by Emily Newton
Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) join two similar or dissimilar components togethe...
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by Alex Thrasher
Quality control programs and reporting are nothing new to the protective coatings ind...
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by Robert Ikenberry
I’m not a fan of spot abrasive blasting for repairs on existing structures. Don’t get...
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by Warren Brand
When I started my corrosion mitigation consulting firm in 2010, I had one fundamental...
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by Kevin Guth
If we are going to rely on environmental sampling to measure impact associated with a...
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by Lee Wilson
Health and safety in the corrosion-control industry has always been a major priority ...
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by Kevin Guth
Whether it is lack of training, general apathy on the topic from those impacted in th...
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by Kevin Guth
Most painting firms that I have encountered concentrate their control efforts on prot...
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by Lee Wilson
I have always expressed my concerns in regard to the health and safety of offshore wo...
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by Kevin Guth
There are potential risks associated with specifying design ventilation flow rates th...
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by Lee Wilson
There is a vast rage of surface preparation methods widely used within the industry t...
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by Lee Wilson
Coatings generally fail in direct proportion to their lack of adhesion. It’s rather s...
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by Robert Ikenberry
Just as realtors say, "Location, location, location," bridge-painting jobs should hav...
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by Robert Ikenberry
Typically, the two biggest costs for projects involving abatement of hazardous paint ...
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by Eric J. Conn
On January 17, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new Walking-...
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by Lee Wilson
What is stopping dry ice blasting from becoming a more prevalent method of surface pr...
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by Kevin Coleman
At the same time coatings have advanced, the equipment to apply them has evolved as w...
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by Lee Wilson
Why, when the joint standards supply so much more information, are specifiers still c...
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by Lee Wilson
How does a SSPC/NACE joint standard on surface preparation differ from the equivalent...
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by Letsfixconstruction.com
When you think about painting drywall in commercial structures, everyone is a critic ...
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by Patrick Harmon
When it comes to sandblasting, the blast nozzle you use is critical. Blast nozzle sel...
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by Michael Halliwell
I recently took the time to look at the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administr...
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by Warren Brand
It brought down both Space Shuttles, is responsible for the disaster at Deepwater Hor...
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by Robert Ikenberry
I think we should have a new way of looking at quality. We don’t have to settle for “...
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by Robert J. Kobet, AIA
Sick building syndrome had recently emerged as a collision between efforts to make bu...
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by Patrick Harmon
As a contractor, the speed at which you can prep a surface or remove contaminants can...
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by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
Roofs fail prematurely or fail to reach their rated life of approximately 20 years fo...
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by Patrick Harmon
Many manufacturers face the challenge of product piling up around their painting depa...
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by Warren Brand
I was 18 and SCUBA diving off a pristine, white, sandy beach in the Red Sea. My dive-...
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by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
An assessment of a concrete structure to evaluate existing conditions and determine c...
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by Michael Halliwell
As anyone who reads my blog knows, my job involves sampling paints for lead, conducti...
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by Eric J. Conn
In what can only be viewed as another example of OSHA’s inability to effectively adva...
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by Warren Brand
It was early spring of 2007 when my old coating company got the call from Grainger Wo...
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by Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
Stone, in general, is considered a durable material; however, not all stones are as d...
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by Patrick Harmon
Electrostatic painting is often not well understood in the paint and coatings industr...
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by Michael Halliwell
A recent article in The Globe and Mail brought to light a disturbing trend in work-re...
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by Patrick Harmon
I was recently with a customer who wanted to reduce solvent use. His company currentl...
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by Warren Brand
There’s a concept in martial arts that the first time a student sees a
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by Warren Brand
The three-hour drive through the scrub of the Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin...
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by Lee Wilson
As I have stated time and time again, if a protective coating does not stick to the s...
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by Warren Brand
When I was nine or 10, my summers were spent with gun-toting workmen, driving around ...
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by Michael Halliwell
As many of you know, my involvement with the coatings industry is not on the applicat...
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by Lee Wilson
I recently returned from inspecting a high-profile gas plant being developed by a maj...
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by Cynthia O'Malley
Where are the women in coatings, and why aren’t there more of them?
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by Eric J. Conn
Fall hazards are always among the top Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
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by Warren Brand
Over 30 years in the industry, I’ve been on most sides of many paint issues. I’ve own...
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by Jill Pilaroscia
Apps, apps, apps! We are surrounded by them. They fill up our phones and tablets, and...
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by Michael Halliwell
Any time that one is working bridge rehabilitation, there are certain hazards that sh...
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by Jill M. Speegle
It’s difficult to imagine a house more connected to its landscape than this desert ab...
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by Michael Halliwell
Our job sites have sure changed over the last 15 years or so. Many things that were o...
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by Warren Brand
Thanks to everyone for reading, thinking about and commenting on my last blog on the ...
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by Simon Hope
Life is great, things progress, and every day a shiny new techno-toy arrives to make ...
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by Robert Ikenberry
It’s time to talk about climate change—and I don’t mean arguing about whether it’s ha...
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by Simon Hope
Having dispensed with human competence, can we hope for any better from its inanimate...
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by Tim Race
Ever hear anyone state with great authority that you can't know what surface preparat...
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by Burt Olhiser
Coating new concrete is a simple matter, correct? All you need to do is use a manufac...
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by Karen Kapsanis
I wouldn’t call it a scam or a lie or even an intention to mislead. “It” is the lang...
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by Simon Hope
Over the years, I have watched all sorts of wonderful ideas come and go—many of them ...
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by Karen Kapsanis
Maybe you’ve had this experience, too: I have a hard time forgetting accidents that h...
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by Karen Kapsanis
Although I don’t see offshore oil platforms around Pittsburgh, rarely pass storage ta...
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by Tim Race
In 1973, I was playing baseball for Parkside High School Eagles with Tony Dungy. That...
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by Robert Ikenberry
Recently, when I took my annual C5 refresher, I was reminded that the OSHA Lead in Co...
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by Pamela Simmons
The terms, green and sustainable are thrown around rampantly these days...
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by Burt Olhiser
This is the first in what will be an ongoing series of columns in Durability + Des...
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by Burt Olhiser
I recently had occasion to become one of the wandering lost souls in a Big-Box DIY st...
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by Burt Olhiser
During my years of contracting I loved most everything about my career choice, with o...
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by Burt Olhiser
How are you generating new business—by word of mouth? By online advertising? By listi...
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by Burt Olhiser
Some paint jobs are recipes for disaster-for both the contractor and the facility own...
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