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 Hot Cajun cuisine, cool jazz ... and SSPC in January in New Orleans - the Big Easy!

What could be a better combination to start the New Year? As President of the SSPC Board of Governors this year, it is my
pleasure to invite you to join us for the 2018 Annual Meeting and Convention. Along with the good food and fun, we can
expect to learn whats new in the protective coatings industry.
SSPC 2018, will be held January 15th 18th, 2018, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The meeting, as always, will include innovative technical presentations, exciting networking events, state-of-the-art training
programs, and an action-packed exhibit hall. In fact, everything you will need to help you meet your personal and professional
goals in the protective coatings industry for 2018 and beyond!
The 2018 conference highlights will include:
Exhibit Hall with 140+ exhibitors, where you can interact directly with industry suppliers of abrasives, protective coatings,
application equipment, inspection equipment, professional services, and much more. See SSPC2018.com/exhibit for
further details.
Training, with 30+ programs, developed to help train coating professionals, including blasters and painters, inspectors,
consultants, engineers, and facility-owners in many aspects of our ever-evolving coatings industry. See SSPC2018.com/
training to find training courses that are helpful to you and your organization.
Technical Program, with 100+ speakers, including lectures, discussion panels and demonstrations, all focused on specific
themes. See SSPC2018.com/tech-program for further details.
Young Professionals programs are planned this year that will feature activities aimed at helping younger members of our
industry make progress in their careers and allow them the forum to bring their perspectives and new technology solutions
to move our industry forward into the future.
Committee Meetings: During our annual conference, SSPC Technical Committees will meet to discuss progress related to
development of standards, technical guidelines, etc. SSPC strongly encourages member participation in the work of these
committees for which more information can be found by visiting sspc.org/std-comm-mem.
Student Poster Session: Now a feature event at the annual meeting - interested students and education professionals will
once again take this opportunity to present the latest research and technology concepts being studied in our coatings
industry. We hope you will take a few minutes to stop by and discuss this important new work with our presenters they
will surely appreciate your interest.
Although there will be no formal SSPC-planned Guest Tours this year, SSPC staff at the convention will nevertheless
provide a selection of sightseeing and visitor activity options available in and around New Orleans during the convention
week.
It is a great honor for me to invite you to visit SSPC 2018 in New Orleans one of my personal favorite
cities in all the world. Im looking forward to mixing some business and learning with some serious
attention paid to a few crawdads and alligator sausage bites along the way maybe also with a late
evening visit to the Preservation Hall What a great way to start 2018 please join us just dont
miss it!
Sincerely,

Brian Skerry
SSPC President

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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PRESIDENTS INVITATION...........................4
PRICING, DATES & TIMES...........................5-6
ACTIVITIES.................................................7-8
TECHNICAL PROGRAM...............................9-32
EXHIBITOR LIST..........................................33-34
EXHIBITOR INFORMATION..........................35
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION...................37-41
BOARD OF GOVERNORS/COMMITTEES.......43
REGISTRATION INFORMATION....................44
SPONSOR INFORMATION...........................45
HOTEL INFORMATION.................................46
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CONFERENCE
PRICING Early Bird Pre-Show Onsite
FULL CONFERENCE By 11/9/17 11/9 - 12/4 After 12/4
Member $550 $650 $750
Member Additional Employee $450 $550 $650
Join & Save - Member $650 $750 $850
Join & Save - Mem. Additional Employee $550 $650 $750
Non-Member $750 $850 $950
Qualified Student $0 $0 $0
ONE DAY REGISTRATION (must select one day only)
Member $225 $325 $375
Non-Member $325 $425 $475
THREE DAY EXHIBIT ONLY
Member or Non-Member $175 $175 $175
SINGLE DAY EXHIBIT ONLY (must select one day only)
Member or Non-Member $75 $75 $75
GUEST/SPOUSE REGISTRATION * $200 $250 $300
EVENTS **
Awards Lunch (Monday, 1/15/18) $50 $50 $50
* Guest Registration includes access to the exhibit hall and all social events.
Guest registration is only available to those who accompany a registrant
that has a full conference registration.
** Awards Lunch is included with the purchase of Full Conference or Guest/
Spouse Registration. If you have not registered in one of these categories
but want to attend this event, you must purchase a ticket.
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 Daily Schedule
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14
12:00 PM 4:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open
MONDAY, JANUARY 15
7:00 AM 6:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open
8:00 AM 11:00 AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posters Installation
8:00 AM 5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibitor Move In
8:30 AM 10:00 AM . . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
11:30 AM 1:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Awards Lunch
1:30 PM 4:30 PM . . . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
2:00 PM 3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annual Meeting
5:30 PM 7:30 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Welcome Reception
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16
7:00 AM 7:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open
7:00 AM 3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibitor Move In
8:30 AM 10:00 AM . . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
10:30 AM 12:30 PM. . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
1:30 PM 4:30 PM . . . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
5:00 PM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall Ribbon Cutting
5:00 PM 8:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . .Exhibit Hall Reception
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17
7:00 AM 5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open
8:30 AM 9:30 AM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mini Sessions
10:00 AM 12:00 PM. . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
11:00 AM 4:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 AM 1:00 PM . . . . Complimentary Lunch in Exhibit Hall
3:00 PM 5:00 PM . . . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18
7:00 AM 2:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Registration Open
8:30 AM 9:30 AM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mini Sessions
10:00 AM 12:00 PM. . . . . . Concurrent Technical Sessions
10:00 AM 3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibit Hall Open
11:30 AM 1:00 PM . . . . Complimentary Lunch in Exhibit Hall
3:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posters Removal
3:00 PM 7:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exhibitor Move Out
7:00 PM 9:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closing Party
EXHIBIT HALL DATES & TIMES
Tuesday, January 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
Wednesday, January 17. . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 AM 4:00 PM
Thursday, January 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 AM 3:00 PM
REGISTRATION DATES & TIMES
Sunday January 14. . . . . . . . . . 12:00 PM 4:00 PM
Monday, January 15 . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 AM 6:00 PM
Tuesday, January 16. . . . . . . . . . 7:00 AM 7:00 PM
Wednesday, January 17. . . . . . . . 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
Thursday, January 18 . . . . . . . . . 7:00 AM 2:00 PM

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Conference activities
AWARDS LUNCH
MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 11:30 AM 1:00 PM
Join SSPC President Brian Skerry, SSPC Executive Director Bill
Worms, the Board of Governors, and your peers as we honor the
2017 award recipients. Among the Awards to be presented are:
THE WILLIAM JOHNSON AWARD for an outstanding
achievement demonstrating aesthetic merit in industrial
coatings work.
THE E. CRONE KNOY AWARD that recognizes outstanding
achievement in commercial coatings work.
THE CHARLES G. MUNGER AWARD for an outstanding
industrial or commercial project demonstrating longevity of
the original coating.
THE GEORGE CAMPBELL AWARD that recognizes a single
outstanding achievement in the completion of a difficult or
complex industrial coatings project.
THE MILITARY COATINGS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE for
exceptional coatings work performed on U.S. military ships,
structures or facilities.
THE ERIC S. KLINE AWARD for an outstanding achievement
in industrial coatings work performed in a fixed shop facility.
The project can be repair work or new construction.
THE SSPC COATINGS INDUSTRY SPIRIT AWARD for
recognition of a coatings project that demonstrates
extraordinary service benefiting a community or the
industry.
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THE SSPC HONORARY LIFE MEMBER AWARD recognizing
extraordinary contribution and long-term activity on behalf
of SSPC.
JOHN D. KEANE AWARD OF MERIT, named for SSPCs
executive director from 1957 to 1984, acknowledges
outstanding leadership and significant contribution to the
development of the protective coatings industry and to
SSPC.
THE SSPC COATINGS EDUCATION AWARD for significant
development and dissemination of education material and
technical information relating to protective coatings and
their application.
THE SSPC TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizing
outstanding service, leadership and contribution to the
SSPC technical committees.
WOMEN IN COATINGS IMPACT AWARD was established
to recognize women in the coatings industry who have
contributed to creating a positive impact on the culture of
the industry.
PRESIDENTS LECTURE SERIES AWARD is presented to
papers handpicked by the SSPC President and chosen for
their reflection of the coatings industry and profession.
THE JPCL EDITORS AWARDS for outstanding papers
published in JPCL.
THE SSPC OUTSTANDING PUBLICATION AWARD presented
to the author(s) of the best technical paper or presentation.
SSPC OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARDS, presented to the
Outstanding North America Chapter and the Outstanding
International Chapter. Chapters are evaluated on the overall
operation of the chapter and the creativity and quality of the
events that they hold each year.
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 Conference activities
ANNUAL MEETING
Monday, January 15, 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
Monday, January 15, 5:30 PM 7:30 PM
EXHIBIT HALL RECEPTION
Tuesday, January 16, 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
Dont miss the Ribbon Cutting at 5:00 and the opportunity to be
among the first to visit the exhibit hall!
LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
Wednesday, January 17, 11:30 AM 1:00 PM
Thursday, January 18, 11:30 AM 1:00 PM
SSPC and sponsors invite you to complimentary lunches in the
Exhibit Hall. Pick up lunch tickets at the ribbon kiosk at registration.
MEGA RUST MID-YEAR FOLLOW UP
Wednesday, January 17, 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
The mid-year follow up to the Mega Rust 2017 Conference is
scheduled to be part of SSPC 2018. Held this past June in Newport
News, VA, Mega Rust provides a consolidated focus on Naval
corrosion issues. The meeting scheduled for SSPC 2018 is designed
to continue the discussions on key corrosion issues concerning the
Navy enterprise, generate questions and talking points for potential
presenters at Mega Rust 2018, discuss the meeting theme, and draft
the conference agenda. If interested in participating, please email
ASNE at: MegaRust@navalengineers.org.
CLOSING PARTY
Thursday, January 18, 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Back by popular demand! Join your friends new and old, and
prepare for the return to work, full of information, industry news, and
contacts made during the week.
POSTER SESSION
Tuesday, January 16, 3:00 PM 4:00 PM
Wednesday, January 17, 10:00 AM 11:00 AM
One of the goals of SSPC is to bring more young people into the
organization. The Poster Session provides a forum for college
students and young professionals to participate in the conference.
This year prizes will awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place posters.
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FACILITY OWNERS BREAKFAST AND PEER
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION SESSION
Tuesday, January 16, 7:30 AM 10:00 AM
Facility owners are invited for a complimentary breakfast to
thank them for their commitment to SSPC standards and quality
programs for their industrial coating projects.
Peer technical discussion session will follow breakfast. This
is an opportunity for facility owners to share in an open forum
discussion, best practices and solutions related to industrial
coatings, surface preparation, new technologies, assets life cycle
extension, and budget efficiencies. Facility Owners RSVP is
appreciated.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
SSPC NBPI INSTRUCTOR MEETING
Tuesday, January 16, 9:00 AM 10:00 AM
All SSPC approved NBPI Instructors are encouraged to attend this
meeting.
SSPC INSTRUCTOR MEETING (OPEN MEETING FOR APPROVED
SSPC INSTRUCTORS)
Wednesday, January 17, 12:30 PM 1:30 PM
SSPC Instructors will meet to discuss initiatives for 2018 and to
brainstorm to improve SSPC training.
JOINT MEETING OF SSPC EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTOR
COMMITTEES (INVITATION ONLY)
Thursday, January 18, 1:30 PM 3:30 PM
The committee will discuss recommendations regarding the
improvement of educational curriculum and training delivery
processes and procedures.
SSPC VIDEO PROCEEDINGS
Whenever you see this icon next to a session title, that
means there will be Video Proceedings taped during that
presentation.
If youve never attended the SSPC conference or participated in
the technical program, you can see what youve been missing by
watching the SSPC 2017 Video Proceedings.
Access them FREE at: paintsquare.com/sspcvideoproceedings.
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Technical program
SESSIONS IN THIS TECHNICAL PROGRAM MAY CHANGE BEFORE THE START OF SSPC 2018.

MONDAY MORNING | P. 10 WEDNESDAY MORNING | P. 23

SESSION 1: Surface Preparation: The Foundation of Every SESSION 1: Mini Session: AASHTOs National Transportation
Coating Project, Part I Product Evaluation Program for Concrete Coating Systems
SESSION 2: Protecting Ships and Marine Structures, Part I Special Feature Session

SESSION 3: Tank Linings
SESSION 4: Understanding Application Techniques
MONDAY AFTERNOON | P. 13
SESSION 1: Workshop: An In-depth Look at Standards
Frequently Encountered by Industrial Painters
SESSION 2: Workshop: New Technology: Coatings Inspection
Instrumentation
SESSION 2: Mini Session: Organizing and Deploying Volunteers
to Preserve Historic Army Tanks for a Military Museum
SESSION 3: Mini Session: Within the Range
SESSION 4: Mini Session: Bridge Brothers: The Documentary
WEDNESDAY MID-DAY | P. 24
SESSION 1: Failure Panel: Exploring Differing Views on Causes
of Coating Failures

GREENCOAT SESSION 3: Environmental, Health, and Safety SESSION 2: Bridge Painting & Protection, Part II
Regulations, Part I SESSION 3: Instrumentation
TUESDAY MORNING | P. 15 SESSION 4: Wastewater Coating Challenges and Solutions
SESSION 1: Workshop: Successful Surface Preparation of WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON | P. 27
Hot-Dip Galvanized Iron and Steel and Hardware Surfaces for
SESSION 1: Standards
Painting
SESSION 2: SSPC 2018 Coating Inspectors Forum
SESSION 2: Power
SESSION 3: Defending Against Corrosion in the Military
SESSION 3: Inspection: Assuring Performance and Quality
SESSION 4: Leadership
SESSION 4: Workshop: Preparation for SSPC QP3 Shop
Certification THURSDAY MORNING | P. 29
TUESDAY MID-DAY | P. 16 SESSION 1: Mini Session: Advanced Plasma Solutions
SESSION 1: Workshop: The Great Escape: A Coating Failure SESSION 2: Mini Session: Tolerant Coatings for Intolerant
Investigation Workshop Situations: Selecting Protective Coatings for Adverse
Conditions
SESSION 2: Concrete Protection Solutions
SESSION 3: Mini Session: Watching Paint Dry: It is Not as
SESSION 3: Protecting Ships and Marine Structures, Part II
Simple as it Sounds
SESSION 4: Bridge Painting and Protection, Part I
SESSION 4: Mini Session: Electronic Inspection Equipment for
TUESDAY AFTERNOON | P. 20 Capturing and Reporting Coating Applications
SESSION 1: Workshop: Considerations When Specifying THURSDAY MID-DAY | P. 30
Protective Coatings
SESSION 1: Workshop: Respirators - Whats Needed for an
SESSION 2: Surface Preparation: The Foundation of Every OSHA Respirator Program
Coating Project, Part II
SESSION 2: Coating Types, Part II
SESSION 3: Coating Types, Part I
SESSION 3: Nuclear
GREENCOAT SESSION 4: Environmental, Health, and Safety
SESSION 4: Corrosion, Corrosion, Corrosion!
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MONDAY
MORNING
JANUARY 15TH
SESSION 1: SURFACE
PREPARATION: THE FOUNDATION
OF EVERY COATING PROJECT,
PART I
Shop Based Abrasive Blasting
and Painting: Cost Reduction
and Code Compliance
Presenter(s): Brian Kenimer, BlastOne
International
Description: Discussion around the basics of
shop-based air powered abrasive blasting and
painting, some of the criteria which should be
considered when choosing a surface preparation
method and ways to reduce costs associated with
this process. Nationally Recognized Codes and
Industry Best Practices are often circumvented
in the name of tradition or cost savings- but the
results of these choices can be very harmful. The
conversation will be centered around taking steps
to maintain compliance, while increasing profits
in the process. There will also be an introduction
of automation in air abrasive blasting through
robotics which will include areas of opportunity
for this technology and how to determine if it is
correct for your application.
Profile or Roughness,
Which Is It?
Presenter(s): David Barnes, Elcometer
Description: There is often confusion
between Surface Profile and Surface
Roughness, what is being measured and
what should be measured.
This paper looks at the measurement of both
profile and roughness on metal surfaces
prepared specifically to receive a coating
system in order to protect it from corrosion.
The difference between roughness and
profile is discussed, whether one is more
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relevant than the other, and the merits of
the different measurement methods for both
parameters.
Issues and Challenges of Field
Surface Preparation
Presenter(s): Jared Rigo, HRV Conformance
Verification Associates, Inc.
Description: A discussion on the issues
and challenges related to surface preparation
in the field. As means and methods diversify
and structures types become more complex,
challenges arise. This presentation attempts
to identify some of the potential issues and
challenges associated with todays modern
methods of surface preparation in the field. Some
potential issues for discussion include: abrasive
selection, use and reuse, waste management
and disposal, containment, degree of surface
cleanliness, substrate type and existing condition,
zone painting vs. full rehabilitation and scheduling
conflicts.
The Benefits of Steel Grit
Blasting and Recycling
Presenter(s): Mark Stewart, ARS Recycling
Systems
Description: Traditionally, single use abrasives
were the cheapest method of surface preparation
on steel structures; now though, with new
containment laws in effect and abrasive recycling
technology, steel grit blasting/recycling has
become the most cost effective abrasive blasting
method to prevent corrosion on steel structures.
By using multi-use steel grit along with proper
vacuum retrieval and recycling technology,
significant cost savings such as abrasive cost
reduction, disposal savings, productivity increase,
and labor cost savings, along with less employee
exposure to toxins, make steel grit the most cost
effective blast media on the market.
There are many forms of blast media that can
be used to clean a surface, remove rust, create
profile, and prepare a surface for coating. The
blasting performed on steel structures such as
ships, bridges and tanks is an investment that
a company needs to effectively and efficiently
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execute. Unlike traditional abrasive medias,
steel grit is reusable 50-100 times with the
proper process; making it 40-100 times more cost
effective than other medias such as slag, garnet,
silica and other mineral abrasives.
Steel grit holds an irregular shape, with granular
surfaces and angular edges, which allows removal
for heavy layers of paint and corrosion. When
using single use abrasives, the material removed
from the structure (paint rust) and the abrasive,
result in waste. Steel grit recycling removes
only the debris and grit fines, thereby reducing
waste from many containers to a few drums
when recycled. The better suited size, shape,
density, hardness and friability of steel grit helps
effectively clean a surface on its first pass. This
increases overall productivity and decreases the
need for re-blasting.
SESSION 2: PROTECTING SHIPS
AND MARINE STRUCTURES, PART I
National Shipbuilding Research
Program (NSRP) Surface
Preparation & Coatings (SP&C)
Panel 2018 Update
Presenter(s): Arcino Quiero, Newport News
Shipbuilding
Description: The paper is an overview of NSRP
Surface Preparation & Coating (SP&C) Panels
mission to reduce the cost of construction,
maintenance, and repairs of US Navy ships.
The Panels Specs to Decks approach; research,
evaluate, develop, and sustain current and
emerging technologies that will reduce cost and
maintain and/or enhance quality of coatings
and corrosion control of new construction and
repairs of US Naval and commercial ships. This
review is a summary of the Panels efforts and
a look at some of its implementable works.
The implementation of Paperless Paint and the
Boomlift Carried Environmental Enclosure (BCCE)
will provide cost and schedule savings on the deck
plate. The utilization of the Technical Guide for
Inaccessible Voids will aid in reducing labor and
material costs.

