

Rehabbing Concrete Floors: Coat, Cover, or Polish?

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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bolted connections
Bridges

Painting Bolted Connections for Bridges

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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Type 2 dry film thickness gauge
Coating Standards

[VIDEO] Verification of Accuracy Of Type 2 Gauges According To SSPC PA-2 & ASTM D7091

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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concrete wall coatings
Buildings

Treating Exterior Concrete Walls with Coatings

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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osha violation
Health & Safety

Are You Compliant with OSHA Top Ten? [Worker Safety and Health]

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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coatings for hospital
Buildings

Selecting Coatings for Hospitals by Service Area

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 Announcement

KTA-Tator, Inc. Announces Promotions

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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fusion bonded epoxy coating
Coating Failure

Major Consequences of Minor Defects in Exterior Pipeline Coatings

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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Buildings

F-Files: Mechanisms of Failure- Failure at the Jail

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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