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Exploring the Wondrous World of Steel

Steel is among the more common substrates a coatings contractor works with, whether it's working on commercial or industrial projects.

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Landmark Makes Airwaves

Located in Holmdel Township, N.J., the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex functioned for 44 years as a research and development facility for innovations in telecom this business is people do all the pretty things - the painting, the sidewalks, the landscape - and they kind of forget about the roof.

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• Leading Edge Safety
• No-Spark Area Recoat
• Improve Online Experience

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Keys to Prep Success

For high-performance coatings applicators, concrete, steel, and roof substrates all have their own intricacies, as do other types of commercial jobs and industrial jobs.

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Concrete Deck Limits

Located in Hays County, south of Austin, Texas, Radha Madhav Dham is one of the largest Hindu temple and ashram complexes in the United States.

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• 2-Coat Tank Overcoat
• Courtside Coating Failure
• Roof Replacement V. Restoration

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NSF 600 Updates

In both the industrial coatings and water infrastructure industries, there has recently been significant buss about upcoming changes to potable water lining standards.

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• Testing Relative Humidity
• Synthetic Fiber Reinforcement

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Active Aircraft Carrier

For Johnny Sanchez, president and owner of Prime Time Coatings Inc. (PTC), being awarded work on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson (Carrier, Volplane, Nuclear, or CVN-70) was a dream of a lifetime.

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• SPF Roof Replacement
• Waterproof Historic Courthouse
• Ongoing Gravity Dam Maintenance

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Stakeholder Discussions

Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist, once said, "It's one thing to feel you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path." In this regard, roof contractors are no different, particularly professional ones with years of experience walking their own paths.

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• Roofing Inspections
• An SPF Restoration

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Prep Work Ramped Up

In early 2021, T.W. Hicks, Inc., was contracted by Teinert Commercial Building Services to install a resinous flooring system for a privately owned aviation hangar in Midland, Texas, known as The Good Shed Hangar.

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• MPI Training Opportunities
• Roller Coaster Color Scheme
• Two Warehouses, One Failed Floor

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Wide World of Equipment

In this ever-evolving world we live in, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest trends.

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• Instruments and Tools

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Helipad Triage

Desert Regional Medical Center sits on the grounds of the former El Mirador Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif.

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• Concrete Floor Failure
• Steel Decking Over Food
• AMPP's Conference Highlights

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Turning Your Online ‘Searcher’ Into a Customer

What do you need today to give you the best chances at turning a “searcher” into a customer?

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• Skilled and “Dirty Job”
• Manhole: Major Deterioration
• Asset Management Prioritization

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Sign, Steel, Deliver

There are a lot of parts and pieces involved in coating one steel substrate. From prep standards to access, from stripe coating to inspection, a steel coating project is anything but formulaic.

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• Blast Helmet Cleanliness
• Failures by Holiday Detectors

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Understanding Quality Processes in Specifications

Quality assurance and quality control are often used interchangeably or combined using the term “QA/QC.”

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• Lead Is Dead—Or is it?
• Office Roof Waterproofing
• Crisis Cashflow Forecasting

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The Constant Need for Surface Prep

There have been a lot of changes the past few years. Between COVID-19, OSHA standards, company mergers and acquisitions, the changes they are plenty.

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• Concrete Surface Profile
• Importance of Steel Prep
• Blasting a Lighthouse

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Nighttime Ground Control

Back in the late 1920s, the city of Los Angeles created its first municipal airport that would connect it to the then-fledging aviation industry.

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• Coating Inspection Checklist
• Productivity Vs. Efficiency
• Marijuana Floor Trouble