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Evaluating Material Loss
of Steel Under Protective
Coatings in Marine
Environments
Presenter(s): Patrick Cassidy, Elzly Technology
Corp
Description: Protective organic coatings are
the primary form of corrosion control for steel
structures exposed in a marine environment. For
more than fifty years, testing of coatings suitable
for various service environments has relied
substantially on exposure of coated steel panels
of different configurations followed by evaluation
via visual inspection. Exposure may include
accelerated testing or natural environmental
exposure in immersion or atmospheric conditions.
Common visual inspection practices include
semi-quantitative evaluation of the degree of
rusting, degree of blistering, and extent of scribe
creep (i.e., cutback). Coatings performing well in
these evaluations versus specification standards
are often deemed acceptable. Recent research
suggests that common visual inspection protocols,
while useful for judging aesthetic concerns, may
not be sufficient in identifying the substrate
corrosion control (barrier properties) provided by
a coating. Destructive physical inspection for
corrosion under protective coatings post-exposure
suggests that significant metal loss may be
occurring in the absence of a visual indication
and that actual corrosion/material loss does not
correlate with the visual inspection data. With a
broader dataset of similar results, the data may
suggest that the industry needs to reevaluate
coating performance evaluation methods wherein
the primary issue is substrate corrosion control as
opposed to aesthetics.
Effect of Surface Preparation
Grades of Weld Seam on the
Coating Performance in Marine
Structures
Presenter(s): Sangmoon Shin, Hyundai Heavy
Industries
Description: According to the international
surface preparation standard for welds (ISO8501-
3), the preparation grades before the application
of paints are divided into 3 levels, P1, P2 and P3.
These grades are described with rough qualitative
representations, not description of surface
treatment methods or measurable conditions.
Because of the ambiguous wordings on the
standard, there have been a lot of arguments
for the surface preparation grades and abraded
condition during the construction. In this study,
coating thickness, the corrosion resistance, and
crack tendency of the coated films on the welds
were evaluated for the grinding range in 5 levels
from mild to severe. Each grinded specimen was
blasted to Sa 2.5 and coated with 2 coats of epoxy
paints. The performances of coatings on welds
with the grades of grinding condition were not
significantly different, satisfying the criteria of
ISO 12944 (C5M medium). After blasting, all of
grinded specimens had an enough smooth surface
which can not a make sharp edge or excessive film
thickness.
TBD
Presenter(s): Damian Ranero, United States Navy
Description: TBD
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SESSION 3: TANK LININGS
TANK U: Details to Consider
When Specifying Coatings for
Carbon Steel Tanks
Presenter(s): Eric Zimmerman and Bill Seavy,
Sherwin-Williams Company
Description: The authors look into the various
factors that need to be taken into consideration
when specifying coating systems for tank coatings
and linings for existing carbon steel storage tanks.
There are many factors that need to be considered
including: the tank design and shape; is it a
welded tank or riveted? Is it a standpipe, ground
storage, or elevated tank? What is the design of
the roof structure? Is it floating, cone, geo-dome?
Other considerations include condition of the
substrate and repairs required, the environment
in which the tank resides, and the types of
commodities being stored in the vessel. Operating
temperatures of the commodity and if insulation
is present on the exterior of the vessel. Also,
what the aesthetic requirements are from the
owner or community. Finally, what is the expected
shutdown time for the vessel to be off-line and
returned to service. The authors will discuss what
innovations are available to assist in speeding up
the inspection and return to service times of the
vessel. The paper will provide insight to all of the
above listed topics to aid in the creation of more
serviceable and applicable coatings specifications.
Cost Effective Solutions for
Aging Water Storage Tanks
Presenter(s): Nick Bressler, World International
Testing
Description: Most tank refurbishment projects
encounter a few site specific challenges that are
typically identified and evaluated in the schematic
design phase. Based on the options available
and allotted budget, in most cases, these items
will be included into a bid ready manual. The
Alta Vista Standpipe, however, was unique in
that it contained a significant number of design
challenges that normally would result in the tank
being replaced or decommissioned due to the
high costs necessary to repair and upgrade the
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 tank to current AWWA standards. To address
the Commissions specific needs, the following
objectives and design challenges had to be met
both in the evaluation and design phases:
Prepare Cost Estimates For Rehabilitation
Versus Replacement
Location, Terrain, Access & Proximity To
Adjacent Properties
Operational, Safety, Security, Compliance &
Obsolete Design Deficiencies
Cleaning, Painting, Containment & Lead
Abatement
Vault & Piping Replacement Including Lack Of
A Tank Overflow & Sewer/Sanitary Drains
Improvements to Telecommunication Mounts
Aesthetic Improvements
This paper will discuss why the smaller 475k
capacity tank was considered for renovation
versus demolition in a highly populated area
experiencing significant growth and falls
under the category of a high water demand
zone.
Epoxy Tank Linings Cure
Response During Cold Winter
Months; Ready for Immersion
Service?
Presenter(s): John Kloepher and Tom Calzone,
Carboline Company
Description: Standard practices involving
hardness such as ASTM D2240 and solvent rub
resistance such as ASTM D5402 for evaluating the
cure of coatings for high performance applications
have been commonly used in this industry for
decades and the results well accepted. Utilizing
a hardness based or solvent rub resistance
test creates simple and effective means to
qualitatively check the degree of cure before
applying additional material and/or returning
a lining to service. These techniques allow for
a fast characterization of relative hardness or
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resistance to deformation and the resistance of cycles by taking use of a novel coating system. As
the lining to solvent. During cold months however the late Robert Frost said, Two roads diverged
these approaches can provide false positive in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by,
estimates of the degree of through-cure because and that has made all the difference. By simply
at a low enough temperature all coatings freeze looking at the data and throwing out preconceived
and exhibit artificially high hardness values along ideas of what makes a coating fit for floating
with a perceived resistance to solvent rub testing. roofs, we will take the road less traveled by, and
As a result of this deficiency in current field find out, it has made all the difference.
practices a side by side laboratory testing program SESSION 4: UNDERSTANDING
was developed comparing these field tests to APPLICATION TECHNIQUES
the degree of cure for 100% solids tank lining
products as measured using standard analytical Creating Geometric Standards
laboratory equipment and ultimately laboratory for Powder Coatings
immersion testing for a range of common
commodities. Correlation between laboratory Presenter(s): Chris Lucy, and Doug Corrigan,
testing and potential field evaluations was a key ChemQuest
focus of this study. Description: TBD
The Need for Application
The Road We Should Be Taking...
Presenter(s): James McDonald, Douglas Mueller Testing in Wide-ranging
Climactic Conditions
and Tim King, Hempel USA
Description: It seems that since the beginning of Presenter(s): Chris Lucy, and Doug Corrigan,
time, coatings applied to External Floating Roofs ChemQuest
fail prematurely. No matter the geography, no Description: TBD
matter the coating manufacturer, no matter the
applicator, nearly every piece of field evidence is
the same. Coatings begin to fail on floating roofs
in approximately three years, some in as little as
6 months. The storage tank industry is building
out new tanks at a rapid clip to keep pace with
the flood of crude oil and refined products pouring
into the global marketplace. These new tanks are
designed with an eye toward a 20-year inspection
and maintenance cycle. However, floating roof
coating life has consistently dropped below that
threshold and required maintenance much sooner
to the dismay of Operators. In this paper we will
discuss and illustrate a deeper understanding of
floating roof coating technology and the ways in
which we can extend the maintenance and repair
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MONDAY
AFTERNOON
JANUARY 15TH
SESSION 1: WORKSHOP: AN IN-
DEPTH LOOK AT STANDARDS
FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED BY
INDUSTRIAL PAINTERS
An In-Depth Look at Standards
Frequently Encountered by
Industrial Painters
Presenter(s): L. Skip Vernon, PCS, MCI , Coating
& Lining Technologies, Inc., and Michael Damiano,
PCS, SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings
Description: This workshop will explore
several new and recently revised versions of
SSPC standards used by industrial painters,
including revisions to SSPC-Guide 12 (Illumination
of Industrial Coating Projects), the five new
wet abrasive blast cleaning standards, and
other commonly encountered SSPC standards,
discussing the more obscure requirements and
ambiguities of each.
SESSION 2: WORKSHOP:
NEW TECHNOLOGY: COATINGS
INSPECTION INSTRUMENTATION
New Technology: Coatings
Inspection Instrumentation
Presenter(s): Matt Fajt, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: The value and importance of in-
process coatings inspection to verify specification
conformance has been recognized for nearly
six decades. But the level of sophistication
in the instrumentation that is used to inspect
the quality of surface preparation and coating
installation has evolved rapidly and is ever
changing. Today, we have the ability to capture
a lot more data with greater efficiency, and
with higher degrees of accuracy. Dont let the
benefits of this new technology pass you by.
This workshop, designed for facility owners,
quality assurance and quality control inspectors, to move a lift, scaffolding or ladders or for the
inspection supervisors, engineers, and coating
manufacturers is focused on the use of the latest
person taking the DFT or Profile readings to move
from their current position the DFT or Profile
technology instrumentation for surface preparation
and coating application inspection. It includes
measurement process is faster in addition to being
safer.
an orientation to the technology, followed by a The system has the potential to improve the
series of hands-on workshops with the equipment, inspection, testing and data collection aspects of
where participants will take measurements using coated assets. Also, by making the DFT & Profile
the instruments. The instrument manufacturers measurement process easier and safer, more
technical representatives will be on hand to assist frequent measurements and/or a larger quantity
with questions regarding the use and applicability of measurement samples may be taken expanding
of the new technology. the scope, scale, and frequency of DFT & Profile
measurements. With an easier, faster, and safer
method to collect DFT and Profile measurements
GREENCOAT SESSION from locations of height we can expand the
SESSION 3 : ENVIRONMENTAL, science of coating thickness measurements by
collecting data from locations where data was
HEALTH, AND SAFETY
REGULATIONS, PART I either inaccessible or difficult to obtain (access
issues, safety considerations, etc.).
New, Revised or Repealed
Regulations and Actions
Impacting the Industrial
Painting Industry
Presenter(s): Alison Kaelin, ABKaelin, LLC
Description: Update on the regulatory issues
impacting industrial coatings industry. Will review
the status of implementation of the EPA Hazardous
Waste Generator Requirements, OSHA standards
and enforcement actions. Will also discuss
Regulations that could or have been Repealed,
Replaced or Modified under Presidential Executive
Order 13777 and changes to the EPA and OSHA.
WHAT IS A
Corrosion Monitoring and
Assessment using Aerial GREENCOAT SESSION ?
Robotic Systems for DFT &
Profile Measurements IT IS A SESSION THAT FOCUSES
ON EARTH FRIENDLY TOPICS,
Presenter(s): Bob Dahlstrom, Apellix THAT INVOLVE THE PROTECTIVE
Description: Currently one needs to utilize a COATINGS INDUSTRY.
lift, scaffolding, ladders or other solutions to
reach areas of height to take Dry Film Thickness
(DFT) or Surface Profile (SP) measurements.
This is both dangerous, due to the possibility
of falls, and time consuming. Utilizing an aerial
DFT or SP measurement system allows the
operator to remain safely on the ground to take
measurements. Further, since there is no need
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 Inhalation Hazards Associated
with Abrasive Blasting
Presenter(s): Tom Enger, Clemco Industries, Corp.
Description: One of the best ways to prepare
surfaces for coatings or other surface treatment is
abrasive blasting. Abrasive blasting, by definition,
utilized blast media, also referred to as abrasive.
The process of abrasive blasting contains many
hazards, such as material dislodging from the
substrate during blasting or the abrasive itself.
Abrasive blasting is often chosen by contractors
and other field personnel based on a variety of
factors, such as substrate, condition of substrate,
surface preparation specification, local availability,
blasting environment, and other factors.
This presentation examines the inhalation hazards
associated with the blast media used in abrasive
blasting from multiple different aspects.
Advances in Green
Cementitious Coatings and
Repair Mortars
Presenter(s): Rex Revard, International Paint
Description: The demands of cementitious
coatings and repair mortars have never been
greater. As manufacturers, contractors, and
coatings inspectors we are tasked with providing
high-performance solutions for new projects,
or to breathe life back into failing concrete or
steel. With new cement technologies, we can
meet and exceed our customers GREEN and
financial expectations. By increased service
life, minimal substrate prep cost, and no VOCs.
These new products have changed how we think
about cementitious coatings and repair mortars.
Real productivity benefits such as application to
damp surfaces, faster recoat times, application
to green concrete after 24 hours, no re-blasting
needed for over-coating, or resistance to positive
and negative water pressure, demonstrate new
technologies can increase performance AND
productivity while reducing environmental impact.
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Until Lead, History Always
Weighed Me Down
Presenter(s): Rich Burgess, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: The first edition Industrial Lead
Paint Removal Handbook by Trimber was published
in October of 1991, a quarter of a century ago.
Members of the painting industry, industrial and
commercial, have seen many advances in how
lead paint is handled, managed and regulated.
Lead isnt just about paint, ask the people of
Flint, Michigan. But what came before? Lead
has a fascinating history. Those who have had
lead worker training, attended C-3 and C-5 have
had a small glimpse of it. This presentation is an
overview of leads history which can serve as a
model for lifes other inanimate vectors.
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SESSION 4: TIPS ON WRITING AND
PRESENTING A TECHNICAL PAPER
(JPCL)
Getting Published: How to Get
Your Article in the JPCL
Presenter(s): The JPCL Editors, JPCL
Description: Performing your research is hard
work; turning that information into a publishable
article for the JPCL can seem like another job
in itself, but it doesnt have to be that way. This
interactive session with JPCL editors will guide
you through the writing, submission and editing
processes, offering a step-by-step guide to see
your work through to publication. The JPCL editors
will outline the magazines 2018 editorial calendar
and guidelines so that attendees leave armed not
only with writing tips, but immediate publishing
opportunities as well.
Tips on Presenting a Technical
Paper
Presenter(s): Chris Lovelace, Lovelace Group
Description: How to Present a Technical Paper
examines the challenges faced by seasoned
professionals and first-timers in achieving success
in this venture. The presentation provides
insightful suggestions based on hundreds of
presentations made all across the U.S. and
elsewhere over the last 30+ years by the author.

