ERDC Establishes New Coatings Testing Facilities

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center announced earlier this week that its Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory has created three new testing facilities to test ...

Assessing Highway Infrastructure

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has given America’s civil infrastructure an overall grade of a D+ based on ASCE’s 2013 Report Card, while “Bridges” received only a slightly be...

Coast Guard Cadets Analyze Corrosion Rates

A tank barge sank amid rough seas in Long Island Sound on Jan. 24, 1936, carrying 500,000 gallons of heating oil with it to the bottom of the sea.

True or False: Using an autonomous underwater vehicle, manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced the successful completion of its test for construction site mapping.

Construction workers from which city engaged in protests that ultimately turned violent following the government’s announcement to mandate COVID-19 vaccines?

Research from the University of New South Wales has demonstrated that organic light-emitting diodes can be harnessed to map magnetic fields, which could allow people to use smartphones to easily map fields around them. Do you believe this technology should be utilized on construction sites to better map the area?

Recently Greenpeace protesters were able to access a construction site crane to hang a large poster in Washington D.C. How secure is your construction jobsite?

What are the most important recommendations for ensuring success in field application of reflective roof coatings to aging single-ply roofs? Do these recommendations vary depending on whether the roof is EPDM, TPO, PVC, or some other type of substrate?

Is it necessary to holiday test the interior lining in the vapor phase (roof) of water storage tanks after coating?

Investigating Failure

from JPCL, April 2019

Investigating Failure

from JPCL, June 2018 ; by Cheryl Roberts, KTA-Tator, Inc.

Delamination of Coating from a Ship’s Hull

Free Webinar: Spot QA Assessments

March 26, 2014

Free Webinar: Field Inspection and Repair of Transmission Pipeline Coatings

October 25, 2012

Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.

Standard Practice for Field Identification of Coatings

issued by ASTM

Information about the generic type of coating on a surface is required to select compatible coa...