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Safety Supplement 2016

Featured Article

Priority #1 on the Job

Jobsite safety is always a hot button topic in the coatings industry for many reasons.

In This Issue

  • Mitigate Hazards
  • Top to Bottom PPE
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May 2016

Featured Article

Finish Line Approaching Fast! On Bridge Recoat

A few bumps on the road couldn't keep this contractor from completing the recoating of this 64-year old drawbridge.

In This Issue

  • Branding Attitude
  • Outreach Blueprint
  • Concrete Floor Haven
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Surface Prep Supplement 2016

Featured Article

It's All About the Prep: Coating Success with Proper Surface Preparation

If coatings contractors have heard it once, they've heard it a million times – proper surface preparation is absolutely imperative to the success of each and every coatings job.

In This Issue

  • Roof Prep Success
  • Blasting Protection
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March 2016

Featured Article

Balancing Beam: Time, Skills and a PFP System

Expansions at a petrochemical facility required a special passive fire protection coating applied in-shop and in the field

In This Issue

  • Variables in Roof Safety
  • Fracking on the High Seas
  • Cost of Lost Tools
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Concrete Covered Supplement 2016

Featured Article

The Low Down on Concrete: Working with One of the Most Popular Building Materials

Take a look around–concrete is everywhere!

In This Issue

  • Proper Concrete Joint Repair
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January 2016

Featured Article

Concrete Coatings Kings

The rehab of a historic building in L.A. included the coating of a top level of the parking garage. Find our how these contractors handled the heat.

In This Issue

  • Top Talent Needed!
  • Safety for Inspectors
  • Your Online Reputation
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November 2015

Featured Article

Peak Performance: Coating a Natural Gas Power Plant

They go by many names: peaking power plants, peaker plants, and sometimes just peakers. But there is no change in the important role these power plants play.

In This Issue

  • Choosing & Using Fire Protection
  • Training Ops for Roofers
  • Coating Spec Updates
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September 2015

Featured Article

Concrete Floor Gamble

Indiana Grand Racing & Casino was about to gamble big! The problem started when faint cracks began appearing on its 10-year-old, 23,000-square-foot floor.

In This Issue

  • Update: OSHA's Confined Space
  • Social Media Conversation
  • Holiday Break Work?
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July 2015

Featured Article

Clip In and Hang On! Superdome Roof Job

This New Orleans icon didn't need to be recoated but getting one made sense. And this super crew made it work!

In This Issue

  • Surface Prep Failures
  • Coating Plaza Decks
  • Profits By The Numbers
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May 2015

Featured Article

Inner City Bridge Recaot

Recoating a throughway in Cumberland, MD. included several challenges: pedestrians and neighbors, lead contamination, and cold weather.

In This Issue

  • Market Existing Customers
  • Hazard Updates
  • Start in Contracting
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March 2015

Featured Article

Polyurea Crew Waterproofs Monumental Land Bridge

With a backdrop as famous as the St. Louis Arch, finding the right coatings system for the new concrete deck on this project was crucial.

In This Issue

  • About the "Job Walk"
  • Concrete Slab Curled
  • Confined Space PPE
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January 2015

Featured Article

Concrete Parking: Upscale Upgrade

A zip code means a lot when you're coating nine parking decks in the 90210 that remained open for business during the rehab.

In This Issue

  • Roof Transformed With SPF
  • After the OSHA Inspection
  • Website and Consumers

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November 2014

Featured Article

Coatings: Worlds of Fun

A three-coat system on the inside and another three-coat system on the outside of the Worlds of Fun tank in Kansas City meant one unique project multiplied.

In This Issue

  • Coatings Failures: Human Nature
  • Lease V. Loan Equipment
  • Regaining Lost Profits

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September 2014

Featured Article

Ganger Floor Reloaded

When a Coast Guard helicopter sniper squadron in Florida needed a new coating on a World War II-era floor, they called in the professionals.

In This Issue

  • Paint Police Or Paint Umpires?
  • Polyurethanes On Steel
  • Building Safety Culture
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July 2014

Featured Article

New Tanks for Wastewater Plant

When 1.3 million residents are depending on a wastewater treatment plant upgrade, it's important to call in the right coatings and applicator for the job!

In This Issue

  • Specifiers: The Next Generation
  • Updates In Sustainability
  • Seattle Goes Green

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