TUESDAY
MORNING
JANUARY 16TH
SESSION 1: WORKSHOP:
SUCCESSFUL SURFACE
PREPARATION OF HOT-DIP
GALVANIZED IRON AND STEEL
AND HARDWARE SURFACES FOR
PAINTING
Successful Surface
Preparation of Hot-Dip
Galvanized Iron and Steel
and Hardware Surfaces for
Painting
Presenter(s): Kevin Irving and Mike Stroia, AZZ
Metal Coatings
Description: This workshop will provide an
introduction to the hot-dip galvanization process
as an effective an important coating option and
the necessary surface preparation steps for
successful painting over hot-dip galvanized steel,
also known as a duplex system.
Proper practices and procedures must be used to
prepare new and weathered zinc-coated surfaces
on after-fabrication steel products for painting to
improve the bond of paint to the zinc surface and
provide long-term protection against corrosion.
For more than 100 years, hot-dip galvanizing
(HDG) has been a mainstay of North American
industry. Used in myriad applications in some of
the harshest environments, hot-dip galvanizing
combats corrosion throughout the world.
Though corrosion resistance is inherent any time
galvanizing is used, more specifiers select hot-dip
galvanizing now for other reasons including lowest
initial and life-cycle cost, durability, longevity,
versatility, sustainability, and aesthetics.
More than 5.2 million metric tons of zinc are
consumed annually in the Western World,
according to the American Zinc Association.
Extracted from the earth, zinc is refined and used
throughout the world in a variety of products
but largely to protect steel against corrosion.
Zinc is also used to cast an array of precision
parts for automobiles, airplanes and appliances.
Additionally, brass, an alloy of zinc and copper,
has been used for more than 3,000 years. Other
products such as ointments, sun block, rubber
tire additives and vitamin supplements show the
variety of zincs uses.
SESSION 2: POWER
Considerations for Selecting
Linings in Large Diameter
Cooling Water Pipe and
Penstocks
Presenter(s): Ray Tombaugh, PCS, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: The installation of linings to large
diameter cooling water pipes and penstocks is
a major investment in hydroelectric plants and
other power generating facilities. The installation
should be performed in an expedient manner to
minimize outage time, and should be designed
to last for 20 years or more without the need for
maintenance. The latter is significant, since many
hydroelectric plants are located in remote areas.
To achieve these expectations, planning needs to
occur long before the start of the lining installation
process. This paper provides a compilation of
the necessary tasks to plan for and execute to
achieve both a successful installation and long
term lining performance. Topics will include the
factors that should be considered when selecting
a lining system, the generic types of linings that
are available and that are typically used, important
requirements to include in a specification, and
safety considerations.
New System Options for Hydro
and Hydroelectric Service
Presenter(s): Jim Smith, PPG Protective and
Marine Coatings
Description: Vinyl coatings have long been
used in hydro and hydroelectric industries for
steel structures. As VOC regulations and product
availability have changed, owners have moved
toward alternative technologies to replace those
systems. The intent of this paper is to understand
the status of vinyl technology, identify and discuss
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alternative systems, review the possibilities and
status of new technologies for these applications,
and directly compare and contrast the system
options on an overall basis (environmental,
application, and performance).
This paper will discuss and present alternative
system options for steel structures in the hydro
and hydroelectric facilities. These structures
include spillway, flood control, and other various
gates and steel structures in water control and
hydroelectric power facilities. Learning points
will include current replacement systems in use,
VOC reduction, project time savings, intermittent
immersion cycling, UV effects, debris effects on
the structure, and the introduction of polysiloxane
technology for this service.
SESSION 3: INSPECTION:
ASSURING PERFORMANCE AND
QUALITY
Why Certified Inspection
Should be Written Into Coating
Specifications
Presenter(s): Tim Bauman, PCS, Sherwin-
Williams Company
Description: My father was a chemical engineer
by trade and though every man would like to say
my father is the smartest man I have ever known
I sincerely mean it. He had an undergraduate
degree in Chemical Engineering from Case
Institute and a Masters Degree in Chemical
Engineering from Ohio State. We never had a
repairman in our house because my dad could fix
anything.
He worked for 40 years at a respected chemical
company and was asked many times to run the
company. He always declined as he did not
want to travel and leave my mother alone with 8
children.
It seemed like my father could always understand
what I was getting into. Then came a plateau
where his understanding of my world which
was based on his expansive knowledge of many
disciplines, began to become a bit clouded. His
cup had become full while my cup, the world of
protective coatings, continued to grow in size &
content.
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 What I am suggesting is that no matter what
your training, or what college or graduate school
you went to the world of heavy-duty protective
coatings is so expansive that sooner or later you
will need to enlist a coatings specialist, expert, or
consultant to understand why things are done the
way they are and to take steps to make certain
the specification is enforced as written. This
paper deals with three scenarios where a coatings
inspectors involvement could have saved money,
time, and reputation.
Consistent and Competent
Inspection on Coating/Lining
Projects - A Pipe Dream or
Attainable?
Presenter(s): Rob Maley and Dan Brewington, F.
D. Thomas, Inc.
Description: Third party / in house (Owner)
inspection is prevalent on the vast majority
of industrial painting projects, purportedly to
ensure that the contractor performs the work
in accordance with the contract documents.
Theoretically, inspection is a relatively inexpensive
insurance policy for the owner. In far too many
scenarios inspection is in fact a detriment which
simply generates unwarranted costs and delays
completion of the project. This paper will discuss
common pitfalls and provide solutions to avoid
such pitfalls, including but not limited to:
Innovative methods to qualify Inspectors
Relevance of contractor prequalification
Role of the coating/lining manufacturer
Establishing well-defined quality control
responsibilities of the parties to avoid
redundancy
Maintaining clear-cut lines of communication
Timely and equitable methods of conflict
resolution
Shared warranty obligations
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Protection of Pipe-to-Support
and Air-to-Soil Interfaces in
Compressor Stations and Oil
Terminals
Presenter(s): Adam Beers, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: An interface is best described as a
point of contact between two objects, systems,
or phases. In most industrial complexes, piping
systems and their interfaces are numerous and
vary in types, including pipe to support, soil to
air, pipe to wall, pipe to water, and hot to cold
temperature gradients. Each type of interface
requires special consideration, as its condition and
accessibility may generate damage to the pipe,
accelerate corrosion, or erode coating thickness
over time. Designing protection of the interfaces
where the pipe meets the pipe support or where
the pipe enters the soil is a challenge and creates
areas that require special attention and regular
inspections. This presentation will describe the
importance of properly inspecting the performance
of the coatings on pipe to support interfaces
and soil to air interfaces, and what can be done
to adequately plan for corrosion prevention and
protect these surfaces. The presentation will
focus on ambient temperature piping at natural
gas compressor stations and oil terminals.
SESSION 4: WORKSHOP:
PREPARATION FOR SSPC
QP3 SHOP CERTIFICATION
Preparation for SSPC QP3 Shop
Certification
Presenter(s): David Lemke, Team Industries
Description: The purpose of this presentation
is to provide helpful information to companies in
quest of a SSPC QP3 shop certification in their
preparation and planning. The gathering and
complying of material needed to submit for the
initial application can be an overwhelming task
for some. The presentation will provide helpful
hints and lessons learned through experience on
the necessary information desired as we navigate
through the current standard and audit checklist.
Processes, policies, and procedures that would
need to be put in place by companies large or
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small would also be part of the presentation. The
goal of the presentation is to offer knowledge
and an understanding of expectations through a
rewarding experience to those in pursuit of the
QP3 certification.
TUESDAY MID-
DAY JANUARY
16TH
SESSION 1: WORKSHOP: THE
GREAT ESCAPE: A COATING
FAILURE INVESTIGATION
WORKSHOP
The Great Escape: A Coating
Failure Investigation Workshop
Presenter(s): Chrissy Stewart, PCS, and Cynthia
OMalley, PCS, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: Protective coatings are used in many
different environments for a variety of purposes.
Some are primarily chosen for their aesthetics,
some for protection in corrosive environments, and
some for immersion and/or chemical resistance.
Whatever the primary purpose of the coating
system, one thing remains true; the system must
perform. When a protective coating system fails,
it is important to determine what went wrong
to avoid future incidents and to remediate the
situation for all parties and property involved. The
process is similar to solving a series of puzzles.
When investigating a coating failure, the more
information collected, the more the investigator
is able to unlock pieces of the puzzle. It begins
with visiting the site to collect evidence, continues
with a thorough understanding of the history or
background of the case, and frequently involves
forensic laboratory analyses to let the coatings tell
their side of the story. This presentation enables
the attendees to act as investigators to attempt
to determine what went wrong, and what party is
ultimately at fault. Participant engagement is vital
to the success of the workshop. Participants are
encouraged to work individually or in teams using
their laptop or tablet computers to try to solve the
puzzle in the allotted time frame.
SESSION 2: CONCRETE
PROTECTION SOLUTIONS
Coating Concrete After 28
Days: Why There is No Magic
in this Number
Presenter(s): Randy Nixon, Corrosion Probe, Inc.
Description: Historically, the coatings industry
has prescribed 28 days of cure time for concrete
before coating application. The 28-day
threshold was based on conventionally specified
strength gain values such as minimum 5,000
psi compressive strength at 28 days, etc. The
logic behind the adoption of the 28-day rule was
twofold:
1. The majority of minimum specified strength
gain is empirically reached within the first
28 days. Therefore, if the compressive
strength has mostly been achieved, then
most of the tensile stress that form cracks
will have developed. This assumes most
of the shrinkage of the cement paste has
largely occurred, but ignores the all-important
water to cementitious materials ratio and
the paste to aggregate ratio. These are the
major contributors to shrinkage along with
temperature and timing of excess moisture
loss from the concrete. Coincidently, these
factors are both inextricably tied to the water
content in the mix design which leads us to
point number two.
2. Empirically, it is believed that all of the excess
water not necessary for cement hydration has
left the concrete after 28 days. Therefore, the
detrimental effects of moisture on coating cure
have been eliminated. So, excess moisture
leaving the concrete after 28 days will not inhibit
coating curing mechanisms.
The problem with the magic 28-day number is that
there is just as much empirical evidence that 28
days isnt necessary as there is for its requirement.
This paper will discuss the many factors affecting
the timing for concrete shrinkage (and related
cracking) as well as the rate of loss of excess
moisture which are not reliant on 28 days of cure
time. In addition, case histories will be presented
evidencing successful coating applications on
concrete well before 28 days of cure time versus
coating problems experienced beyond 28 days of
cure.
Further, the paper will examine and recommend
mix design and materials related parameters
that should be followed when schedule needs
for coating concrete prior to 28 days of cure are
essential.
In summary, there is no magic in the 28-day
number.
Leak Mitigation of Dynamic
Cracks in Concrete
Presenter(s): Charlie Lerman, Avanti
International
Description: Concrete will crack that is a
fact. Despite the best efforts of the architect,
engineer, and contractor, structures move in
unanticipated ways causing cracks to appear.
When cracks appear, they are dynamic or static,
and structural or non-structural. If the crack is
static, non-structural, and does not leak, epoxies
are great to restore design strength. However,
since concrete constantly shrinks, expands, and
often leaks, the use of a flexible polyurethane
resin to permanently seal active water leaks
is the optimum choice to create a water-free
environment. There are multiple applications for
polyurethane grout injection including: Crack/joint
injection or curtain grouting. In crack injection, the
contractor injects a resin into the leaking crack/
joint that reacts to moisture by creating a strong
mechanical, compressive, and adhesive seal
that will move with any future movement of the
structure. In curtain grouting, the contractor drills
through the structure and injects grout into the
soil which surrounds it creating a gel/soil matrix
that prevents water from getting to the structure.
If water leaks are not stopped prior to installing a
concrete coating, it is likely there will be issues or
a complete coating failure.
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Challenges of Coating a
Powerhouse Floor in a Remote
Hydro Electric Plant
Presenter(s): Brian OFarrell, PCS, MCI, Dynamic
Painting & Coatings
Description: This presentation will highlight
the challenges associated with coating
floors in a hydro-electric plant as well as the
additional challenges encountered performing
work in a remote location. Owners will shut
down power generating equipment to perform
maintenance or repairs but not to coat a floor.
Operations personnel need access to control
panels and operating equipment at all times
so communication with operators is critical.
Powerhouse floors are well below grade and
always around water resulting in moisture
intrusion from hydrostatic pressure. Remote
location means that you cant run to home depot if
you need something. Planning and scheduling are
extremely important. Above all safety comes first.
These facilities produce high voltage electricity.
Workers must know and understand where they
are working at all times.
Surface Preparation of
Concrete, the Brand New
SSPC-SP 13
Presenter(s): Bill Jenkins, International Paint and
Fred Gelfant, Stonhard, Inc.
Description: SSPC-SP 13, Surface Preparation of
Concrete has just been revised and given a major
face lift. It is quite different than the previous
2003 version with more content. It became
evident during the revision of the standard that
there was wide and intense interest and so this
presentation is meant as an introduction to the
new standard highlighting the revisions.
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 SESSION 3: PROTECTING SHIPS
AND MARINE STRUCTURES, PART II
Development of Test Method
for Evaluating Nonskid
Performance under Thermal
Loading
Presenter(s): Colton Spicer, Cameron Miller,
James Tagert, John Wegand, Naval Research
Laboratory, and Bruce Nelson, Battenkill
Technologies, Inc.
Description: The Navys operational environment
is constantly evolving to meet the needs of the
warfighter, which inevitably brings with it new
challenges and support requirements. Based on
changes within operational parameters, there
appears to be a greater demand on traditional
nonskid to perform under increased thermal as
well as pressure impact loads. These impact loads
result in deck temperatures of several hundred
degrees; the magnitude of these thermal loads
have caused the flight deck to undergo buckling
due to thermal expansion of the deck-plate. The
combination of buckling strain and the traditional
nonskid being thermally embrittled have led
to premature failure of the traditional nonskid
coating system. Nonskid materials were not
designed for high-heat environments, and the
degradation temperature for these epoxy based
coatings is well below the service temperature
from the thermal deck loads (or impacts).
Current performance testing for qualifying high-
temperature resistant nonskid coatings is basic
and does not adequately address this unique
service environment. Over the past year the U.S.
Naval Research Laboratory has been developing
a test method/cycle that captures and simulates
each element of this unique service environment.
The focus of this paper will be on the development
of this new laboratory based test cycle, and the
test results that were obtained. The laboratory
test results have been compared with shipboard
observations as well as with large-scale, land
based testing under actual operational parameters
using actual deckplate Navy equipment platforms.
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Improved Coating Adhesive Test
Methods
Presenter(s): Jimmy Tagert, Center for Corrosion
Science and Engineering, Naval Research
Laboratory
Description: Typical military specification test
methods for determining the adhesion of a coating
system include tensile pull adhesion, x-cut/
cross-hatch adhesion, and peel testing. The tests
are almost always performed on newly applied
coatings under ideal conditions (i.e., surface prep,
environmentals, etc.), which are not representative
of in-service conditions and lead to inconsistent
data that do not correlate with failures in the field.
External sources of stress, including temperature
cycling, immersion, etc., are not considered when
an adhesion test is performed. These external
factors can significantly impact the integrity of
the coating and result in catastrophic failure,
as observed in recent Fleet coating failures on
USS Bonhomme Richard (nonskid) and USS Stout
(topside). Adhesion failures are often costly
because it is unknown how much of the coating
is compromised, therefore, more reliable test
methods must be developed and implemented to
improve the quality of coatings transitioned. Over
the past year the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
has been assessing and developing alternative
test methods for evaluating the adhesion of
primers and topcoats. The test methods employed
focus on reproducing the service environment
that coatings are subjected to in the field (i.e.,
immersion, heat, stress, etc.) to generate similar
adhesion failure modes that are reported/
observed by Navy coating inspectors. The new
test methods developed will be transitioned via
updates to military specifications in order to
identify poor performing coating systems during
the qualification process.
REMINDER: When you see the video camera icon next to
a session title, that means that Video Proceedings will be
taped during that session.
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Factors Affecting the
Performance of Epoxy
Coatings in Cathodic
Disbondment Testing
Presenter(s): Laura Erickson, Rampart LLC, and
Edward Lemieux, Center for Corrosion Science and
Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory
Description: Cathodic disbondment resistance
is often a critical performance discriminator
between high performance epoxy coatings
for immersion applications. Standardized,
medium duration testing protocols have been
successfully used to screen top performers for
many years; however, these test methods have
recently been re-examined to consider various
customized applications. The technical details of
the surface preparation and coating application
characteristics, and the effect of those variables
on results will be examined.
Recycling of Non-metallic
Abrasives in Operational
Environments
Presenter(s): Bob McMurdy, SSPC: The Society
for Protective Coatings, and Bob Kogler, Laura
Erickson, Rampart LLC
Description: The efficiency and cost benefits of
recycled metallic abrasives are well documented
and recycling technology for metallic abrasives
is mature; however, the use of in-line recycling
for non-metallic abrasives has not been prolific.
A new piece of equipment has been designed
and exercised that allows for in-process
recycling of non-metallic abrasives that have
traditionally been used primarily as once-through
expendable abrasives. Results of field trials
and demonstrations and way forward for this
technology will be presented.
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PAINTING AND
PROTECTION, PART I
SR 292 Over Perdido Keys
