Keys to a Successful Professional Mentorship By Lei Wang, Adventurer, Motivational Speaker, and Author The key to crafting a successful relationship with a mentor is to look outside the box and identify individuals who can offer the best professional guidance.
Powering Up Battery Charging Area Floor By Stephanie Marie Chizik The client, was opening a new warehouse that was to use fork lifts. And those lifts would need to be charged. A battery charging station equals battery acid. And so the next logical step was install a protective coating system on the new concrete floor.
Back-to-Basics Painting Restores Historic Civil War Home By Ben DuBose Keeping the nearly 200-year-old historic building operational requires major maintenance efforts, considering the desire for the site to accurately reflect its time period.
6 Truths About Workplace Violence By Gary Sheely Knowledge is power. False knowledge exposes everyone to risk. This is especially true when evaluating your workplace for the risk of workplace violence.
Editor’s Pick: South Florida Style for a Town Hall Roof By Jennifer Frakes South Florida is known for its abundant sunshine as well as its intense afternoon rainstorms during the summer months. Put these two weather conditions together with close proximity to the equator, and rooftops can definitely take a beating from Mother Nature.
How a DMS Helps Construction Businesses Go Green By Jesse Wood, CEO of eFileCabinet Document management systems (DMS) help construction businesses go green. While construction is a booming industry, along with many other industries, it has received criticism for not being green enough in the conduct of its business.
Readers’ Choice: Army Base Water Tank Recoat By Ben DuBose When a 10-man crew from coatings contractor Blastco, a T.F. Warren company, arrived at the site in October to recoat both the exterior and interior surfaces of the carbon steel tank, they immediately found a number of unique challenges.
Working Out a Gym’s Epoxy Floor By Stephanie Marie Chizik For many, working out at the gym usually results in being in better shape or higher fitness, but for the four- to six-person crew from Abbruzzese Floors Inc., they got something special out of their gym membership: a coatings job.
Spooky Town: Coating the Walls and Roof of a Mausoleum By Claire Trageser The purpose of the mausoleum was for it to house Miller’s family when they were laid to rest. Only 15 of those crypts were ever occupied, and recently the bodies were moved to a local cemetery. And it was discovered that the 100-year-old structure was in need of protection.
Boston Bridge Party: Coatings Crew Rehabs Historic Connector By Ben DuBose Over a century of operation took a cumulative toll on the original steel substrate. The only minor rehabilitation took place in 1959, with a few lesser emergency repairs in 2002.