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MnDOT’s Approach to Improving Bridge Maintenance Painting Operations
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 ...
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From Bond Breakers to Sealants: Anathema to Painting of Concrete
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 ...
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SSPC Commercial Coatings Progress Update
The establishment of SSPC’s five commercial coating committees marks a second major expansion of the scope of the Society. Founded in 1950, mainly through the efforts of the American Institute ...
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What You See Isn’t Always What You Get: The Problem with Aesthetics
As a group, coating professionals who deal mainly with industrial coatings generally focus on coating performance — the majority of concern being focusing on a ...
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Diagnosing Failure in Fireproofing [Intumescent Coatings]
The project specification for a recent building addition at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility required that much of the structural steel be fireproofed. Fireproofing in this ...
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Problems with Galvanizing
Hot-dip galvanizing, as the name suggests, consists of dipping pieces of steel into a molten zinc bath. The molten zinc reacts metallurgically with the steel ...
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Improper Selection of a Maintenance Strategy Takes Corrosion Protection from Bad to Worse
When conducting a coating failure investigation, the investigator’s first inquiries should be “What was supposed to be done,” and “Does it make sense?” The answers ...
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