Challenges to Field Metalizing
of Steel Superstructure
Presenter(s): Greg Richards, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: The Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT) undertook the painting of
the superstructure steel elements of the SR 292
high-level bridge over the Intracoastal Water
Way (ICWW) in Perdido Key, Florida, which
carries one lane of traffic in each direction and
is the only connection between Perdido Key and
the mainland. Due to the significant impact to
businesses and the public, including tourism from
any proposed lane closures, the FDOT considered
other means to address the deteriorating paint
system, provide for a longer service life, and
complete the work without any lane closures on
the bridge. This presentation describes the project
repair design and highlights the design issues,
particularly the restrictions of having no lane
closures and all work being completed from below
deck; the design decision to use field metalizing
on the superstructure steel elements to reduce
future maintenance needs and rehabilitation;
replacement of deteriorated steel components;
modifications to the FDOT Specifications to
address the metalizing work; and the decisions
made during construction to allow for the timely
completion of the project. The presentation
includes typical metalizing methodology applied
to the project to assure a successful coating
application.
The success of the project design and construction
will influence the FDOT decisions to pursue
metalizing projects in the future on structures with
limited access and lane closure restrictions.
The Walt Whitman Bridge
Painting Project: A Case Study
for the Skills Needed by the
Contractor and Engineer
Presenter(s): Kevin Keith, Johnson, Mirmiran,
& Thompson, Inc. (JMT) , and David Hatherill,
Corcon, Inc.
Description: With a total length of 11,981
feet and 120,000 vehicles crossing the bridge
per day, the Walt Whitman Bridge is the 10th
largest Suspension Span in the United States.
In 2015, after completing the deck replacement
of the suspension spans, the Delaware River
Port Authority let their biggest painting contract
ever, over $57,000,000 to blast and paint the
entire suspension span which included the
complete interior and exterior of the towers,
deck support steel in the anchorages, suspension
cables, and various steel repairs. A Construction
Monitoring Contact was also awarded based on
a qualifications based selection. This paper is a
case study of what skills were required for the
construction and engineering team as well as
the unadvertised skills (e.g. dealing with nesting
Peregrine Falcons, complexities of traffic control
on a high ADT bridge under containment) that
contribute to the successful completion of a
project of this magnitude.
The presentation is meant to be a guide for
owners, contractors, and engineering/inspection
teams from the perspective of a licensed
resident engineer on how to be successful
bidding, scheduling, coordinating, and performing
work on a large scale and high profile coatings
contract. Contractors will gain insight into
aspects of the project that may be outside their
specialty (e.g. understanding how to bid a project
with Peregrine Falcons, blasting/painting lessons
learned from work performed within the labyrinth
of the bridge towers) and see examples of
unanticipated issues that develop during a major
project that should be considered when preparing
a bid.
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Novel Testing Methodology
of Two-Coat and Three-Coat
Systems for Steel Bridge
Structures
Presenter(s): Elias Touria, University of Dayton
Description: Departments of Transportation
currently use the conventional three-coat system
as the predominant choice for the corrosion
protection of steel bridge structures. Eliminating
one step in the coating process could potentially
save time and cost associated with lane closures
and traffic control costs. This research paper
evaluates several two-coat systems based
on the zinc-rich primer and polysiloxane top
coat technology. All samples were conditioned
and coated in a state-of-the-art, climate-
controlled paint booth, simulating common field
environmental conditions (ENCON) (ENCON 1: 25
C/50% RH, ENCON 2: 10 C/40%RH, and ENCON
3 :32C/80% RH). Accelerated weathering tests
were performed on 435 coated samples (scribed
and un-scribed). Regardless of the ENCON
considered, the performance of the two-coat
system is very comparable to the three-coat
system. This coating technology offers much
improved performance with quicker set time and
better adhesion pull-off strength. Considering its
durability and ease of application, this two-coat
system can be attractive to other public and
private agencies to enhance and extend the
service life of steel structures.
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 Assessment of Novel Coatings
in Comparison to Conventional
Zinc-Rich Coating for Bridge
Application
Presenter(s): Md Ahsan Sabbir, Saiada
Fuadi Fancy, Kingsley Lau, Florida International
University, and Dale DeFord, Florida Department of
Transportation
Description: Coatings are widely used to mitigate
corrosion of structural steel in aggressive humid
environments. Typically, the multi-layered zinc-rich
paint system (three-coat) and the thermal sprayed
zinc, aluminum, or zinc-aluminum (metalizing)
are used to prevent corrosion, but their rigorous
application preparation, high application cost and
regular maintenance requirements is not ideal
for long-term bridge durability. Thus, in search
for novel coating Chemically bonded phosphate
ceramics (CBPC) and Thermal diffusion galvanizing
(TDG) coatings were selected for research along
with the current coating systems by considering
their robust material properties and earlier
promising test results. The research was done
in various exposure environments such as inland,
beach, salt-fog and wet exposure to identify the
degradation mechanism of those coatings for long-
term application. To assess the corrosion damage
due to exposure, the coatings were evaluated
by visual inspection, coating thickness, adhesion
measurement, optical and electron microscopy
and X-ray diffraction. Electro-chemical tests
including open circuit potential, linear polarization
resistance (LPR) and electro-chemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS) were also performed to get
advance information about coating degradation.
Comparable performance was observed for
novel coatings with conventional paint systems
but a great concern should be paid to select
an appropriate coating system for a particular
environment considering the modality of coating
failure as high moisture environment, topcoat
compatibility, local defect condition etc.
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TUESDAY
AFTERNOON
JANUARY 16TH
SESSION 1: WORKSHOP:
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN
SPECIFYING PROTECTIVE
COATINGS
Considerations When
Specifying Protective Coatings
Presenter(s): Charles Brown, PCS, GPI
Description: The workshop will provide an
overview of an industrial protective coatings
project, including design considerations, material
selection, surface preparation guides, ambient
conditions, and basic quality control techniques.
What participants will attain out of this course
is a basic understanding of how protective
coatings are specified and applied to meet the
goals of a project. We will review and present
typical inspection instruments used on a paint
project, surface preparation guides, how to read a
product data sheet and how to measure ambient
conditions.
SESSION 2: SURFACE
PREPARATION: THE FOUNDATION
OF EVERY COATING PROJECT,
PART II
On the Morphological and
Performance Effects of
Reblasting a Previously
Prepared Steel Substrate
Presenter(s): Carl Reed, GPI, and Kat Coronado,
International Paint LLC
Description: Of recent interest in the coatings
world, is what to do when an abrasive blast profile
does not meet the specification for which it was
intended. For example, if the blast profile on a
steel surface exceeds the specification limit, can
the surface be reblasted with smaller abrasive
blast media to reduce the profile into meeting
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the specification? At SSPC 2017 a paper was
presented which addressed this scenario and
found that the profile can be reduced using such
reblasting process. This study however provided
little information on the morphological changes
of the blast profile and provided no performance
property comparisons between the original over-
blast surface and the reblast surface.
This study takes the next logical step in
understanding the effects of reblasting surfaces
that are in an original over-blast condition. The
morphology of the original over-blast condition
is compared to the reblast condition using
scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and digital
optical microscopy (DOM) looking for conditions
that may affect the performance of the coated
surface. Accelerated corrosion properties are then
compared of the over-blast vs. reblast conditions
to determine if the reblasting has deleterious
effect on the coated substrate.
Preventing Crevice Corrosion
in New and Existing Steel
Structures
Presenter(s): Eric Shoyer, Elzly Technology Corp
Description: Steel structures are often
fabricated by bolting structural components
together. Bolted joints result in multiple crevices
between the bolted members and fasteners.
These crevices are typically more susceptible to
corrosion than flat surfaces because they tend
to retain water/contaminants, they are difficult
to properly coat, and the crevice geometry tends
to support electrochemical phenomena that
accelerate corrosion. This paper will evaluate
the effectiveness of various coating practices at
mitigating corrosion around these joints.
For new structures, the state-of-the-art approach
is to apply zinc rich primer to mating surfaces
prior to assembly and to use galvanized fasteners
during assembly. Unfortunately there are
cases where this is not always possible. For
maintenance painting, stripe coats, and caulking
are often used to provide added protection to
crevice areas. Though effective, caulking can
be expensive and may not be necessary on all
surfaces.
This paper presents the results of a laboratory
study investigating the degree of crevice corrosion
protection provided to bolted joints using different
coating schemes. Forty different combinations
of surface preparation, fastener coating, caulking
extent, and coating sequence were evaluated
on aged and new steel assemblies. The test
assemblies were exposed to a cyclic accelerated
corrosion test and evaluated for rust staining,
blistering, and pitting within the crevice area. The
data presented will help quantify the benefits of
alternative approaches for corrosion mitigation in
fabricated steel joints.
A New Coating Removal
Technology Using Atmospheric
Plasma
Presenter(s): Peter Yancey, Advanced Plasma
Solutions, Inc.
Description: Within both the federal government
and the private sector, there is a growing need for
environmentally safe and cost effective solutions
capable of removing paint and coatings from a
wide range of surfaces including steel, aluminum,
concrete, and composites. Atmospheric Plasma
Coating Removal (APCR) is the next generation
of coating removal and surface preparation
technology that represents a giant step forward in
developing environmentally responsible methods
for coating removal. Tested in field and U.S.
government trials, APCR is found to be a safe and
effective alternative to media blasting and wet
abrasive blasting. Requiring only compressed air
and electricity to operate, a concentrated, low
temperature, air plasma beam is created which
enables rapid coating removal without the use of
any media, eliminating the need for containment.
Plasma beams may be configured for hand-held
or machine-mounted use to prepare a variety of
substrates.
Steel Grit Blasting Improves
Productivity and Quality
Presenter(s): Mark Stewart, ARS Recycling
Systems, LLC
Description: Steel grit is the most efficient
abrasive material used to clean a surface.
Previously, single use abrasives were the
cheapest method of surface preparation on steel
structures; now, with new containment laws and
environmental regulations, steel grit is the most
cost efficient abrasive blasting method to prevent
corrosion on steel structures.
There are many benefits of steel grit, including
maintaining a consistent clean post blast finish.
The cleanliness of steel grit creates a uniform
blast surface which is important for many
reasons. A clean working mix results in both a
safer working environment and less embedding
of foreign materials and contaminates that could
affect the finished quality and performance.
The size, shape, density, hardness and friability
of steel grit helps clean a surface on its first pass,
which decreases the need for re-blasting. Steel
grit holds an irregular shape, with granular surface
and angular edges, which allows removal for
heavy layers of paint and corrosion.
In order to gain the most benefit from steel grit, it
is imperative that steel grit is processed through
a recycling system that will allow steel grit to
be used repeatedly. With the proper recycling
process, steel grit remains constant throughout
the process and significantly reduces the overall
project costs.
Specific tests on the use and recycling of steel
grit has proven that steel grit has many benefits
compared to other blasting materials. Studies
show that the cleanliness of steel grit is a huge
benefit of productivity, quality, employee exposure
and overall cost reduction.
Put Down That Nozzle!
Equipment Dos and Donts
for Wet and Vapor Abrasive
Blasting
Presenter(s): John Turner, Graco Inc.
Description: With wet and vapor abrasive
blasting technology making traction in the market,
there is some confusion around choosing the right
system for the job. This lecture will help business
owners understand the important factors on a job
site that go into selecting a machine, such as job
size, frequency, location and substrate.
Once you have determined which machine makes
most sense for the type of work your company
handles, its important to pick a compressor,
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blast hose, nozzle and media that will get the
job done quickly and efficiently. Receive tips on
how to optimize your blast pressure and media
consumption settings so your crew is getting the
most from their machine.
SESSION 3: COATING TYPES, PART I
Step Change Epoxy Coatings
for Pipes, Tanks, Vessels, and
Railcars
Presenter(s): Vijay Datta, Mike ODonoghue and
Ian Fletcher, International Paint LLC
Description: In the worldwide oil and gas
industry, the application of epoxy phenolic
coatings has been a dominant strategy to mitigate
corrosion under insulation (CUI) of both insulated
carbon and stainless steel pipes operating up to
175C. These coatings, however, can be difficult
to apply, sensitive to over-application, and subject
to cracking and costly to repair. If applied below
10C (50F) they do not cure properly and can fail
prematurely.
Against this backdrop the genesis and
performance of a step-change epoxy phenolic
coating is investigated. Based on a novel amine
epoxy technology platform this next generation
high temperature coating simplifies coating
specifications and is easy to apply on carbon and
stainless steel pipe externals for both insulated
and non-insulated service. Tolerant of over-
application, and possessing fast and sub-zero
curing characteristics, the novel epoxy phenolic
coating enhances shop productivity and reduces
project costs.
For tanks, pipes, vessel and rail car internals
the testing and field use of a rapid curing
polycyclamine cured epoxy lining is reviewed.
Designed for increasing temperature, pressure
and chemical resistance requirements this lining
additionally offers a very low surface energy
contact surface that significantly improves the
flow properties of fluids and cargoes in tanks,
pipes, vessels and railcars.
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 Composite Coatings: Basics of
Fiber-Reinforced Polymers for
Pipe Repairs
Presenter(s): David Hunter, PCS, Pond &
Company
Description: Although Composites have been out
for 30 years, their basis for design, fundamental
uses, limitations, and installation factors are not
widely known. The presentation discusses all the
above.
Temporary Coatings for In
Process, Shipment, or Storage
Applications
Presenter(s): Markus Bieber, Cortec Corporation
Description: There is a tremendous need for the
protection of assets during processing, shipment
and storage. Critical spares must be readily
available and easy to place into service with
minimal impact to the operation of equipment.
The proven technology of VCIs has long been
used to preserve many of these assets using
traditional mechanisms such as papers and
films. Newer advances have allowed the use
of this VCI technology to be incorporated into
temporary coatings which are designed to provide
corrosion protection in extreme environments,
yet still be easy to remove compared to the older
traditional wax type coatings such as Cosmoline.
By incorporating the VCI technology into these
temporary coatings, it allows the use of thinner
film thicknesses and less reliance on a thick barrier
to keep contaminants away from the surface.
Development of
Environmentally Friendly
Plant Oil Based Self-healing
Coatings for Corrosion
Protection
Presenter(s): Dr. Qixin Zhou, University of Akron
Description: Self-healing coatings, known
as smart coatings, are of particular interest
because these coatings can provide automatic
repair and recovery. An effective strategy to
achieve the self-healing function is to encapsulate
healing agents inside microcapsules. In this
study, polyurea-formaldehyde (PUF) and linseed
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oil are employed as shell and core materials,
respectively. Linseed oil is encapsulated via
in-situ polymerization of urea formaldehyde. The
synthesis procedures will be optimized to generate
stable microcapsules. Thermal gravimetric
analysis (TGA) and Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy (FTIR) will be used to characterize
the composition of the microcapsules. Scanning
electron microscope (SEM) and optical microscope
will be used to observe the morphology of the
microcapsules. The synthesized microcapsules will
be integrated into epoxy coatings to generate the
self-healing coating. Electrochemical impedance
spectroscopy (EIS) will be used to monitor the
anti-corrosive property of the self-healing coating.
Adhesion and other mechanical property of the
self-healing coating will also be investigated.
GREENCOAT SESSION
SESSION 4:
ENVIRONMENTAL,
HEALTH, AND SAFETY
REGULATIONS, PART II
PCBs in Coatings
Presenter(s): Mark Hudock, GZA
Description: Although there is a great deal
of knowledge and experience in the coatings,
environmental, and demolition industry regarding
lead in coatings and building materials, many
are unaware of the prevalence of and potential
risks associated with PCBs. The prevalence of
PCBs in coatings may be underestimated or
little understood. Furthermore, USEPA and Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations are
very complicated and have serious implications
for those performing maintenance on or
demolishing structures with known PCBs. What
can asset owners, contractors, and environmental
professionals do when PCB content is unknown
or suspected to be present? How should owners
maintain coated structures that may contain PCBs?
What are some best-practices in these situations?
This session will provide an overview of what
we know about PCBs in paint and how common
it may be, demonstrate examples of 3 facilities
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in 3 different states where PCBs in coatings
were detected, removed, and disposed of. We
will discuss how asset owners may choose to
proactively manage older coatings given the
potential uncertainty regarding PCB content. This
presentation is for environmental professionals,
facility owners, health & safety professionals,
contractors, operators, attorneys, and consultants.
Cutting Edge?... EH&S
Compliance, Controls, and Best
Practices
Presenter(s): Sylvia Fontes, Forensic Analytical
Description: Complex regulations and
compliance demands present unique challenges
in the world of corrosion control and coatings
and linings. Recognizing, understanding and
planning for workplace hazards, in keeping with
current requirements, are essential to ensuring
best practices and limiting risk. Learn about
the potential hazards of installing new paint,
performing recoating projects and initiating
elaborate repair and replacement efforts, and the
role that improving industrial hygiene methods can
play in the process. Strengthen your knowledge
base and streamline your companys response to
EH&S issues in the future.
Protecting Assets Utilizing
Immersion Linings with Zero
Surface Prep
Presenter(s): Don Futch, AkzoNobel
Description: An owner of a concrete WWTP
asset was under severe budget limitations. A
Green Solution was proposed to minimize cost
and maximize asset longevity. The owner saw
the benefit on both economic and environmental
impact and seized the opportunity. This
presentation will illustrate how an owner can be
both green to the environment while saving green
in the wallet.

