Port Canaveral Tower Explores New Coatings By Stephanie Marie Chizik When Port Canaveral’s new Exploration Tower opened in November 2013, it gave the historic Central Florida spot a new icon.
Avoiding Common Winter Coatings Problems By Warren Brand, Owner of Chicago Corrosion Group, LLC The cold and inclement forecast of winter brings with it a hardship for many people related to the coatings world, including owners, engineers, and architects.
Fresh Ingredients for Farmers Market Roof: SPF and Silicone System By Stephanie Marie Chizik When the Atlanta Farmers Market’s 22-year-old roof started leaking over vendors, goods, and customers, the owners knew that a solution was essential. After all, it wouldn’t be right if the market’s roof was leaking on those famous Georgia peaches
Epoxy Floor Sparkles in Artists’ Center By Jennifer Frakes As a part of the transformation of an abandoned public school building into an affordable haven for aspiring artists in the heart of New York City, Imperial Flooring Systems was tasked with installing an epoxy terrazzo flooring system in the entrance and main corridors of the 116-year-old facility.
Recoat Heats up on Steel Exhaust Stacks By Claire Trageser Industrial Fabrications contacted PennCoat through its website, but when the coatings contractors arrived onsite, they found a few hurdles to overcome on this recoat project.
The Crooked Yardstick: Redefining Success By Gerry Sandusky, Voice of the Baltimore Ravens, Speaker, Corporate Trainer Take inventory of your successes. What comes to mind? The title of your position in your company? How much money you make? The value of your home? An award you won?
Some Like It Geothermal: Power Plant Recoat By Jennifer Frakes When essential components of a large North American geothermal power plant were shown to have major steel loss, HJ3 Composite Technologies, LLC was called to the scene.
One Size Doesn’t Fit All for Roof Recoat By Stephanie Marie Chizik According to RoofCARE’s Marketing Director Jonathan Small, “most roofs that are replaced in this country simply don’t need to be.”
Tank Coatings Outside the Envelope By Stephanie Marie Chizik What do you get when you put a stainless steel tank inside a carbon steel tank? It might sound like a construction-only riddle, but that’s exactly the situation that brought Jim Stotler and his five-person crew to an Iowa jobsite.
Job Opening: “Experience Needed.” Really? By Mel Kleiman, CSP, President of Humetrics Count yourself as fortunate if you’re not among the scores of employers desperately searching to fill the nationwide shortages of truck drivers, nurses, and industrial construction workers. But don’t start feeling smug either.