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Preparing and Lining Concrete for Immersion Service: Steps and Procedures to Avoid Failures

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Corrosion Reported on New Bay Bridge

Cable sections supporting the $6.4 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay...read | comment

Crashes Hit 45% of Work Zones

Nearly half of U.S. highway contractors report that their work zones...read | comment

Retailers, PPG Sign Private-Label Deal

An alliance of independent North American paint dealers has agreed...read | comment

Training Bulletin: Power Tool Cleaning

Surface preparation is the most important factor in a successful...read | comment

R Bullard on Contractors Act to Avert Labor Pinch
Not a word about what the unions are doing. It sounds like the AGC is the...
B Strouth on Lead Makes Veneration Risky Business
The coalition asked them “to substitute unleaded paints for leaded ones”? D...
B Russell on Corrosion Reported on New Bay Bridge
Inspection Firm & inspectors on this project ???????
T Rangus on Crashes Hit 45% of Work Zones
“57 percent blamed cost.” So I guess they weigh the value of a human life...
c atkins on Corrosion Reported on New Bay Bridge
we used corrosion inhibitor on a retrofit dehumidification option. has the...
T Rangus on A Tough Cell: Navy Seeks Prison Rehab
Considering the four conditions, I wonder what they would have to do turn t...
C F. on Contractor Liable for Trapped Worker
Mr. Trevino’s veiled defense of an irresponsible employer who has to its cr...
K Fischer on California is weighing a bill that would hold contractors liable for wages, taxes and workers comp shortchanged by subcontractors and temp agencies. Good idea or bad idea?
The government forces you, on certain contracts, to hire a certain percenta...
K Fischer on Contractor Liable for Trapped Worker
Mike, that is my question exactly... why would anyone enter a tank of hot a...
H Garey on CA Slashes VOC Limits in Paint Thinner, Solvents
I am interested in viable solvents for aliphatic and aromatic PU coatings t...

Retailers, PPG Sign Private-Label Deal

Apr 15, 2014

Concrete Sealer Protects Exteriors

Apr 14, 2014

What are the significant performance differences between an inorganic zinc primer (ethyl silicate) and an organic zinc primer (epoxy), given the same application and exposure conditions?

Apr 14, 2014

Making Roofs Both Cool and Colorful

Apr 11, 2014

‘Smart Concrete’ May Outlive Us All

Apr 11, 2014

Safety in Abrasive Blasting

Apr 2, 2014

ACA Launches Education Tools

Mar 27, 2014

Coatings Get Rad at RadTech

Mar 11, 2014

Polyurea/Foam Sprayer Gets a Makeover

Mar 6, 2014

GM Spends $1.2B on New Paint Plants

Mar 5, 2014

5 Minutes to a Better Surface Profile

Apr 14, 2014

Surface Profile

Apr 11, 2014

Wet Blaster Offers 2-Gun Motion

Apr 9, 2014

When a food plant runs 24/7, even during coating maintenance, tiny airborne food particles can contaminate a prepared surface. How do you identify, prevent and/or remove such contamination before coating?

Apr 7, 2014

Safety in Abrasive Blasting

Apr 2, 2014

Q-Lab Unveils 3 Corrosion Test Units

Apr 8, 2014

‘Solutions’ That Also Teach Lessons

Mar 25, 2014

Deep-Sea Pipes Get Medical Touch

Mar 10, 2014

What do you do when the surface profile is higher than the dry film thickness of the specified primer?

Mar 10, 2014

‘Extensive Cracking’ Closes New Stadium

Mar 5, 2014

Paint Firm Funds Exorcism Ritual

Apr 11, 2014

Severe Injuries to Cost Company $185K

Apr 10, 2014

Hospital Cleanup Draws $2.3M Fine

Apr 9, 2014

PA Orders Vast Impoundment Closed

Apr 8, 2014

PG&E Faces 12 Felony Counts for Blast

Apr 7, 2014

Corrosion Reported on New Bay Bridge

Apr 15, 2014

Audit Bashes Louisiana Bridge Checks

Apr 14, 2014

A Tough Cell: Navy Seeks Prison Rehab

Apr 14, 2014

DBE Fraud Costs Company $2.4M

Apr 11, 2014

Bill Hooks Contractors for Sub Pay

Apr 9, 2014

Free Video Covers Ambient Conditions

Mar 31, 2014

EPA Seeks Entries for Green Challenge

Mar 25, 2014

Plan for Chemical Hit List Sparks Heat

Mar 24, 2014

How does abrasive recycling affect cleaning rates when steel is blast-cleaned in the field?

Mar 24, 2014

CA Targeting Stripper, Foam Chemicals

Mar 19, 2014

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