WEDNESDAY
MORNING
JANUARY 17TH
SESSION 1: MINI SESSION:
AASHTOS NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION PRODUCT
EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR
CONCRETE COATING SYSTEMS
AASHTOs National
Transportation Product
Evaluation Program for
Concrete Coating Systems
Presenter(s): Robert Leggat, KTA-Tator, Jonathan
Sirianni, AASHTO and Todd Bennett, Missouri DOT
Description: The American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
National Transportation Product Evaluation
Program (NTPEP) established two independent
coating system testing programs for the bridge/
highway industry, including one for structural
steel (2001) and one for concrete (2014). The most
recent concrete coatings testing program is based
on the AASHTO NTPEP Committee Work Plan
for Evaluation of Concrete Coatings CCS-01-16.
This standardized, independent testing program
offers mutual benefit for state departments of
transportation/toll authorities, as well as the
manufacturers of the coating systems. The paper
and presentation will explain the mutual benefits
of the program, describe the submission process,
detail the compositional, physical properties
and performance testing protocols included in
the Work Plan, and illustrate the on-line conduit
(DataMine 3.0) employed to disseminate the
results of the testing, so that transportation
agencies can conveniently generate Approved
Products Lists for systems used to protect concrete
bridge structures.
SESSION 2: MINI SESSION:
ORGANIZING AND
DEPLOYING VOLUNTEERS
TO PRESERVE HISTORIC
ARMY TANKS FOR A
MILITARY MUSEUM
Organizing and Deploying
Volunteers to Preserve
Historic Army Tanks for a
Military Museum
Presenter(s): Susan Boyd, Vulcan Painters
Description: In the summer of 2014 Vulcan
Painters spearheaded a project to do surface
preparation and recoat seven historic military
tanks, asking for help from the industrial painting
community, contractors, and suppliers. The aim of
the project was to finish the work without expense
to the foundation that sought to build a new
museum to house 200 years of United States Army
armor and cavalry history.
This talk details the project from its beginning
without even a space to paint, specifications for
the tanks to be painted, or the tanks themselves
selected, and moves through outreach to
the industry through various media, seeking
contractors to volunteer to paint a tank, and
suppliers to donate paint, abrasive, equipment,
and materials. Contractors who volunteered were
both union and non-union. The industry responded
with donations of manpower, equipment,
and materials. Research into paint colors
and manufacturers produced accurate colors
and formulas, and led to requests to coatings
companies to produce and donate coatings in a
short period of time. As volunteers and materials
were recruited, estimating time and materials and
setting up scheduling for working painting crews
became key.
The underlying theme that made this project
possible was the will of those who volunteered to
give something back to the military that protects
this country, by preserving these tanks that are
part of its history. Members of each painting
crew brought their own personal reasons for
volunteering, many involving family members who
served.
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SESSION 3: MINI SESSION: WITHIN
THE RANGE
TBD
Presenter(s): Manuel Hof, Subsea Industries NV
Description: TBD
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SESSION 4: MINI SESSION: BRIDGE
BROTHERS: THE DOCUMENTARY
Bridge Brothers:
The Documentary
Presenter(s): Louis Lyras, Corcon, Inc., and Matt
White, Fourth Coast Productions/Painters of Steel
Description: The next time youre driving
across a bridge, you might want to think about
the safety of the bridge youre on. The Federal
Highway Administrations 2015 statistics state
that 58,495 public vehicular bridges over 20 feet
long (out of 609,539) have critical structural issues
that if not repaired, could result in catastrophic
consequences.
You might also want to think about those who
work tirelessly six days a week to restore these
bridges. These unsung heroes of all races,
nationalities, and ages that are singularly focused
on ensuring bridge safety for the millions who use
them. Their work is difficult and dangerous, yet
they toil on. As these IUPAT (International Union
of Painters & Allied Trades) members work side-
by-side with others in perilous conditions, they
become more like family than co-workers.
Bridge Brothers, a documentary film, explores the
current state of bridges and the relationships that
develop between the workers. The two bridges
highlighted are Philadelphias Walt Whitman and
Commodore Barry bridges. (The Delaware River
Port Authority restored these bridges before they
fell into further disrepair. They allowed filming of
the work, resulting in this documentary.)
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WEDNESDAY
MID-DAY
JANUARY 17TH
SESSION 1: FAILURE PANEL:
EXPLORING DIFFERING VIEWS ON
CAUSES OF COATING FAILURES
Exploring Differing Views on
Causes of Coating Failures
Moderator: Dudley Primeaux, PCS, Primeaux
Associates LLC
Panelists: Charlie Harvilicz, PCS, Newport
News Shipbuilding, Chris Farschon, PCS, GPI and
Michael OBrien, Mark 10 Resource Group, Inc.
Description: A panel of coating specialists
with experience in analyzing the causes of
premature coating failures will review the same
photos and laboratory data about a specific case,
and then, in turn, will explain their views on
what happened and why. The catch? Each will
represent a different party in the dispute - Owner,
General Contractor, Painting Contractor, and Paint
Manufacturer. The panel moderator will lead a
discussion about the differences in interpretation
of the same facts.
SESSION 2: BRIDGE PAINTING &
PROTECTION, PART II
Laboratory Evaluation of
Steel Corrosion After Adverse
Environmental Exposure
During Coating Repairs
Presenter(s): Md Ahsan Sabbir, Saiada Fuadi
Fancy, Kingsley Lau, Florida International
University, and Dale DeFord, Florida Department of
Transportation
Description: Coatings are widely used for
highway steel bridges exposed to aggressive
environments. Commercially-available
conventional coating systems have not provided
maintenance-free durability for steel bridges
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in aggressive environments. In some Florida
bridges, coating degradation occurred within 15
years of application has been reported. In the
US, half a billion is spent each year only for the
maintenance of bridge coating. Preventative
maintenance of bridge coatings can prolong
the service life. Selection of compatible repair
coating materials and appropriate preparation
of the steel surface are critical parameters for
corrosion protection. Environmental contaminants
such as soluble salts and adverse environmental
conditions including extreme temperatures and
moisture presence should be properly controlled;
however, in the practical senses for field
conditions, control of environmental exposure
conditions are challenging. The purpose of
this study was to evaluate the effect of surface
preparation with varying surface contaminants
on the corrosion performance of repaired coated
steel. Adverse environments during coating
repair application included exposure to different
level of humidity exposure (5%, 75%, and 100%
RH), water immersion, and salt contamination.
After exposure to adverse conditioning, the repair
coatings including conventional repair materials
(such as zinc-rich pigments, epoxy, and mastic)
were applied over the samples. Cyclic testing in
alternate wet and dry exposure was done. Coating
and corrosion behavior was analyzed during the
wet portion of the cyclic exposure by Open Circuit
Potential (OPC), Linear Polarization Resistance
(LPR) electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
(EIS).
Thin Film Coatings (Paint)
for Protecting Reinforced
Concrete Bridge Elements
Presenter(s): Bobby Meade, GPI and Derrick
Castle, PCS, Sherwin-Williams Company
Description: There are more than 610,000
bridges in the FHWA inventory. Bridges have
three primary elements: decks, substructures,
and superstructures totaling more than 1,830,000
elements. About 1,600,000 of those elements
are constructed of reinforced concrete. Many of
those reinforced concrete elements are exposed
to salts which can cause corrosion of reinforcing
steel and spalling concrete. This results in huge
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maintenance/rehab concern for bridge owners.
Better protection of these bridge elements is
needed and thin film coatings (paint) has been
found to be the most effective method on non-
driving surfaces.
The Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC)
evaluated seven thin-film concrete coatings/
systems in both field and laboratory applications.
Coatings were evaluated for adhesion, resistance
to chloride penetration, color retention, and
gloss retention. Adhesion of all products in both
field and laboratory application was sufficient
to provide a durable coating, and ranged from
approximately 500 psi to 1,600 psi. Color and
gloss changes are early indicators of coating
degradation. Three two-coat systems performed
significantly better than the other four in color
and gloss retention and in retarding chloride
transmission. Those coating systems use epoxy
primers with polyurethane top coats.
Field application was used to compare laboratory
and field surface preparation, coating application,
and coating performance.
Moving Beyond the 25 Year
Coating
Presenter(s): Ahren Olson, PCS, Covestro,
and Paul Vinik, PCS, Florida Department of
Transportation
Description: Over the past 40 years, three-
coat zinc / epoxy / polyurethane (ZEU) coating
systems have been the gold standard in preventing
atmospheric corrosion of steel in ISO-12944
C4 and C5 environments due to their proven
performance and cost effectiveness. Field studies
have shown this system to last more than 25
years with proper application and inspection
during installation. However, there is a desire from
asset owners within the industrial maintenance
market to move to even longer lasting coating
systems. The zinc rich primer is the main source
of corrosion resistance with the ZEU system.
However, the epoxy and polyurethane layers also
help in providing additional barrier protection.
The research presented in this paper studied
the impact of a variety of high performance
topcoats have on the corrosion performance and
weatherability of the coating system in both
accelerated and natural testing. Polyurethane,
polysiloxane, moisture cure urethane, and
fluorourethane topcoats were all evaluated. This
study is unique because each topcoat was tested
over the same primer and intermediate coats.
Strengthening Concrete and
Steel Bridges Using FRPs
Presenter(s): Greg Blaszak, PE, Milliken
Infrastructure Solutions, LLC
Description: Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)
strengthening has become a common technique
used by many DOTs around the country to address
deficiencies with the bridge structures. Carbon
fiber strengthening systems are routinely used
to strengthen pier caps, pier columns, concrete
girders, impact damaged girders, and now steel
structures. The presentation will introduce
the audience to the materials and the unique
characteristics that make them so prized for
repair and strengthening applications in civil
infrastructure applications. Bridge projects
where FRPs have been successfully used will be
highlighted.
SESSION 3: INSTRUMENTATION
Updating ASTM D7091: The
Standard Practice for Coating
Thickness Measurement
Presenter(s): David Barnes, Elcometer
Description: The five-year review of D7091,
Standard Practice for Non-destructive
Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of
Nonmagnetic Coatings Applied to Ferrous Metals
and Nonmagnetic, Nonconductive Coatings
Applied to Non-Ferrous Metals is due to be
completed by the end of 2018. The main update
to this standard practice is the addition of the
concept of scanning probes.
Scanning probes are configured to take readings
continuously at a rate of more than two readings
a second while the probe is in contact with the
coating. This greatly improves the speed at which
large areas of coated metal can be measured and
makes it possible to collect larger numbers of
thickness data points in a given time.
This paper will discuss the use of scanning probes
and describe the proposed update to the D7091
Standard Practice. The collection of data according
to SSPC PA2 and using scanning probes will be
described and the data collection and transfer will
be demonstrated.
Power Tool Cleaned Surfaces:
New Insights into Surface
Profile Measurement
Presenter(s): Jody Wenzel, Defelsko Corporation
Description: Power tools are frequently used
to clean steel surfaces prior to the application of
protective coatings. While the profile of abrasive
blasted surfaces is routinely measured with
replica tape, depth micrometers, or drag stylus
instruments, coatings professionals are often
uncertain which method is best suited for profiles
created by power tools including bristle cleaners,
air needle, and roto peen scalers.
Abrasive impact produces complex, random
patterns across the surface. However, surface
profiles produced by power tools exhibit repetitive
patterns that present challenges to proper peak-
to-valley height and peak density measurement.
These challenges are magnified when evaluating
profiles produced by the three common types of
power tools.
This paper makes recommendations based on
surprising test results from peak-to-valley profile
height and peak density measurements on steel
surfaces cleaned with three types of power tools
and measured with three common methods:
replica tape, depth micrometer, and drag stylus.
Particular emphasis is placed on replica tape,
and its ability to derive 2D and 3D surface profile
parameters by analyzing digital images of the
tapes surface.
Visual Determination of Dry
Film Thickness via REDI (Real
Time Enhanced Digital Imaging)
Presenter(s): Mark Schultz, PCS, Mike Yajko,
Paul Slebodnick, and Bruce Nelson, Sherwin-
Williams Company
Description: Maximizing coating system
longevity reduces total ownership costs to the
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US Navy fleet. Coating performance is directly
tied to achieving proper film thickness control
across the entire project surface. A novel
concept of using digital camera/filters in synergy
with MIL-PRF-23236 coating technology with
enhanced optical properties provides unique
inspection capabilities. For example, 100% of
a coated surface area can be inspected (versus
current statistical approach taking intermittent
readings.) Also, in situ mix ratio analysis can be
performed (versus chip sampling and lab testing).
The feedback is visual and immediate. The work
done at the Naval Research Lab (via the US Naval
Sea Systems Command 05, Navy Paint Center of
Excellence) including the optics technology and
concepts employed will be reviewed.
Coatings on Concrete: Does
Temperature Have an Effect on
Thickness Readings?
Presenter(s): David Barnes, Elcometer
Description: A simple search of the internet
will tell you that the speed of sound of a material
increases with temperature or decreases with
temperature, depending on which sites you
access.
This paper looks at the effect of temperature on
the speed of sound in coating materials and the
subsequent effect of changes in temperature on
the coating thickness readings, specifically on
concrete, measured ultrasonically.
Statistical and Technical
Evaluation of Rapid Dry Film
Thickness (DFT) Measurement
Technologies
Presenter(s): Jeff ODell, Vision Point Systems
Description: Dry film thickness (DFT) is an
important parameter of coating application,
and both low and high DFTs can result in
coating failures. Typically, DFTs are measured
in accordance with SSPC-PA 2 Procedure for
Determining Conformance to Dry Coating
Thickness Requirements or other similar
standards. Recent advancements in technology
have resulted in DFT probes capable of achieving
a higher rate of DFT data collection than previous
devices. However, current standards do not take
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known of the effects of scanning probe wear
on DFT accuracy and precision. In order to
obtain higher confidence in DFT characterization
of critically coated areas, a study has been
completed to perform a statistical comparison of
results obtained between the traditional non-
scanning method and new scanning methods of
DFT data collection. Results of this study have
been used to develop recommendations for field
implementation procedures to take full advantage
of this technology.
SESSION 4: WASTEWATER
COATING CHALLENGES
AND SOLUTIONS
Surface Preparation and
Design Considerations for
High-Performance Protective
Linings Over Concrete for
Chemical Immersion and
Containment Service in Water
and Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
Presenter(s): Vaughn ODea, PCS, Tnemec
Company, Inc.
Description: Concrete is a common construction
material for water and wastewater treatment
facilities. High-performance protective linings are
used to protect concrete against harsh treatment
chemicals and other aggressive environments
found within these facilities. This paper will
delve into the SSPC-SP13/NACE No. 6 and NACE
SP0892 Standards and discuss the various ACI,
ASTM, ICRI and other referenced standards and
their requirements to appropriately evaluate and
prepare concrete substrates in these aggressive
exposures.
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Use of Ultra-High Build, Fast
Return-to-Service Coatings
to Shorten Construction
Schedule at Expansion of
Norman, OK WWTP
Presenter(s): John Hilton, Sherwin-Williams
Company
Description: Norman, OK began a large scale
expansion at the wastewater treatment plant.
The project had a challenging schedule and was
falling behind due to weather and other delays.
Changing the coating systems on the concrete
structures from a conventional high solids coating
that required 3 lifts to get the desired millage to
an ultra-high build, fast return to service epoxy
allowed the project to be brought in on schedule.
Numerous large structures were coated including,
clarifier basins, digesters, grit chambers, and
receiving structures. The coating provided the
needed protection in a short turn around window
to allow the plant to continue to operate and place
new structures into service while the project was
underway.
Meeting Your Expectations
When Selecting Concrete
Rehabilitation Systems One
Size Does Not Fit All
Presenter(s): Mike Dadik, Carolio Engineers
Description: There are many approaches for
rehabilitating deteriorated concrete. The number
of available repair systems challenges applicators,
estimators, and engineers when planning and
completing rehab projects. Selecting the best
system requires an understanding the level of
effort, coating system, and concrete condition to
end up with a cost effective approach.
Mikes presentation is based on 20 years
structural engineering experience in the water and
wastewater industry. His evaluation of concrete
rehab systems will help applicators, and specifiers
when selecting a system best suited to their needs
and expectations.
100% solids epoxies, elastomeric polyurethane,
calcium aluminate cement, plastic membrane
liners are some systems frequently proposed for
the same purpose - extending concretes useful
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life. Participants will gain a better understanding
of traditional and changing technologies,
evaluating rehab systems, and the advantages and
disadvantages of each technology.
Perhaps most challenging is evaluating the level
of effort required to complete the work. The
concretes condition is a primary consideration
when developing this estimate. Specifiers and
applicators are sometimes asked to guess
about inaccessible locations like storage tanks
and pipelines that cannot be taken down for
long periods prior to the repair work. A basic
understanding of the deterioration process will
help estimators know what to expect during
substrate prep and coating application, resulting in
better cost estimates and planning.
The goal of this presentation is to bring real world
examples for a better understanding of how to
tailor concrete rehab systems to each unique
situation.
A Value Engineered Solution
Value to Whom?
Presenter(s): Greg Hansen, Sherwin-Williams
Company
Description: This presentation would look at
the thought process behind proposals, submittal
practices, evaluation of and value proposition
of alternative protective coatings systems to
conventional specified systems. In this day and
age, we have so many coatings solutions and
technologies that conventional systems are
actually becoming a burden on new projects.
Design-build or Build-at-Risk construction methods
are rapidly over taking the standard bidding
methods. But when does the use of coatings
and linings become part of this process and how
can they be used to develop a project. I would
like to examine this from the Specifiers, General
Contractors, Applicators and Owners viewpoint.
The end goal would be to show a thought process
of presenting, evaluating and accepting alternative
coatings solutions would be a Win/Win solution.

WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON
JANUARY 17TH
SESSION 1: STANDARDS
Use of Accelerated
Weathering Testing to
Reduce Risk for New Topcoat
Standards and Specifications
Presenter(s): Kurt Wood, Arkema, Inc.
Description: Numerous industry studies
have shown a lack of correlation between
outdoor weathering performance in Florida, and
performance in common accelerated weathering
tests-- particularly when multiple types of resins
are being compared. No single accelerated
weathering test exists that can predict the outdoor
performance for every type of resin in every color.
For this reason, when creating new standards
and specifications for long-lived exterior coatings,
it is important to critically examine accelerated
weathering data, before setting accelerated
weathering requirements that will be used to
qualify coating systems. If it is possible to limit a
standard to a single well-studied resin chemistry,
with accelerated weathering requirements based
on the performance in one or more reference
colors-- such as is done for SSPC Paint 36-- then
risk for coating suppliers and end-users can be
reduced dramatically. We will illustrate this
principle for waterborne PVDF fluoropolymer
topcoats, using new weathering data from
commercial and lab formulations. The results
are sometimes surprising. For instance, for some
darker colors, the coating color fade and chalk
resistance in Florida, as a function of PVDF level,
is better predicted in fluorescent cabinet testing by
using the harsher UVB-313 bulbs, rather than the
UVA-340 bulbs which closely match the UV part of
the Florida solar spectrum.
Sequential Combining of UV and
Salt Spray Stresses: A Fresh
Look at Two Methods
Presenter(s): Sean Fowler, Q-Lab Corporation
Description: Protective coatings exposed to
sunlight must withstand multiple environmental
stresses: ultraviolet light, moisture, heat,
and corrosive attack. Two decades after the
publication of a sequential UV and cyclic salt spray
test method in ASTM D5894, efforts to improve
this method have focused on incorporating
both stresses in a single chamber, while adding
additional stresses such as ozone exposure, air
pressure fluctuations, and other environmental
factors. A goal of such programs is an all-in-one
test that combines all known stresses in order to
accurately correlate real-world performance to
the laboratory. These ambitious projects have
yet to result in widely adopted practices or new
technology. At the same time, little work has been
done to incrementally improve on the original
method, despite a greatly increased chance of
success. ISO 20340 offered a similar sequential
test cycle, but it has been criticized for its poor
reproducibility.
This paper will explore opportunities to increase
realism and reproducibility using well-established
technology and test methods.
DoD Corrosion Prevention
and Control Standards, An
Aerospace Example
Presenter(s): Stephen Spadafora, OSD Corrosion
Policy and Oversight Office
Description: Corrosion costs the United States
of America an estimated $451B annually and
specifically the US Department of Defense (DoD)
spends around $20B annually to battle this issue.
While DoD guidance exists requiring corrosion
prevention and control (CPC) planning for all
equipment programs, the real value to being
successful in trying to address corrosion on military
equipment and facilities is through having standards
which define the myriad of lessons learned and
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requirements from years of battling this issue.
During the 1990s many of these standards were
canceled or downgraded to handbooks through
an effort know as acquisition reform. While good
in principle, many critical standards suffered the
same fate as those that were truly unnecessary.
Recently however there has been a resurgence
to re-establish a number of these key documents
by both re-instating and modernizing previous
standards or through the development of new ones
in conjunction with industry organizations to fill the
technology voids that exist from the actions of the
1990s. An overview of critical standards for the
DoD aerospace sector including finishing systems
will be presented along with a description of
efforts to establish, re-instate, or modernize these
standards. In addition, there will be a discussion on
how the DoD uses these standards.
Investigate the Effectiveness
of Adhesion Testing in
Verifying Corrosion Protection
Performance
Presenter(s): David Tordonato Ph.D., P.E., and
Atousa Plaseied Ph.D., P.E., Materials Engineer,
US Bureau of Reclamation, and Allen Skaja, Ph.D.,
and Bobbi Jo Merten, Ph.D., Coatings Specialist,
US Bureau of Reclamation
Description: Pull off adhesion testing is a
standard method commonly used for product
testing and qualification as well as quality control/
quality assurance. However, initial adhesion
values dont necessarily correlate with service
life or corrosion protection performance. Several
product chemistries and their adhesion to steel are
examined in this study before and after immersion
exposure. Results are presented within the context
of two case studies in an effort to investigate the
relevance of adhesion testing in modern coating
systems.
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INSPECTORS FORUM
SSPC 2018 Coating Inspectors
Forum
Presenter(s): Peter Ault, PCS and Chris Farschon,
PCS, GPI
Description: The coating inspector forum is
an opportunity to participate in an interactive
workshop allowing attendees to express their
thoughts and perspectives on issues impacting
coating inspectors. This years topics will include
issues relating to visual inspections, use of digital
equipment, and inspection planning. The format
encourages audience participation and discussion.
SESSION 3: DEFENDING AGAINST
CORROSION IN THE MILITARY
Corrosion Prevention Planning
and the Infrastructure
Rebuild: A Look Forward
Presenter(s): Daniel Dunmire, Department
of Defense Corrosion Prevention and Control
Integrated Product Team
Description: We have known for years that our
countrys infrastructure has been deteriorating, with
little being done to prevent further degradation or
to restore vital roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and
railways to a safe, operable condition. Because
of this serious problem, President Donald Trump
promised a $1 trillion infrastructure investment
to repair what he called the nations crumbling
infrastructure, and to initiate a new program of
national rebuilding. No doubt, SSPC and other
infrastructure-related associations will play a vital
role in this process.
The Department of Defenses (DoD) infrastructure
is a microcosm of the nations infrastructure. We
have the same types of facilities, structures and
utilities suffering from the insidious, pervasive
effects of corrosion. And, we have developed
effective planning methods and maintenance
processes to prevent, control and mitigate the
effects of corrosion. We also fund and manage
advanced corrosion research as well as technology
development projects to solve difficult material
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degradation problems and improve our corrosion constant insight into the S&T challenges that are
prevention and mitigation processes. most critical to USAF system managers as these
The DoD has developed a comprehensive are the projects that warrant application of limited
infrastructure website with planning tools and funding streams. This presentation will offer an
material sustainment guidelines, as well as overview of some of the current coatings related
details of our corrosion research and development research along with some coatings successes in
program as applied to infrastructure. This war against corrosion.
includes corrosivity studies that provide indices
of vulnerability to material degradation at THIS SESSION IS SPONSORED BY:
geographical locations throughout the United
States. The websites contents are available to all
interested organizations.
This paper provides details of our planning
methods and various maintenance approaches,
and suggests how they might be applied to a
national infrastructure rebuilding initiative. It
suggests opportunities for leveraging the Whole SESSION 4: LEADERSHIP
Building Design Guide as a source of specifications AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT:
and processes for infrastructure rebuilding. The SPONSORED BY THE WOMEN
paper also describes infrastructure research and IN COATINGS
development projects that have been completed
and can be applied to the rebuilding project. In Continuing to Build your
summary, this examines national infrastructure Professional Skills by Leading
investment and rebuilding program objectives
Change
and translates these objectives into tangible
opportunities for future consideration by SSPC and Presenter(s): Darlene Chism, Newport News
other organizations. Shipbuilding
Description: Your life does not get better by
From Six Frigates to 355 Ships: chance, it gets better by change. It starts with
Battling the Corrosion within you. This presentation is for everyone that is
the Department of the Navy interested in further developing their leadership
Presenter(s): Matt Sheehan, United States Navy skills and transitioning them into the next level
Description: TBD of creating change. Change is not easy for
everyone, but these tips will prepare you to lead
Impact of Coating Systems on change in your organization. We are living in a
the Technology Required to world of disruption and innovation. We must stay
Sustain US Air Force Systems competitive and understand our ever evolving
Presenter(s): Greg Shoales, United States Air market and changing customer needs. It begins
Force with your preparation.
Description: It is well known that corrosion has
a significant impact on sustainment, system costs,
and system availability to the warfighter. Mitigating
such impacts is one of the greatest drivers to
DoD Science &Technology (S&T) requirements
and therefore research programs. As an entirely
externally funded DoD research entity supporting
USAF system sustainment, the USAF Center for
Aircraft Structural Life Extension (CAStLE) has
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THURSDAY
MORNING
JANUARY 18TH
SESSION 1: MINI SESSION:
ADVANCED PLASMA SOLUTIONS
Advanced Plasma Solutions
Presenter(s): Cory Brown, Tnemec Company, Inc.
Description: This paper will explain the science
behind the technology and also provide a study
of how the technology has been used for surface
preparation of concrete. The study includes 3
different coating systems applied to concrete
prepared by APSP. Multiple time intervals were
lapsed prior to application of the coating system
to determine the effects on coating adhesion.
According to our hypothesis, this method of
surface preparation, besides being green, may
also improve adhesion values and allow systems
with high curing stress to be applied over lower
profiled concrete.
SESSION 2: MINI SESSION:
TOLERANT COATINGS FOR
INTOLERANT SITUATIONS:
SELECTING PROTECTIVE COATINGS
FOR ADVERSE CONDITIONS
Tolerant Coatings for
Intolerant Situations:
Selecting Protective Coatings
for Adverse Conditions
Presenter(s): Bud Senkowski. PCS, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Description: Over the past decade, coating
manufacturers have made significant strides in
the formulation of new products, utilizing new
polymers, enhanced pigments that produce
improvements in weatherability, corrosion
protection, and ease of application, while
improving compatibility with existing coatings,
offering enhanced physical, and thermal
resistance.
However, coating product data sheets typically
portray anticipated coating performance under
favorable laboratory conditions that may not
reflect actual field conditions during surface
cleaning and application operations. The following
factors become important considerations in
selecting a coating system operating in a
compromised environment:
Inability to achieve a high degree of cleaning
work surfaces
Limited accessibility to the work surfaces
Abnormal environmental conditions during
installation
The necessity of a short cure time for placing
the equipment back into service
Limited life span of the recoated equipment
The relative cost of the coating installation
over the life of the protected equipment
The purpose of this paper is to identify generic
coating systems and surface cleaning techniques
that can be utilized under adverse conditions
while providing an acceptable level of corrosion
protection.
The range of coating systems surveyed includes a
contemporary array of hot applied polymers, liquid
polymer coatings, polymer-based wraps, thermally
sprayed metal alloy and metal/ceramic coatings,
and non-metallic cladding.
The information provided will allow the reader
to recognize intolerant conditions that can
shorten coating life and suggest cost-effective
combinations of surface preparation and coating
materials with the potential to mitigate adverse
conditions and meet service life expectations.
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SESSION 3: MINI SESSION:
WATCHING PAINT DRY: IT IS NOT AS
SIMPLE AS IT SOUNDS
Watching Paint Dry: It is Not as
Simple as it Sounds
Presenter(s): Troy Fraebel, PCS, ABKaelin, LLC
Description: Over the last thirty years, I have
been asked by numerous people, including my
children, what I do for a living. After trying to
explain corrosion, site condition assessments,
coating system selection, specification writing,
inspection, training, etc., I default to a standard
answer that I am sure many of my readers have
used - I watch paint dry. While it may truly
seem simple to someone outside of the protective
coatings business, I have spent years helping
engineers, architects, and owners understand the
complexities of coating systems and the need for
proper planning, specifications, and inspection.
This paper will explore some of the things that
have changed over the last thirty years adding to
the complexity of painting including regulations
regarding lead-based and other hazardous paint
removal, Ultra-high pressure (UHP) waterjetting
and wet abrasive blast cleaning, new power
tools, volatile organic compound (VOC) and
hazardous air pollutants (HAPS) regulations,
waterborne industrial coatings, ultra-high and
100% solids coatings, new and improved coatings
technologies, plural component spray application
equipment, digital electronic gages, paperless
QA/QC, SSPC QP programs, and contractor quality
control (QC) with owner quality assurance (QA).
These and future changes will keep coating
consultants busy for a long time. Of course, some
things have not changed in the last thirty years,
like the nature of corrosion. The most important
thing on any painting and coating project has also
not changed. Just ask my wife.
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ELECTRONIC INSPECTION
EQUIPMENT FOR CAPTURING
AND REPORTING COATING
APPLICATIONS
Electronic Inspection
Equipment for Capturing and
Reporting Coating Applications
Presenter(s): Cory Allen, PCS, Vulcan Painters
Description: Inspection of coating applications
is more efficient and effective by the use of
electronic equipment, which can store, transmit,
and populate inspection reports with data.
Collection of inspection data by manual note
taking is being replaced with instruments that can
capture and record metal thickness, coating film
thickness, surface profile, surface contamination,
climatic conditions, gloss levels of coatings, and
adhesive pull-off strength of coatings. Electronic
collection of data produces much more accurate
and statistically complete information than manual
collection. These devices will capture and report
the time each data point is collected and will
provide statistical analysis. Charts and histograms
are automatically generated for reports; photos
and data batch locations can be added to reports.
Because data collection is easier that manual
collection, the tendency is to collect more data
points, including creating sub-batches of data.
Data can be transmitted instantly by the use
of mobile apps or they can be uploaded onto a
computer or to cloud technology. Test results are
immediately available for stake holders of the
coating applications.
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THURSDAY
MID-DAY
JANUARY 18TH
SESSION 1: WORKSHOP:
RESPIRATORS - WHATS NEEDED
FOR AN OSHA RESPIRATOR
PROGRAM
Respirators - Whats Needed
for an OSHA Respirator
Program
Presenter(s): Charles Brown, PCS, GPI
Description: This workshop will go over OSHA
requirements for an effective respirator program.
The workshop instructor will break down OSHAs
respirator standard and go over how to write
a company specific respirator program for the
audience. The course will also explore all the
various elements of the program and conclude
with training requirements and how to implement
the program.
SESSION 2: COATING TYPES,
PART II
Coating Types Introduction
Presenter(s): Andrew Cruel, Finishing Trades
Institute
Description: This is a general introduction into
different coatings used in industrial painting. It
provides an intro into the coating types, make
up of each, the uses, application, cost range,
tolerance and limitations. Also, I will touch on
the VOCs of each type of coating and a small
breakdown of what a VOC actually is. This
segment will not be brand specific as many
manufactures have the same type of coatings.
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RTV Silicone Maintenance
Coatings
Presenter(s): Matt Saunders, CSL Silicones Inc.
Description: The basic philosophy behind the
development of covalently bonded RTV Silicone
materials, such as an anti-corrosion coating and
concrete water proofing was to minimize the need
for surface preparation. In the early stages of
development, the model of the metal substrate
employed in engineering the product was one
that takes full advantage of the natural state of
exposed metals, versus metals that have been
forced into an unnatural state (i.e. metal that
has been sandblasted and profiled). As a result,
RTV silicone coatings have been developed to
have superior bonding properties when compared
to conventional coatings and, in turn, eliminate
the need for sandblasting and/or profiling of the
substrate.
It was once rather fashionable to draw two broad
categories of adhesion mechanism chemical
adhesion and mechanical adhesion. In the
case of chemical adhesion, it was said that the
coating bonded to the metal surface by means
of a chemical reaction. In the case of mechanical
adhesion, the adhesion of the coating to the metal
was thought to take place through an interlocking
of the coating with the metal as it flowed into
the microscopic pores and cavities of the metal
surface, essentially hooking on to the irregular
surface. Proposed thinking, however, discounts
the theory of mechanical adhesion except in
the special cases of extremely porous surfaces.
Instead, adhesion of a coating to its host surface
is explained via various forces that exist at the
molecular level.
Driving Higher Performance
With High-solids Epoxy
Systems for Long-Term Asset
Protection
Presenter(s): Daniel Totev, Evonik Materials
Netherlands
Description: Epoxy coatings have a long and
successful track record in marine and protective
coatings, due to the combined offerings of
excellent corrosion and chemical resistance. As
regional environmental drivers become firmly
established, the industry is faced with the
constant challenge of providing solutions which
can comply with emerging VOC regulations. At
the same time the overall performance attributes
associated with high performance epoxy systems
need to be either maintained or improved
depending on specific industrial application needs.
Many current high-solids epoxy systems use
non-reactive plasticizers such as benzyl alcohol or
alkyl phenols to enable full chemical conversion
of the polymer matrix. While this approach allows
for reduced solvent demand, such products do
not always address the market need for extended
service life. The use of fugitive plasticizers can
cause the coating to lose its flexibility over time
as the plasticizer leaches out. In order to address
this, a different plasticization approach to lower
solvent requirement and ensure complete cure is
needed.
This paper will review the basics of high-solids
epoxy coatings compared to conventional epoxy
technologies, and describe the fundamental
technical differences. It will also present new
versatile amine curing agent technology that
offers solutions to develop coatings compliant
with stringent emission test accreditation, and at
the same time, addresses many of the technical
challenges associated with high-solids systems.
Furthermore, the absence of non-reactive
plasticizers facilitates long-term conservation
of the mechanical properties of the coating, and
hence, helps long-term asset protection.
How a Combination of a
Polymer and PVC Film Can
Provide Complete Green
Coating Solutions
Presenter(s): Renato Freites, and Thomas Fink,
TechnoFink
Description: Once vegetal polymers are today
an cost effective solution for complex metallic
geometry parts (bolts, flanges, valves, etc), PVC
vinyl film became the same for flat and semi flat
shapes (bulkheads, tank walls, pipes, etc). Both
methods do not require costly surface preparation
such as SP-10, requiring just the cleaning
standard WJ3 Wa2 or St-2. Comparing to most
of conventional painting procedures, longevity is
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much higher joining performance and economic
benefits. Vegetal thermoplastic Polymers; Current
solutions prove challenging to totally eradicate
corrosion since many industrial settings include
gaps between parts, bolts, flanges, valves,
hydraulic blocks, etc. Polymers are characterized
by having weak chemical bonds (Van der Waals
bonds) between the polymer chains, thus can be
easily broken by inserting energy. It flows with
the application of temperature easy modeling
the part under coating. When they are cooled, it
returns to their initial stiffness forming a kind of
shell surrounding the piece. After being applied to
the metal surface, it is solidified within seconds,
encapsulating the entire piece, blocking the entry
of air and humidity, thus breaking the cycle of
corrosion. PVC vinyl film; widely tested it proved
long longevity protection. Method is environmental
friendly as does not generate VOCs and overspray
as conventional painting. Edges and structural
frames are also well protected as 100 micron film
thickness remains the same wherever shapes
are possible to apply. This combination provides
complete coating solution for several industrial
installations with no impact to the environment.
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 Enhancing the UV Durability of
Epoxy Chemistry: Waterborne
Acrylic-Epoxy Hybrid Coatings
for Steel
Presenter(s): Leo Procopio, The Dow Chemical
Company
Description: Due to their excellent performance
properties, epoxy coatings are commonly used
over metal and concrete substrates in applications
where corrosion protection and chemical/solvent
resistance are key requirements. One weakness
of epoxy chemistry is its poor UV durability, and
epoxy coatings typically have poor gloss and
color retention and poor resistance to chalking
on exterior exposure. Many epoxy coatings also
contain solvents which contribute to high VOC
levels. Waterborne epoxy coatings can often be
formulated to low VOC, but exterior durability
still remains a challenge. Combining excellent
corrosion protection and chemical/solvent
resistance with exterior durability and low VOC
in a coating based on epoxy chemistry is not an
easy target. This paper will describe a new two-
component waterborne acrylic-epoxy technology
that facilitates direct-to-metal coatings with this
important balance of properties. The system has
versatility in that the acrylic-epoxy hybrid polymers
can be cured with either traditional waterborne
amine hardeners or with acid-functional acrylic
hardeners. Performance of the waterborne acrylic-
epoxy hybrid technology in single-coat gloss
DTM coatings and anti-corrosive primers will be
described, along with comparisons to traditional
waterborne and solvent borne epoxy coatings.
SESSION 3: NUCLEAR
The History of Protective
Coatings in Nuclear Power
Plants
Presenter(s): Jon R. Cavallo, PE, FASTM, Jon R.
Cavallo PE LLC
Description: Since the inception of the US
commercial nuclear power program in the 1950s,
various criteria have existed for ensuring the
satisfactory performance of protective coatings
applied to structures, systems and components
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(SSCs) in these power-generating facilities. This amorphous layer of iron-magnesium phosphate
presentation details the evolution of protective which cannot corrode. This layer may remain a
continuous source of phosphate allowing for a
coating use in commercial nuclear power-
generating facilities, including the background self-healing affect when the surface becomes
impacted. The research presented is an in-lab
and rationale for the technical and regulatory
and field demonstration and analysis of this
requirements that have evolved over the years.
coating system. The in lab testing includes
Going Critical: Basics of impact resistance, adhesion and accelerated
Nuclear Safety Related weathering. The demonstration includes
Coatings performance analysis of coated steel structures
at the DoDs most corrosive base situated in the
Presenter(s): David Hunter, PCS, Pond & Pacific ocean.
Company
Description: There are currently 99 operating
Nuclear reactors in the United States. Even with Significance of Evaluation
the advances in solar and wind, the base load Methods for Surface Applied
capacity of these plants is not easily replaced. Corrosion Inhibitors
Safe operation of these facilities requires all Presenter(s): Fred Goodwin, BASF Building
safety systems to operate if ever called upon, Systems
which includes the coatings. This presentation Description: Surface Applied Corrosion Inhibitors
highlights one such investigations. (SACI) remain controversial as to effectiveness
and the ability to compare materials from different
SESSION 4: CORROSION, manufacturers and technologies. These materials
CORROSION, CORROSION! are liquids applied to the surface of concrete to
control the corrosion of embedded reinforcing
Corrosion Prevention via steel. This presentation will discuss the
Generation of Iron-Magnesium performance and relative importance of a recent
Phosphate Deposition Coating testing program for corrosion inhibition and other
Presenter(s): Rebekah Wilson, and Brooke performance parameters using documented test
Divan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers methods. The applicability of the tests to evaluate
Description: The DoD functions under a the performance of the material will be described
wide array of infrastructure to include, but not as well as showing comparative data for different
limited to, ships, tanks, combat vehicles and
generic materials.
buildings. Due to the nature and need of the
building materials, these are always at risk
for corrosion, causing the infrastructure to
literally crumble. This obviously puts Soldiers
in harms way due to issues such as weapon
misfiring and structural failures. The estimated
cost of corrosion within the DoD is $21 billion
annually, more if you consider civil works. It
would be advantageous to put forth an effort
to find ways to mitigate this impact. Typically
this is done through conventional coating
systems. Unfortunately, imperfections in the
coating system allow for the transmission of
oxygen, moisture and salts to contaminate
a steel surface initiating corrosion. Current
technology has produced a two coat system
which provides phosphate to the surface in
the presence of an alkali metal to generate an
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2018 Exhibitors as of August, 2017
A E
Abrasives Inc..........................................................................815 | 817
Aggreko...................................................................................923 | 925
Air Systems International.................................................918
AirTech Spray Systems........................................................907 | 909 | 1006 | 1008
Ameraguard...........................................................................311
ARID-DRY...................................................................................819
ARMEX.......................................................................................705
ARS Recycling Systems LLC.................................................730 | 732
Atlantic Design Inc...............................................................230 | 232
Axxiom Mfg/Schmidt Engineered Abrasive Systems....721 | 723 | 820 | 822
B Green Diamond Sand.............................................................523
Barton International..........................................................707 | 709
Bellemare Group...................................................................1002
BlastOne..................................................................................823 | 825 | 827 | 829 | 922 | 924 |
926 | 928
Bullard....................................................................................1023 | 1025 | 1122 | 1124
C HippWrap Containment........................................................625
Carboline................................................................................501 | 503 | 600 | 602
Carlisle Fluid technologies...............................................1105 | 1107
CESCO........................................................................................801 | 803 | 900 | 902
Clemco Industries Corp.......................................................807 | 809 | 811 | 906 | 908 | 910
CoatingsPro............................................................................1026
Cortec Corporation..............................................................826
CSI Services.............................................................................916
D
Dampney Co Inc.......................................................................914
DeFelsko..................................................................................401,403,500,502
Dehumidification Technologies, LP....................................316
Denso NA..................................................................................816
DESCO Manufacturing Co.....................................................201
Detroit Tarp............................................................................423
DoD Corrosion Policy and Oversight................................717
Dupont Protection Solutions.............................................411 | 413
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Eagle Industries....................................................................506 | 508 | 510
Elcometer...............................................................................601 | 603 | 605 | 609 | 700 | 702 |
704 | 708
Entech......................................................................................332
ervin.........................................................................................1019
F
Fischer Technology..............................................................416 | 418
Forensic Analystical Consulting Services....................629
G
GMA Garnet.............................................................................1011 | 1013 | 1110 | 1112
Greener Blast Technologies..............................................101 | 103 | 200 | 202
Greenman-Pedersen Inc.......................................................713 | 812
H
Harsco......................................................................................626 | 628
Hempel......................................................................................913 | 915 | 1012 | 1014
HoldTight Solutions.............................................................701 | 703
Honest Horse China Holding LTd........................................1118
HRV Conformance Verification Assoc., Inc..............903
I
Industrial Vacuum................................................................1030 | 1032
International Paint..............................................................1111 | 1113 | 1210 | 1212
IUPAT/FTI..................................................................................1018 | 1020
J
JAD Equipment.........................................................................522 | 524
Jetstream of Houston/FS Solutions................................1117 | 1119 | 1121 | 1216 | 1217 |
1218 | 1219 | 1220 | 1221
Jotun.........................................................................................317 | 319
K
Kennametal Inc......................................................................313
KTA-Tator................................................................................300 | 302
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M T
Marco Group...........................................................................301 | 303 | 305 | 400 | 402 | 404
MES Rentals............................................................................1131 | 1133
MONTI Tools.............................................................................806 | 808
Montipower............................................................................407 | 409
N Tinker & Rasor.......................................................................212
National Equipment Co (NECO)............................................1017
nace.........................................................................................1024
NACE Institute........................................................................1022
NCERCAMP at University of Akron....................................627
NexTec, Inc / PreTox.............................................................630
Novatek....................................................................................323
NTB South Inc..........................................................................424 | 426
Nu Way Industrial Waste Management LLC....................526
O/P
Olimag.......................................................................................724
P&L Metalcrafts...................................................................529
Polygon....................................................................................512
PPG Protective & Marine Coatings....................................1001 | 1003 | 1100 | 1102
Pro-Tect Plastic & Supply...................................................533
R
Rapid-Prep, LLC.......................................................................1028
Raven Lining Systems...........................................................1101 | 1103
RBW Enterprises Inc.............................................................727 | 729 | 731
Tarps Manufacturing Inc....................................................320
Technofink..............................................................................631 | 633
Technology Publishing Company.......................................513
Textured Coatings of America..........................................203
The TDJ Group Inc...................................................................1000
Tnemec.....................................................................................525 | 527
Tronox......................................................................................901
Tru Abrasives........................................................................919 | 921
The Warehouse Rentals & supplies..................................431 | 433
U/V
US Minerals.............................................................................800
Valentus Specialty Chemicals..........................................107 | 109 | 206 | 208
Van Air Systems.....................................................................802 | 804
Vector Technologies LTD.....................................................833
Versaflex...............................................................................1106
W
W Abrasives .....................................................................632
Western Technology .................................................606 | 608
WIWA .......................................................................................507 | 509
Z
Zibo TAA Metal Technology ..................................624

