Industry Players Team Up for Sustainable Painting

In a recent emailed press release, the British Coatings Federation and the Painting and Decoration Association announced that together they have produced a video guide for sustainable painti...

ASCC Creates Concrete Sustainability Hotline

The American Society of Concrete Contractors (St. Louis) recently announced via emailed release that it has established a member hotline for answering questions about concrete construction s...

CPIA Releases Leadership Conference Schedule

The Commercial Painting Industry Association has recently unveiled the finishing touches on the schedule for the Third Annual CPIA Leadership Conference and TPC Connect: Commercial Painting.

Wet, Dry, Other: A Surface Prep Primer

by Lee Wilson

There is a vast rage of surface preparation methods widely used within the industry t...

Dusting Off an Old Standard

by Lee Wilson

Coatings generally fail in direct proportion to their lack of adhesion. It’s rather s...

The Associated Builders and Contractors reported its Construction Backlog Indicator numbers, revealing an increase to 9.3 months, with backlog gains concentrated in what category?

ASTM International’s concrete and concrete aggregates committee is developing a standard to evaluate what aspect of fiber-reinforced concrete?

ASTM International announced it would develop a proposed standard for fiber-reinforced concrete to give the engineering community the data needed to measure tensile strength. While it was reported that the use of fiber reinforcement has been “limited,” do you believe fiber-reinforced concrete will become more widely used in the construction industry within the next decade?

Chicago City Council recently passed its 2022 Energy Transformation Code, making the city one of the first major U.S. cities and the first city in Illinois to adopt and exceed the 2021 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code. Do you think other cities will follow suit for decarbonization?

In what type of environment is the use of a vapor-impermeable air/moisture barrier recommended? Are there guidelines or standards to help determine this?

I keep reading references to sweep blasting, but I can't find a standard for it. What is sweep blasting, and is there a standard for it in the U.S. or elsewhere?

Guide to Coatings Industry Resource Groups: Directory of Associations

from JPCL, July 2022

This directory offers a glimpse of the most notable coatings industry and related ass...

SSPC News

from JPCL, November 2019

How This Water/Wastewater Hosted Buyer Event Can Boost Your Business

This webinar will share vital information on TPC Connect: Water & Wastewater, a three-day hosted buyer event that brings together qualified specifiers and buyers (municipalities...

Sneak Peek at the Third Annual CPIA Leadership Conference and TPC Connect: Commercial Painting

Peek behind the curtains at our biggest event of 2023, to be held September 11-14 at the iconic Wrigley Field in Chicago.

In this short webinar, we’ll share valuabl...

CoatingsTech

June 26 - June 27, 2023

AMPP Annual Conference + Expo

March 19 - March 23, 2023

Coatings Summit 2022

December 5 - December 7, 2022

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.

Paint 44, Liquid-Applied Organic Polymeric Coatings and Linings for Concrete Structures in Municipal Wastewater Facilities, Performance-Based

issued by SSPC

This new standard establishes minimum performance standards for coatings used over concrete in ...

Standard Guide for Preparation, Maintenance, and Distribution of Physical Product Standards for Color and Geometric Appearance of Coatings

issued by ASTM

This guide covers three levels of physical product standards (preparation, maintenance, and dis...

Standard Practice for Testing Water Resistance of Coatings in 100% Relative Humidity

issued by ASTM

Water can cause the degradation of coatings, so knowledge of how a coating resists water is hel...