S
SAFE Systems Inc...................................................................412
Safety Lamp of Houston......................................................309
Safway Services LLC............................................................207 | 209 | 211 | 213 | 306 | 308 |
310 | 312
Sand Express..........................................................................422
Sauereisen..............................................................................726
Sherwin-Williams Company...............................................417 | 719 | 516 | 518
Specialty Products, Inc.......................................................425
Sponge-Jet, Inc........................................................................408 | 410
Sulzer Mixpac........................................................................1007

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Exhibitor
I n f o r m at i o n
A COMPLETE LIST OF RULES AND REGULATIONS CAN BE FOUND ON THE REVERSE OF YOUR BOOTH CONTRACT.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
To apply for exhibit space, complete the Exhibit Space Contract
and return it with a 50% deposit.
1. Exhibit assignments are based on first come,
first served basis.
2. Space will not be assigned without a signed contract Thursday, January 18 7:00 AM 2:00 PM
and the required deposit. No exceptions will be made.
3. Faxes will be accepted with credit card payment .
Fax Number: 412-444-3591
ASSIGNMENT OF BOOTH SPACE
SSPC will make every effort to accommodate location preferences
taking into account separation from competitors and booth
configurations. However, space may be limited and ultimately the
best available space will be assigned.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
A deposit in U.S. funds of 50% of total rental fee for the requested
space must be submitted with the application. No application will
be processed or space assigned until the deposit is received.
FULL PAYMENT
Space must be fully paid by October 2, 2017. If assigned space is
not paid by October 2, 2017 it may be reassigned or sold by SSPC.
Checks must be made payable to SSPC.
CANCELLATION PENALTIES
Written requests for cancellations will be honored until November
3, 2017, less a service charge equal to 25% of the total booth(s)
fee. After that date, there will be no refunds. The exhibitor is
responsible for any balance due on booth space canceled after
November 3, 2017.
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REGISTRATION
Sunday, January 14 12:00 PM 4:00 PM
Monday, January 15 7:00 AM 6:00 PM
Tuesday, January 16 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
Wednesday, January 17 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
MOVE IN
Monday, January 15 8:00 AM 5:00 PM
Tuesday, January 16 8:00 AM 3:00 PM
MOVE OUT
Thursday, January 17 3:00 PM 8:00 PM
Friday, January 18 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
EXHIBIT HOURS
Tuesday, January 16 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
Wednesday, January 17 11:00 AM 4:00 PM
Thursday, January 18 10:00 AM 3:00 PM
IF YOURE INTERESTED IN EXHIBITING
OPPORTUNITIES, PLEASE CONTACT:
KATE JURIK | jurik@sspc.org | 412-281-2331 x2211
OR
NICOLE LOURETTE | lourette@sspc.org | 412-281-2331 x2204
YOU CAN ALSO FIND MORE INFORMATION
ON OUR WEBSITE:
WWW.SSPC2018.COM/EXHIBITOR-LIST.
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Training Course
Registration
THIS LIST OF TRAINING COURSES IS PRELIMINARY, AND COURSES WILL NOT BE CONFIRMED
UNTIL DECEMBER 22, 2017.
For more information on registering, contact: RACHEL CLITES | CLITES@SSPC.ORG | 412-281-2331 X 2232
REGISTRATION
Registration for all SSPC Training Courses must be done separately from the SSPC 2018 conference registration.
Information on how to register can be found at sspc.org/How_to_register. Anyone who registers for a training course
offered at SSPC 2018, will receive a $100 discount on Full Conference Registration.
Information and complete descriptions of the training courses can be found at sspc.org/training.
Note: When you get to the course page, make sure that you choose the corresponding January Dates in New Orleans
under the Select Course Location and Date drop-down menu.
Please dont hesitate to contact Rachel Clites about any and all questions pertaining to SSPC 2018 Training Course
Registration.
Rachel Clites | clites@sspc.org | 412-281-2331 x 2232
DEADLINE
If you are interested in taking a course at SSPC 2018, please keep in mind that there is a deadline date to register.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE DATE | DECEMBER 22, 2017
LOCATION
All classes will be held onsite at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Address: 900 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70130
ROOM AND BOARD
Each student is responsible for their own room and board. For information about nearby
hotels, please flip to page 48 for more details.
REGISTRATION FORM
If you would like a copy of the registration form, either:
1. Scan the QR Code to the right, using a QR reader on your smart phone, or
2. Visit http://www.sspc2018.com/wp-content/uploads/2018_Course_Reg_Form.pdf
and download the form.

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 2018 training courses
Abrasive Blasting Program (C7)
Training Dates: January 19-20 | MBR $820 NON-MBR $1020
C7 is designed for contractor personnel who wish to obtain certification or
others who wish to learn about dry abrasive blast cleaning of steel. It covers
principles of surface preparation, surface cleanliness, surface profile, dust and
debris control, and abrasives. Note: A certificate of attendance will be given to
those attending the lecture portion and observing the blaster demonstration.
Basics of Estimating Industrial Coatings Projects (EST)
Training Dates: January 18 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This program covers the fundamentals of estimating industrial painting
job costs including surface area calculations, labor and production rates,
and equipment and material requirements.
Bridge Coatings Inspector Program (BCI)
BCI Level 1: January 14-18 | MBR $1095 NON-MBR$1295
BCI Level 2: January 14-19 | MBR $1495 NON-MBR $1695
The BCI course covers the fundamentals of how to inspect surface
preparation and application of protective coatings on bridge steel. The
course covers unique situations that will affect inspection in the field
(e.g. containment, field safety hazards, changing weather conditions), as
well as the fundamental inspection skills required to inspect new bridge
steel painted in the shop, in the field or maintenance systems applied in
the field.
Bridge Maintenance: Conducting Coating
Assessments (BRIDGE)
Training Dates: January 18-19 | MBR $620 NON-MBR $820
This course covers the fundamental inspection skills required to conduct
a visual coating assessment of an in-service steel bridge. It provided
a wide range of concerns that can affect the condition of the coating
and presents a reporting and rating system that coincides with the
AASHOTOWare BrM coating rating system, enabling the owner to make
an educated decision on how to repair the damaged and deteriorated
coating.
Coast guard basic paint inspector course (coast guard)
Training Dates: January 13-17 | MBR $1095 NON-MBR $1295
This is a five-day inspection course that was developed to train coatings
inspectors in those duties and responsibilities involved in inspecting
surface preparation and application for the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Coating Application Specialist Refresher (CAS REF)
Training Dates: January 14 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
The Coating Application Specialist Refresher is an overview of surface
preparation and application covered in the Body of Knowledge of SSPC-
ACS 1/NACE No. 13 Applicator Certification Standard No 1 Industrial
Coating and
Lining Application Specialist Qualification and Certification. This
training program covers those topics for Levels 1 in the areas of surface
preparation and coating application. Level 1 training is especially
designed for entry-level employees new to the coatings Industry.
Coating Application Specialist (CAS) Level 1
Training Dates: January 15 | MBR $225 NON-MBR $325
This part of the CAS program consists of a one-hour written exam.
Basic Level I qualification is intended for entry-level/trainee Application
Specialists. Level 1 Application Specialists customarily work with and
under the supervision of Level 2 and Level 3 Application Specialists.
Coating Application Specialist (CAS) Level 2
Written Exam: January 15-16 | MBR $200 NON-MBR $300
Hands-On Exam: January 15-16 | MBR $650 NON-MBR $750
The CAS Level 2 Certification Program requires passing a closed-book
written exam drawn from the core areas of the SSPC Transition Plan
Body of Knowledge: Environmental, Safety and Health, Surface
Preparation, Coating Application and Equipment/Troubleshooting.
The hands-on portion of the testing certifies proficiency in abrasive
blasting and coating application using conventional or airless spray. A
minimum grade of 70% is required on the written exam and a minimum
grade of 90% is required on the hands-on practical exam, in order for a
painter to be considered for (CAS) certification.
Concrete Coating Inspector Program (CCI)
CCB Level: January 13-14 | MBR $620 NON-MBR $820
CCI Tech. Level: January 13-17 | MBR $1095 NON-MBR $1295
CCI Tech. Cert.: January 13-18 | MBR $1495 NON-MBR $1695
The objective of this course is to thoroughly train individuals in the
proper methods of inspecting surface preparation and installation of
industrial protective coatings on concrete industrial structures and
facilities.
2018 training courses
CCI Supplement: Determining the level of moisture in
concrete (CCI SUPP)
CCI Technical Level: January 19 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This course covers the fundamental inspections skills required to conduct
moisture testing of concrete substrates. It will define and explain the
steps needed when measuring moisture in accordance with the relevant
ASTM Standard Test Methods.
Developing an Effective Coating Specification
(DEV CTG SPEC)
Training Dates: January 16-18 | MBR $695 NON-MBR $895
This course is designed to provide facility owners, coating managers,
and specification designers with practical guidance and tools to be
used in creating competent industrial coating specifications that better
ensure contractor conformance with job requirements. It focuses
on the technical requirements that designers should consider when
preparing specifications for coating work on facilities / infrastructure in
general with an emphasis on steel and concrete industrial and marine
structures. Various interactive exercises supplement and reinforce the
text, giving students practice in analyzing key coating specification
areas.
Evaluating Common Coating Contract Clauses (CONTRACT)
Training Dates: January 15 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This course provides a basic overview of those clauses most common
to coatings contracts. It follows the outline of a standard construction
contract while also teaching students to identify the key provisions that
may be missing from contracts they receive.
Floor Coating Basics (C10)
Training Dates: January 13-14 | MBR $620 NON-MBR $820
This course is designed to meet the practical training requirements
of SSPC-QP 8 Section 4.4, that require each job crew chief and each
QC manager complete a minimum two-day overview of concrete
components, coating and surfacing types, and surface preparation and
substrate repair techniques based on SSPC-GUIDE 20, Procedures for
Applying Thick Film Coatings and Surfacings Over Concrete Floors.
Fundamentals of Protective Coatings (C1)
Training Dates: January 13-17 | MBR $1020 NON-MBR $1220
This course provides a practical and comprehensive overview for those
who are new to the protective coatings industry. It is also an ideal
refresher for reviewing the fundamentals of corrosion and the use of
coatings as a protective mechanism against corrosion and deterioration
of industrial structures.
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Industrial Coating Safety management
Training Dates: January 14-16 | MBR $750 NON-MBR $850
This three day Instructor-Led Training (ILT) will provide participants
with knowledge and skills necessary to manage a safety and health
program in industrial painting operations. This course will be delivered
in 16 units featuring lecture, participant engagement exercises and
workshops. Each day participants will complete homework, which will
be reviewed the following morning. The purpose of this homework is to
serve as both a review of material and preparation for the 50 question
final exam.
Inspecting Containment
Training Dates: January 18 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This course reviews how an inspector checks that the surface
preparation and debris collection methods employed match the
containment requirements and minimize or prevent emissions from
escaping the work area. It also reviews how the inspector verifies the
amount of emissions escaping from a containment area.
Inspection Planning and Documentation (inspec plan)
Training Dates: January 18-19 | MBR $620 NON-MBR $820
This two-day course is designed to help coating inspectors learn how
to plan inspections effectively before the work starts and accurately
document results of tests and inspections conducted after work begins.
The training will emphasize:
Carefully reviewing plans and specifications in order to develop a
comprehensive inspection plan
Using forms to accurately and legibly document project-specific
inspection and test results, non-conforming work and rework
Lead/Hazardous Coatings Removal (C3)
Training Dates: January 13-16 | MBR $995 NON-MBR $1195
C3 includes information on the hazards of lead and other toxic metals,
and the current legal and regulatory environment. Topics include
protecting workers; compliance with environmental regulations; proper
management of waste streams and operations that result in potential
exposures to lead; and associated control technology. The course also
addresses reading specs and developing programs to control risks to
workers, the public, and the environment. It concludes with a discussion
of insurance and bonding issues, and an introduction to other safety and
health issues.
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Lead/Hazardous Coatings Removal Refresher (C5)
Training Dates: January 17 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This one-day course provides a review of Competent Person duties and
responsibilities in working with lead and other hazardous materials
encountered in industrial coatings work. It also reviews relevant OSHA
and EPA regulations.
Navigating NAVSEA Standard Item 009-32 (00932)
Training Dates: January 13 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This one-day course describes the naval ship cleaning and painting
requirements found in NAVSEA Standard Item 009-32. It covers the
cleanliness, surface preparation, coating application requirements and
system application instructions for various Navy vessels. Requirements
of referenced standards are also reviewed.
NAVSEA Basic Paint Inspector (NBPI)
Training Dates: January 14-18 | MBR $1295 NON-MBR $1495
The NBPI course was developed by Naval Sea Systems Command
(NAVSEA) to train coatings inspectors to inspect critical coated areas
as defined by US Navy policy documents. These areas include (but are
not limited to): cofferdams, decks for aviation and UNREP, chain lockers,
underwater hull, bilges, tanks, voids, well deck overheads and others.
What makes this course especially valuable is that it also provides both
the technical and practical fundamentals for coating inspection work for
many steel structure projects other than ships.
Planning and Specifying Industrial Projects (C2)
Training Dates: January 14-18 | MBR $1020 NON-MBR $1220
This course is designed to provide those who understand coating
fundamentals with an overview of the principles of planning, awarding,
and monitoring the quality of new construction or maintenance painting
projects. After completing this training program, students will be
familiar with tools to develop effective coating projects and play a more
active role in managing painting projects to successful completion.
Project Management for the Industrial Painting
Contractor (PRO MGMT)
Training Dates: January 16-17 | MBR $620 NON-MBR $820
This course offers a fundamental introduction to those project
management concepts used on industrial painting projects. Those new
to project management or interested in becoming project managers
in industrial painting can learn more about: generating new business,
reviewing contracts, navigating employee relations and building safety
into the job.
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Protective Coatings Specialist (PCS) Program
Training Dates: January 19 | MBR $500 NON-MBR $700
The PCS certification program awards recognition to individuals who
have in-depth knowledge in the principles and practices of industrial
coatings technology. Certification attests the professional credibility of
the coatings practitioner and raises the standards of the profession.
Protective Coatings Inspector Program (PCI)
PCI Level 1: January 13-17 | MBR $1095 NON-MBR $1295
PCI Level 2: January 13-18 | MBR $1495 NON-MBR $1695
PCI Level 3 Exam: January 19 | MBR $500 NON-MBR $700
This workshop trains individuals in the use of proper inspection tools
during surface preparation and installation of industrial and marine
protective coatings and lining systems. The course has been designed
as a supplement to students who have taken the PCI Online program.
Quality Control Supervisor (QCS)
Training Dates: January 18-19 | MBR $595 NON-MBR $795
This course is designed to provide training in quality management for SSPC
- Certified contractor personnel, Technical Quality Managers (TQM), and
inspectors employed by SSPC-QP 5 inspection firms. It provides an overview of
the quality management aspects of surface preparation, paint, coatings, and
inspection operations that a Quality Control Supervisor (QCS) needs to know
to ensure delivery of a quality product to customers. It is highly recommended
that persons attending the QCS course have recent inspection training (SSPC
PCI, NBPI or BCI) or equivalent formal training and also have some quality
control experience.
It is also applicable to project managers, coating specifiers, contracting
officers, plant and facility managers, coating inspectors, and technical
service representatives in the industrial and marine coatings industry.
This course is not intended to replace the more formal quality
management courses available from such organizations as the American
Society for Quality (ASQ).
Selection of Coatings (Select CTGS)
Training Dates: January 19 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This course covers those skills required to specify and select coatings
for specific structures and environments. It defines the primary functions
of a coating, the types of substrates that are painted, and the demands
of the environment.
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Spray Application basics (C12)
Training Dates: January 17-18 | MBR $820 NON-MBR $1020
This program assesses the skills of sprayers who have a minimum
of 800 hours applying protective coatings with airless/conventional
spray in an industrial or marine environment. Candidates are certified
through a brief certification written exam and a practical hands-on
skill assessment. This course is designed to train and certify marine/
industrial applicators to operate airless/conventional spray equipment.

Thermal Spray Inspector Training

Training Dates: January 17 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This program covers the inspection of thermal spray from pre-surface
preparation through coating application.

Thermal Spray Training (THERMAL)

Training Dates: January 16 | MBR $395 NON-MBR $595
This course is designed to train and certify applicators in the application
of thermal spray coatings to industrial substrates. Note: Students who
do not want to receive the Certification can just attend the one-day
lecture and classroom workshops and receive a certificate of training.

Train the trainer (TTT) -TrainThePainter (TTP)

Training Dates: January 13-14 | MBR $1200 NON-MBR $1200
This is a two-day class to prepare a companys internal trainer(s) to
deliver the Trainthepainter (TTP) Program to their internal craftworkers.

Using SSPC-PA 2 Effectively (PA 2)

Training Dates: January 19 | MBR $250 NON-MBR $350
This course explains the key highlights of SSPC-PA 2: Measurement of
Dry Coating Thickness with Magnetic Gages. Students learn to verify
the accuracy of a DFT magnetic gage; measure the DFT of a coating
with Type 1 or Type 2 gage; and describe/implement the procedure to
determine if the film thickness in a given area conforms to the maximum
and minimum levels specified.

Actual SSPC training

students pictured.

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 SSPC Board of Governors & Committees
OFFICERS ADMINISTRATIVE/ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Brian Skerry, SSPC President SSPC Polymeric Floor Coating Advisory Committee
Global Director-Corrosion Programs, The Sherwin-Williams Company SSPC Bridge Coating Advisory Committee
Garry D. Manous, SSPC President-Elect SSPC International Standards Advisory Committee
Vice President of Operations, Atsalis Bros. Painting SSPC Standards Review Committee
Joseph Walker, SSPC Vice-President PCCP Advisory Committee
Vice President, Elcometer SSPC Education Committee
Gunnar Ackx, PCS, SSPC Immediate Past-President
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS
C.1.1 Zinc Rich Unit
BOARD MEMBERS C.1.1 Zinc-Rich TG Revision of PS 12.00
Mana H. Al-Mansour, PCS, Coating Specialist, Saudi Aramco C.1.1 Zinc Rich TG Revision of PS 12.01
Ross D. Boyd, CEO, TruQC, LLC C.1.1 Zinc-Rich TG Revision of Paint 30
Don Holle, Vice President, Abhe & Svoboda, Inc. C.1.1 Zinc-Rich TG Revision of Paint 20
Jay Kranker, Industrial Sales-Rentals Solutions, Aggreko Nor C.1.13 Coatings for Concrete in Wastewater Facilities
Ahren Olson, PCS, Marketing Manager-Corrosion Protection, Covestro LLC C.1.15 Revision of SSPC-Guide 14, Repair of Damaged Galvanized or Inorganic
Sam B. Scaturro, PCS, President, Alpine Painting & Sandblasting Contractors Zinc-Rich Coatings with Organic Zinc-Rich Paint
L. Skip Vernon, PCS, MCI, Owner, CLT, Inc. C.1.3.C Epoxy Coatings (Revision of SSPC-Paint 42)
Paul E. Vinik, State Structural Material Engineer, Florida Department of C.1.7 Powder Coatings
Transportation C.1.8 Fluoropolymer Coatings
Joyce A. Wright, Protective Coatings-Process Improvement, Huntington Ingalls C.2.0 Surface Preparation Steering Committee
Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding C.2.11 Steel Profile Measurement
C.2.14 Dehumidification
C.2.16 AB 3 Revision
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS C.2.3 Power Tool Cleaning
James R. King, Jr. President, John B. Conomos, Inc. C.2.8 SP 16 Revision
Keith W. Koebley, SSPC Staff/Treasurer C.3.16 Review of SSPC-PA Guide 11, Protecting Edges, Crevices, and Irregular Steel
Director of Operations, SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings Surfaces by Stripe Coating
William M. Worms, Executive Director, SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings C.3.17 Review of SSPC-QP 6 Evaluating Qualifications of Thermal Spray Contractors
C.3.5 Revision of SSPC-QP 1, Evaluating Qualifications of Industrial Marine Painting
SSPC committees with active projects meet during the annual conference. The Contractors
following committees may meet in New Orleans. The committee schedule will be C.5.1.A Worker Safety (Revision of SSPC-TU 8)
posted online at www.sspc2018.com as soon as it becomes available. C.5.16 Revision of SSPC-PA Guide 10 and SSPC-Guide 17
For more information about SSPC Committees, please contact: C.5.3.D Revision of SSPC-QP 2, Qualification of Contractors Removing Hazardous
Aimee Beggs | 877.281.7772, ext. 2223 | beggs@sspc.org. Coatings
C.5.5 Platform Design
C.7.3 Surface Preparation of Concrete (cleanliness standards)
C.7.8 Revision of TR-5/ICRI 710D/NACE TG 005, Design, Installation and Maintenance
EDUCATION PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE of Protective Polymer Flooring Systems for Concrete
Mitchell Blum, MB Environmental Consulting
C.7.9 Coating Systems for Concrete
Earl V. Bowry, EVB
C.8.2 Commercial Coating Materials
David Brockman, Muehlhan Certified Coatings Inc.
C.8.3 Commercial Floor Coatings
John Burcaw, IUPAT/LMCI/FTI
ANS Approval of CS 23.00/AWS C2.23/NACE No. 13 as ANS
William D. Corbett, KTA-Tator, Inc.
Revision of SSPC-QP 5, Evaluating Qualifications of Inspection Agencies
Michael Damiano, PCS, SSPC (ex-officio)
TG 417/SSPC C.7.7, Revision of SSPC-SP 13/NACE No. 6
Terry Gabbert, US Air Force
TG 006 Revision of Dry Abrasive Blast Cleaning Standards
Pam Groff, SSPC (ex-officio)
TG 009 SSPC C.3.13 Revision of SSPC-PA 6/NACE No. 10, Application of FRP
Phillip K. Parson, C-Port Marine Services, LLC
coatings to Exteriors of Steel Storage Tanks
Frank Saunders, Sherwin-Williams Company
TG 246 SSPC C.3.14 Revision of SSPC-PA 8/NACE No. 11,Thin Film Organic Coatings
Ben Scaturro, Alpine Painting
Applied in Carbon Steel Process Vessels
Jeff Adkins, SSPC (ex-officio)
TG 323 Revision of SSPC TR 2/NACE 6G198, Wet Abrasive Blast Cleaning Report
Ron Watts, PPG Industries
Daniel A. Zarate, Naval Facilities Engineering

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 Registration information
MEMBER RATE
To receive the Member Rate, you must be an SSPC member in
good standing. This includes Individual Members and individuals
who are included on the roster of an Organizational (Corporate)
Member. To qualify for the Member Rate, your membership dues
must be current at the time of registration. If you are unsure of your
status, please contact SSPC Member Services at customer service@
sspc.org or 412.281.2331.
NON-MEMBER RATE
A Non-member is an individual who does not belong to SSPC by
paying annual dues, or who is not on the roster of an Organizational
(Corporate) Member.
REGISTRATION CATEGORY
SPECIAL EVENTS/OPTIONAL
The Awards Lunch is included in Full Conference registration and
Guest/Spouse registration. If you have not registered in either of
these categories but want to attend the Awards Lunch, you must
purchase a ticket.
SSPC MEMBERSHIP
Membership dues may be paid along with registration for your
convenience. If you are not a member, you can join via registration
and pay the member price for registration.
TRAINING DISCOUNT
Anyone who registers for a Training Course offered at SSPC 2018
will receive a $100 discount on Full Conference registration.

Full Conference: Includes Welcome Reception, awards lunch, PAYMENT

refreshment breaks, lunch in exhibit hall, and exhibit hall opening Payment must accompany each registration unless prior
reception. Also included are drink tickets for Welcome Reception, arrangements have been made.
Exhibit Hall Opening Reception, and Closing Party, all educational
programs, meeting materials and a copy of proceedings. REGISTRATION FORM
Additional Employee: Each additional member employee from To obtain a registration form, either scan the QR Code below with
the same company registering for a full conference will get a $100 your smart phone, or visit SSPC2018.com.
discount off for the additional full conference registrant and have all
benefits of a Full Conference registration as a member benefit.
One Day: Includes all conference events for the day chosen.
3-Day Exhibit Only: Includes access to the exhibit hall, refreshment
breaks and lunch in the hall, and exhibit hall reception. Does not
include free drink tickets or education sessions. Exhibiting companies
may NOT register under this category.
Single Day Paid Exhibits Only: Includes exhibit hall access,
refreshment breaks and lunch only for the day(s) chosen. CONTACTS
(Complimentary passes for the exhibit hall do not include lunch or
education sessions.) KATE JURIK | jurik@sspc.org | 412-281-2331 x 2211
Guest/Spouse: Includes lunch and refreshment breaks in the exhibit OR
hall, as well as the Awards Lunch, the Welcome Reception, and NICOLE LOURETTE | lourette@sspc.org | 412-281-2331 x 2204
Closing Party.

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Sponsor information
WANT TO BECOME AN
SSPC 2018 SPONSOR?
BECOMING A SPONSOR FOR SSPC 2018 IS EASY. JUST FOLLOW THESE
SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS, AND THEN YOULL BE ON YOUR WAY TO
IF YOU
HELPING US MAKE SSPC 2018 THE BEST YEAR YET! HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS
1. Go to SSPC2018.COM/SPONSORS ABOUT
2. On our Sponsor Page, youll see an image of our _
BECOMING
Sponsorship Brochure. Click on that image, and either A SPONSOR,
read through the guide on your computer, or download it. CONTACT:
3. Choose the sponsorship you feel is best for you, or you NICOLE LOURETTE
can create your own sponsorship! LOURETTE@SSPC.ORG
412-281-2331 x2204
4. After youve made your choices, youll need to fill out
the Sponsor Form.

YOU CAN OBTAIN THIS FORM ONE OF TWO WAYS:

1. Download the form from sspc2018.com/sponsors
(the same page as the Sponsorship Brochure)
2. Scan the QR Code to the right, using a QR reader on
your smart phone.
5. Email the completed form to Nicole Lourette: __________
lourette@sspc.org.

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 2018 hotels
THERE ARE SEVEN HOTELS IN THE SSPC 2018 HOUSING BLOCK. WE HAVE ENGAGED A HOUSING BUREAU, SPARGO,
TO MAKE RESERVING ROOMS EASIER. RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE ONLINE AT WWW.SSPC2018.COM/HOTEL OR
BY CONTACTING SPARGO AS DIRECTED BELOW.

1. NEW ORLEANS DOWNTOWN MARRIOTT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER

(SSPC 2018 HEADQUARTERS HOTEL)
Address: 859 Convention Center Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $196 Single | Double

2. COURTYARD NEW ORLEANS DOWNTOWN/CONVENTION CENTER

Address: 300 Julia St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $174 Single | Double

3. EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CENTER

Address: 315 Julia St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $179 Single | Double

4. HAMPTON INN & SUITES NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CENTER

Address: 1201 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $195 Single | $205 Double

5. HYATT PLACE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CENTER

Address: 881 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $199 Single | $219 Double

6. RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT NEW ORLEANS DOWNTOWN

Address: 345 St Joseph St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $185 Single | Double

7. SPRINGHILL SUITES BY MARRIOTT CONVENTION CENTER

Address: 301 St Joseph St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cost: $174 Single | Double

PLEASE REFER ALL RESERVATION INQUIRIES TO SPARGO AT THE CONTACT INFORMATION BELOW:
SSPC HOUSING CENTER | C/O SPARGO, INC. | 11208 WAPLES MILL ROAD, SUITE 112 | FAIRFAX, VA 22030
PHONE: (888) 414-7127 | (703) 449-6418 | EMAIL: SSPCHOUSING@SPARGOINC.COM
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PRICING VISIT: WWW.SSPC2018.COM/HOTEL

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